Breaking Dawn: Christianity's First 25 Years
An exploration of the ‘hidden’ first 25 years of the Christian era, examining the impact of Christ upon the ancient world.
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An exploration of the ‘hidden’ first 25 years of the Christian era, examining the impact of Christ upon the ancient world.
This video describes how the geographical descriptions in the New Testament Gospels demonstrate their reliability.
Did 'core' Christian beliefs slowly change over history? This talk considers: the Gospels; the divinity of Jesus; and the resurrection.
A popular story gives a salutary warning of the need to check our sources carefully and be careful in the arguments we use.
Some reflections on why the canonical Gospels are in the Bible whereas the apocryphal Gospels are not.
Peter May considers some of the earliest evidence for the resurrection: the early Christian creed recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:3-5
Adrian Holloway tackles the question of whether we can trust what we read in the New Testament or should dismiss it as unsubstantiated myth.
Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?
Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?