Home How can we know the descriptions of people, places, and events in the Bible are true? Is there external evidence for what we read in its pages? Archaeology is the fascinating discipline focused on humanity’s interest with history and past civilizations. Come on an exploration with Branyon May of the artifacts, monuments, and ancient digs that connect the internal …

Home The Bible is the most well-documented work in all of history. Manuscript evidence demonstrates we are not dissecting and evaluating only a scarce few fragments. Rather biblical critique occurs on the phrases, words, and even strokes of letters across thousands of ancient manuscripts. Join Branyon May in this class as the Bible’s manuscript history and factual accuracy are compared …

Home Separated by hundreds of years, how does the New Testament and Old Testament relate to each other? Did writers view each other and their content as inspired by God? This class continues the discussion of internal evidences for the Bible’s inspiration by considering both the Bible’s consistent content and the interdependency between books.

Home There exists internal evidence for the Bible’s inspiration; the first of which is in its very composition. The signature of a divine origin can be seen in two simple aspects: brevity and unity. Join Branyon as he takes an overview of the Bible’s contents and composition to evaluate the hallmarks of an origin beyond human production.

Home What do we mean when it is claimed the Bible is inspired? Does the Bible even claim inspiration for itself? If it is inspired by God, what are the implications for humanity? In this class, Branyon transitions to consider the specific topic of the Bible’s inspiration and lay the foundation for why it is vital as evidence for Christianity.

Home Are faith and science contrary, complementary, or independent of each other? Some have the view that science opposes faith, and that faith is a hindrance to science. Others simply say that each is completely independent and while they can both be in your life, they never overlap in application. In this class, Branyon demonstrates faith and science are complementary …

Home No one denies that our lives contain struggles of sorrow and pain. Why does evil, pain, and suffering exist in our world? Why is it present in our lives? As one of the most significant arguments against God’s existence, in both its personal impact and widespread consideration, this class focuses on the moral foundations of these undeniable issues to …

Home Much of our lives are structured by considering the contrast between correct and incorrect, true and untrue, and what is right or wrong. These comparisons are needed, but why are we able to make such evaluations? We also make moral evaluations on a regular basis. How are we personally, or even as a society, able to make moral evaluations? …

Home The design argument does not just say, “God did it, now let’s stop learning.” Instead the presence of design demonstrates that we should expect logical processes and repeatable outcomes with their end results being purposeful. In this class, Branyon May looks at various categories and examples of design to help identify how extensively the natural world is designed.

Home Not only are we surrounded by a Cosmos full of material, but we exist as part of multiple, grand, functioning systems. These systems form the basis for how the stars and planets move, why Earth is able to support life, and the behavior of every single fundamental particle. Seeing physical matter follow regular processes demands the question, “what is …