Examining the problem of suffering first as an intellectual question and then as an emotional and visceral issue.

We all know there's lots of suffering in the world. If there is a God why doesn't he do anything about it? Doesn't he care? Or is he…

Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?

Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?

The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.

Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?

How big are the differences between the hand-written copies of the Gospels' accounts of Jesus? Do these undermine what we can know about…

Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?

How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?