Critical Questions about the Bible and What it Teaches for Grades 9-12 (9:00)

Course: Critical Questions about the Bible and What it Teaches for Grade 9-12 and Parents
Instructor: Jason R. Pierce
Email: j316173@hotmail.com
Price: $0
Class Description: We will explore common and challenging questions that often come up for Christians in our own minds and when discussing our faith with others. The course will start with general questions such as “What is the Bible?” and “Why should we believe what it says?” and then progress towards more specific ones like, “What are the different views on salvation and how should we define it?” Each week will address one of these questions through class discussion. In addition to prepared questions, students will be required come to class with a critical question they have or have been asked.
Curriculum: Based on a series of questions of questions Carl Dobson accumulated ministering to Georgia Tech students for over 40 years.
For High School Student AND Parents
Homework Requirements: Address 1 assigned question and ask one of their own (2 questions total) per week
Duration: 28 weeks
Books and Supplies required for purchase by families: A Bible and means to take notes
Grading: Pass/Fail
Teacher Bio: Happy husband to Nancy as well as father of Miranda (5) and Sam (3). I work as a professor of management at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the Bryan School of Business. Teaching, that is, guiding people to find truths that will set them free and empower them to make the world better for themselves and others, is my life’s passion.