I don't know why everyone is in such an uproar about the publication of this resource. This is all public domain material so the Jehovah's Witness and Watch Tower are not going to profit from the sale of these resource - so FL is not "supporting them." As Christians, we must always be ready to give an account for the hope that is within us. Part of the apologetic process is knowing what false teachings are being peddled by the heretics. As such, we need to know what the false teachers are teaching so that we can counter it with truth, the absolute truth of Gods Word. To be honest, my own knee-jerk reaction was, "Well, I can't believe that Logos is selling this garbage." But after I calmed down and began to think rationally, and begin to be led by the Spirit and not by the flesh, I then realized that studying these resources would go a long way in preparing me to engage the next couple of JW's that appear at my front door. If you don't want these resources in your library, just simply ignore them and don't purchase them. It doesn't mean that Faithlife is promoting their ideology in any shape, fashion, or form by selling these resources. Quite the contrary–they're actually helping to equip evangelical Christians to defend the truths of Christianity against these types of heresies. So PLEASE, can we all just relax, and cut Faithlife some slack. Some folks are just so dog-gone critical, especially with Faithlife. They feel as though it's their life's mission to criticize everything that Faithlife does. I really don't know how Bob and the team handle it some days, yet they are always kind and gracious with their critics (kudos to them!!). Logos isn't taking a wrong turn in Albuquerque, and they're not becoming heretics; they're simply trying to provide us tools by which we can be better teachers of the truth claims of Scripture. If you don't like these resources (like JWs -heretical material, or Catholic/ SDA resources - not-so-orthodoxed materials - from our perspective) that's fine. But please, examine your Bible and discover what it has to say about backbiting, grumbling, complaining, and about speaking those things that are pure and honorable. And don't come back at me with the high and mighty claim that you are the sole defender of what is right, and that as such you must exert a righteous rebuke at Faithlife for peddling heretical materials, and that you're taking the high Christian moral ground by rebuking Faithlife for their poor business decision regarding the sale and marketing of these resources. That's not the case - you're really just looking for an opportunity to criticize and complained. You are NOT the sole defender of what's right, and you're not taking the evangelical truth route by rebuking Faithlife here - you're making a fool of yourself because you fail to use the gift of rationalism that God gave you when He created you in His image. You are being irrational, and unfair to Faithlife, simply because they are doing something that you personally prefer they did not do (IE: stop selling this resource). This reminds me of the little old ladies in the church who defend hymns and the organ as the ONLY true way to worship the Lord - all while the church rapidly declines until the the last two people die out - all while they think they are right and are the only church that really knows how to worship the Lord and tech the Bible. Sad! Truth be told..its more about control, personal preference, and change that it is about Christianity, the Bible, or evangelizing the lost with most of them...very sad! Let me give you the words of David Daniels, who reviewed this resource two years ago. I think what he wrote is very well articulated and is very poignant, and I couldn't say it any better, so I'll just copying & paste his words for you to read: ========= I had commented on this before and inadvertently deleted it. Logos is a powerful tool, and an electronic library. While evangelical Christians cannot espouse the theology of the Watchtower organization (Jehovah's Witnesses), there is value in knowing what they believe. As for it being available through Logos, how is this any different from an evangelical seminary library which houses aberrant theological texts alongside genuine Christian theology? Further, where is the groundswell against Logos offering Roman Catholic theology - a works-based righteousness? Or for that matter, what about the texts of Judaism? And then we have all those Greek philosophical texts. There is a huge body of literature here that contradicts Biblical teaching. In my view, we ought to have these texts available, but Logos might consider making a distinction between the literature that falls within the bounds of genuine Christian teaching and that of liberalism, cults and false religions. There are many who purchase resources here who do not necessarily understand the implications. ========= Blessings everyone.

Unfortunately, I must agree with Jeffrey's review from a couple months ago. This lecture was disappointing. The potential for a great lecture was there, but whoever designed this course really missed the mark. This course featured very few "archaeological" sites, and the ones that were featured were most often without any pictures or illustrations. In the entire lecture there were only a handful of diagrams and even less photos. I mean, really, how do you teach "New Testament Archeology" without actually teaching and illustrating the material culture found at NT sites. The funny things is...I took this class while on an archaeological dig in Bethsaida of Galilee in the the Holy Land. Each evening we toured various NT archeological sites, and I thought, "Man, Why wasn't this site or that site in the lectures, or why wasn't this find illustrated in the lecture. You simply cannot have an archaeology course without vivid photos of material culture finds, and without a multiplicity of sites where those finds were uncovered. As such, this class was more of a "background" to archeology than it was an NT Archeology course. Thus the title is very misleading. I will say there there is some value in this course. It just needed LOTS more thought and development in order to measure up to the actual title. I hope the other MobileEd course measure up. Maybe some one at FL will read the reviews and consider our input. As I professor, I would never present the material here as a fully developed course, unless more sites were added, and more illustrations / photos of those sites were included.

This looks like a good course. I just wish that it would have been taught by someone who is NOT Reformed. To me it calls someone'e entire theology into question. If they can be so wrong about the fundamental ideals of salvation - like total depravity (which they errantly interpret as total inability) and unconditional election (where they teach that God would either 1) passover people thus denying them the opportunity for salvation or 2) actually intentionally predestine them to an eternality in hell), then how can we really trust that they can interpret the entirely of Scripture, to include the Parables here, with exegetical integrity and without more fatal errors stemming from theological biases. I think in areas of discipleship we'd be fine with this instructor, but when examining the parables related to salvific ideals, the tendency to take a wrong turn in Albuquerque and allow the fatal errors of Calvinism to taint the fundamental teachings of the parables is simply too entirely possible. I think I'll buy this course, but I am curious how faithful to Scripture he can be leading a Reformed seminary.