Ever feel like Jesus has been kidnapped by the Christian Right and discarded by the Secular Left?

Saving Jesus Redux is total revision of Living the Question’s 12-session DVD-based small group exploration of a credible Jesus for the third millennium.

New contributors include Brian McLaren, Diana Butler Bass, and Robin Meyers. They join Marcus Borg, Walter Brueggemann, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, and others for a conversation around the relevance today of Jesus.

The study’s aim to enhance religious literacy by exposing lay people to what has been taught in seminaries and Bible colleges for generations but that clergy either avoid or are afraid to share from the pulpit or in Bible studies.

Facilitated by series co-creator, Pastor David Felten, “Saving Jesus” discussions introduce participants to ways of thinking about Jesus in ways that make sense in the 21st century.

Classes will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays at The Fountains, a United Methodist Church, 15300 N. Fountain Hills Blvd.

Suggested tuition for the series is $20. The basic format for each two-hour session includes conversation around the readings, a 30-minute video segment and guided discussion.

The topics for future study are:

Feb. 17, Who was Jesus?

Feb. 24, What Can We Know About Jesus (and How)?

March 2, The World into Which Jesus Was Born

March 9, Jesus’ Birth: Incarnation

March 16, Teachings of Jesus: Wisdom Tradition

March 23, Jesus’ Program: The Kingdom of God

March 30, Jesus’ Ministry of Compassion

April 6, Who Killed Jesus?

April 13, The Atonement

April 20, The Resurrection of Christ

April 27, Why Jesus Is Worth Saving

More information is available online at thefountainsumc.org.