What's The Word

Taught by Dr. Melisa Ortiz Berry. This class is a lecture and conversation launching from the PodClass episode topics. This class will be LIVE on Zoom, which means you receive real classroom experience from the comfort of your own space. Recorded and available for registered students. 

ABOUT THIS CLASS:

• Nine weeks for 1.5 hours once a week

• Meets Sundays at 4pm PST | 7pm EST

• September 7 - November 2, 2025

• Dr. Berry will teach each class live

• Classes are recorded (so you can watch later if you have to miss)

• $225 tuition ($25 per class);

  • $180 early-bird tuition ($20 a class; register by April 1 for this rate). 

  • Scholarships Available

    • For each paid class, as digital missionaries, CLDM will match the amount and give it out in scholarships. 

 

SCHEDULE: 

Who Wrote the Bible?

 

Week 1: Lecture & Discussion: Introduction to theological terms and ideas

​

Week 2: Lecture & Discussion: How the Bible was revealed to us (special 

revelation): Protestants

 

Week 3: Lecture & Discussion: How the Bible was revealed to us (special 

revelation): Catholic and Orthodox Christians 

​

Why do people interpret it so differently?

 

Week 4: Lecture & Discussion: Judaism and the Bible

 

Week 5: Lecture & Discussion: Archeology, Disability, and the Bible

​​

Week 6: Lecture & Discussion: Cultural and Racial Identities and the Bible

​

Week 7: Lecture & Discussion: Reading the Bible from around the world

​

How did the Bible become a book?

 

Week 8: Lecture & Discussion: Making the Bible: Church History and Bible Translations

​

What are some of the ways that we can use the Bible in everyday life?

 

Week 9: Lecture & Discussion: Using the Bible in Everyday Life: Practical Theology​