Some Christians were offended by the airing of Melvin Bragg’s BBC documentary The Mystery of Mary Magdalene on Good Friday.
I was not one of them; possibly because my expectations were so low that I was pleasantly surprised by the affirmation of the Gospel accounts as historical evidence.
Strange ideas
Many people have strange ideas about Mary Magdalene which they have picked up from popular culture, such as Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and the recently revived Jesus Christ Superstar. But I was intrigued that Melvin Bragg presented this documentary in terms of solving a great mystery. Why is Mary Magdalene considered to be a mystery?
When knowing too much is running out ahead of God
I have long been of the school of thought that knowledge is empowering. The more information one has about the …