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4 The Gospel Truth “But the word of the LORD endures forever.” —1 PETER 1:25A In The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown implies that the Christian Church rests on a shaky foundation, and that the Church—by which he means the Roman Catholic Church—will actually commit murder to keep certain things secret. He means things which could shake its foundation to the very core—things like Mary Magdalene was 83
THE DA VINCI MYTH VS THE GOSPEL TRUTH Christ’s secret bride. Again, if there were some strong evidence to come to light that Christianity was untrue, I would renounce it. The fact is, the Christian Church rests on a firm foundation—despite the criticisms of so many “Bible scholars.” C. S. Lewis, the great scholar of Oxford and Cambridge, once said: . . . when you turn from the New Testament to modern scholars, remember that you go among them as a sheep among wolves. Naturalistic assumptions . . . will meet you on every side— even from the pens of clergymen. 92 Naturalistic assumptions—the idea that the supernatural is impossible—is the foundation of much unbelief in the Bible. If a “Bible scholar” begins with the assumption that miracles are impossible, then how can they believe the Scriptures? They will find later dates for the books of the Bible, with exact prophecies fulfilled, not because of the manuscript evidence, but because they assume it could not have been written before the event. Such scholars assume that the supernatural cannot happen. Thus, they reject a priori (as a beginning assumption) that the parting of the Red Sea never happened. They assume that Jesus was not virgin born. They assume that since men don’t rise from the dead (which they don’t), then it was impossible for Jesus to have done so. Therefore, they throw out the very cornerstone of the Christian faith, the bodily resurrection of Christ, despite the testimony of eyewitnesses, a testimo- 84
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INDEX A Aaron 96 Abanes, Richard 50
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Mithras 34, 53, 54 Mohammed 71, 110
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