The Da Vinci Antidote
In the September issue of The Briefing (available here), we look at the publishing phenomenon that is Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.
As Alan Lukabyo comments: “...this is guaranteed to be the only book most of its readers will ever open which makes claims about the formation of the Bible and the reliability of its claims about Jesus.”
Alan poses the question of how we, as Christians, ought to respond, and argues that the book's success presents us with great opportunities. He suggests that we should:
Challenge people about their reliance on the book. They wouldn't undertake medical treatment or invest their life savings based on something they read in an airport novel. How can they decide critical issues like the truth of the resurrection and its implications on that basis? Challenge them to go to the source and read an actual Gospel and discuss it with you.
Always looking for an angle to promote a Matthias Media resource, could we humbly suggest that the Simply Christianity course or book, which both begin by demonstrating the historical reliability of the NT documents and continue on to take the reader through Luke's Gospel, might be ideal resources for just such an opportunity?