JEHOVAH
The Da Vinci Code certainly plays upon the ignorance of the common reader in many of the charges laid against Christianity. One charge that I found particularly ridiculous is below:
“The Jewish tetragrammaton YHWH–the sacred name of God–is in fact derived from Jehovah, an androgynous physical union between the masculine Jah and the pre-Hebraic name for […]

“But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great…”
The second of the detailed conversions listed in order in the book of Acts is found in the eighth chapter (verses 1 through 25). It is the record of […]

Oregon student newspaper runs pictures of Jesus as a homosexual.
The Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) has refused to apologize for an obscene anti-Christian assault in the campus newspaper Insurgent.
The March edition of the Insurgent ran one of the strongest attacks on Christianity… The paper ran graphics depicting Jesus as a […]

THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA
The Da Vinci Code is not the first book to make more out of The Council of Nicaea than what actually took place. Many charges are made about what took place in 325 A.D. at this council. Consider what The Da Vinci Code says took place at the Council of Nicaea:
“At this […]

The second chapter of the book of The Acts of Apostles in the New Testament includes a number of firsts. It includes the first recorded sermon, which was delivered by Peter. It was the first listed teaching effort following Jesus’ death. It was an impressive response for a first effort where some three thousand men […]

Churches prepare to rebut ‘DaVinci’
Area churches are preparing to counter unorthodox claims about Jesus Christ in the movie “The Da Vinci Code,” which opens in theaters later this month.
“‘The Da Vinci Code’ kind of gave a focus that there’s a lot [of misinformation] about Jesus Christ and Christianity out there, and perhaps it’s time […]

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
As we have noted previously, the idea of secrets and conspiracy are intriguing to the minds of all readers. The popularity of the television The X-Files a few years back shows that sprinkling mystery, hidden agendas, and government cover-up are a recipe for success. The Da Vinci Code, assuming that people know nothing […]