Response to the Da Vinci Code

I met many friends that enjoyed reading the Da Vinci Code, no doubt many of them (non-Christian) do believe and convinced by the facts in this book of Fiction. Over 80% of them have never touch or read a single verse from the bible before, that explains why they were so easily diverted and affected. What C.S. Lewis (my beloved Christian writer) said is very true:

"A person who cease to believe in God does not believe in nothing; he believe in everything." ---- Clive Staples Lewis

I visited my good friend's (Chee) blog and got a link that I wish to share with everyone. It's the Response to the Da Vinci Code, preached by Rev Niky Gumbel. It's the most comprehensive and biblical sermon regarding on this book that I've come across. I bought his cassette for £3.50 last summer and now it's available on the internet. Great !!

2 Timothy 4:1-5

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

提 摩 太 後 書 4:1-5

1 我 在 神 面 前 ， 并 在 将 来 审 判 活 人 死 人 的 基 督 耶 稣 面 前 ， 凭 着 他 的 显 现 和 他 的 国 度 嘱 咐 你 ：
2 务 要 传 道 ， 无 论 得 时 不 得 时 ， 总 要 专 心 ； 并 用 百 般 的 忍 耐 ， 各 样 的 教 训 ， 责 备 人 、 警 戒 人 、 劝 勉 人 。
3 因 为 时 候 要 到 ， 人 必 厌 烦 纯 正 的 道 理 ， 耳 朵 发 痒 ， 就 随 从 自 己 的 情 欲 ， 增 添 好 些 师 傅 ，
4 并 且 掩 耳 不 听 真 道 ， 偏 向 荒 渺 的 言 语 。
5 你 却 要 凡 事 谨 慎 ， 忍 受 苦 难 ， 做 传 道 的 工 夫 ， 尽 你 的 职 分 。

Our own desires, itching ears, great number of teachers ---- indeed these are the real issues that we are confronting, day in day out basis. We write a lot in our blog, read a lot from newspaper or journal, listen a lot to opinions, but we are never close to the "truth".

It's time to get yourself a bible --- a book that has sold 6 billion copies in contrast to 44 million copies; a book that has eternal value (unofficially highest impact factor ever I dare to say) compare to a book that will be forgotten (who the hell care about the "Holy Grail and Holy Blood" if Dan Brown hasn't copied it).

I also found some websites that defend the Christian faith against this book, they are in Mandarin and English.