Good Christian books to recommend

last SG · 2005-07-09T11:37:15+00:00

Have to agree, Max Lucado is a very good writer... try searching on ebay, you may turn up a copy or two. Also like I said in my earlier post, And God Came N...

ceecookie SG

Da Vinci Code, The : Dan Brown

good book......got christian things inside....

M©+square SG

Like that also can.

Icemoon SG

Hmm .. dunno why leh .. I read his reply (I have read this book... for us Christians it will make a lot of sense... and it will challenge you...) .. dun think it shows arrogance.

If it is any secular book then the implication will be - non believers are just plain dumb so cannot understand. This is plain arrogance I say. But his example is about a Christian book so obviously non believers will find some parts hard to grasp.

Very Happy

Icemoon SG

Of course can lah .. I think there are many xtians who not known of church history until they read that. Mr. Green

laoda99 SG

think should read other books for church history... Rolling Eyes

this book is full of conspiracy theories...

Icemoon SG

Hey pple,

Not sure if any of you likes to read those historical Jesus books by authors like Borg and Crossan. (http://christoffaithandhistory.blogspot.com/)

Or if you find the above a tat too liberal, then try works by their academic "opponent" Luke Timothy Johnson.

For a start can read their famous "Jesus @ 2000" email debate - http://www.ntgateway.com/xtalk/debate.html

And the battle rages on in "The Conversation Continues" - http://www.ntgateway.com/xtalk/conversation.html This time N.T. Wright joins in .. haha

Icemoon SG

Some people read history they can sleep liao ..

At least the book gives you facts like

1. the existence of the gnostic gospels
2. how the bible was canonized
3. the existence of Opus Dei
4. works of Da Vinci
..

It is just like the gospel today. You need to "package" it with magic shows, miracle healings, techno music, drama performances, pop songs etc. .. to entice people to find out more.

laoda99 SG

I have read the book. Think it is not a good 'history book' becoz of its fictional nature. Of course the 'facts' u stated were reflected in the novel, but no one really knows whether Da Vinci's intent in his drawings are like that....we only know he is an artist that's all....whether he is more than what we think he is....is not a published fact right?

i think Dan Brown pointed out Constantine was the one who commissioned a new bible. For sure, we know Constantine was the Roman Emperor who made Christianity the state ideology, but to say he 'commissioned' a new bible, is probably not right.

The Opus Dei was reflected in a very bad light; politically motivated murders...haizzz....and Dan Brown even wrote the facts in his book endorsed by Opus Dei....where got pple so silly one....

The part abt the self-mortification (Silas)....think I read somewhere on the net that some members practised....think some of the mystical things catholics do i still could not comprehend.....mebbe some catholic frens here can share....

Hey, you got visited the Opus Dei office right? Is it really a separate order or prelature commissioned by the Pope?

To conclude, I believed it is not fair or safe to mix facts with popular fiction.

Icemoon SG

Not true. The real baddie is the Catholic Church. Opus Dei was a victim. Can't you see the confession and love from Silas and the Bishop? It is never too late to confess ..

Hey, you got visited the Opus Dei office right? Is it really a separate order or legislature commissioned by the Pope?

I dunno the terminology they use, to me it is just a Vatican sanctioned organization. Mr. Green

laoda99 SG

One of the books refuting the Da Vinci Code wrote that Opus Dei do not have monks....Silas was a monk...

Chin Eng SG

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Originally posted by ceecookie:
Da Vinci Code, The : Dan Brown

good book......got christian things inside....
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x 2... Shocked

Cable TV has an interesting programme on the fiction of the Da Vinci Code....
Call SVC to subcribe NOW!!!! Laughing

My contribution to this thread:
The Case For A Creator by Lee Strobel (and any others books by Lee Strobel) especially for science and logic folks who think that only the weak minded become Christians. Lee Strobel books contain many interviews he had conducted with scholars and scientists..... some chapters quite chim.....

laoda99 SG

i have scv...which channel and what programme/which day?

Chin Eng SG

Suppose to be tonight, according to the SCV website. Channel 11, National Geographic, 10 PM.....
Seen it one time before, not sure if it is a repeat or a new show.....

laurence82 SG

hmm, strange, i tot its on discovery? no?

Shocked

Icemoon SG

I saw a da vinci documentary on scv that day. The lady host interviewed Brown, Elaine Pagels and other authors.

The show quite long siah .. at least one hour

laoda99 SG

Viewed it just now...

Of all the pple interviewed, I think Dan Brown has the least credibility

Elaine Pagels is a good author and she talks sense.....Dan Brown sounds very sensational.....cannot blame him.....it is his book everybody is talking abt and he mebbe concerned abt sales Mr. Green

the Bear SG

basically, the Da Vinci Code is a WORK OF FICTION!! Laughing

anyhooooo... go read Run Baby Run by Nicky Cruz Wink

Ito_^ SG

try books by cs lewis.

or freud's take on religion. Laughing

Icemoon SG

I like the interview with the old man who authored one of the books giving Dan Brown his inspiration .. haha

laoda99 SG

he looks cool, though a bit weird when he speaks, not natural leh

think now he is suing Dan Brown for copying his work

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