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Cracking Da Vinci's Code

james l. garlow peter v. jones

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Was Jesus merely human and not divine?

Did Jesus and Mary Magdalene marry and have children?

Is there a Holy Grail? If so, what is it and where can it be found?

Cracking Da Vinci's Code provides the answers to these and other questions that may have troubled you—or readers you know. Authors James L. Garlow and Peter Jones present compelling evidence that Brown's assertions are not only historically inaccurate, but may also contain a hidden agenda.

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2004

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Format
112 pages, Paperback
Published
November 9, 2005 by David C Cook
ISBN
9780781443562
ASIN
0781443563
Language
English

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james l. garlow

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James L. Garlow is senior pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church, chairman of Renewing American Leadership, a nationwide speaker, and author of several books, including Cracking Da Vinci's Code, with half a million in print. He has appeared on CNN, FOX, NBC, and other media outlets. The Garlow Perspective commentary is heard in over 800 radio outlets. He has master's degrees from Princeton and Asbury seminaries and a PhD from Drew University. Jim and his family live in San Diego, California.

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MarkXXV
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April 17,2025
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Buku ini berusaha meluruskan kebenaran yang sebenarnya dari novel Da Vince Code-nya Dan Brown...
Cuman buat gue, cara memaparkannya kurang bagus, terkesan berat buat ukuran gue (atau mungkin krn gue baca versi bhs indonesia, penerjemahnya yang kurang oke kali yaa..)
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JustinSeagull
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April 17,2025
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Garlow manages to debunk in barely 100 pages what Brown has taken well over 300 (if I remember right) to set up as a truth claim, and Brown's position is based on very dodgy, shaky, and questionable evidence. While Garlow's book is rather short and may feel abrupt, it establishes sufficient factual evidence to render Brown's thriller entirely a work of fiction. Unfortunately, many, many people are stupid enough to buy Brown's claims. That's why The Da Vinci Code was such a sensation. I read it myself and must agree that it is rather an engaging thriller, and Dan Brown is a writer of considerable talent (I much prefer Digital Fortress, however, as Brown's religious thrillers are outright infuriating in their shameless audience manipulation. He's getting rich off the childish ignorance of the masses). If you want more factual support for the truth and validity of Christianity and the deity of Jesus Christ, read the works of Lee Strobel. And don't feed me that line about how the bias of authors like Garlow and Strobel drive their presentation of the evidence. So does Brown's, but at least the truth pretty much speaks for itself, even stripped of bias. There is no truth to Brown's claims. None.
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YourFearexe
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April 17,2025
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I was somewhat disappointed with the book because I felt as if they were talking down to me, as well as being fairly repetitious with their arguments in various chapters. In my view the book could have covered the meat of their arguments in half the pages.
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Otsutsuki_Fahad
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April 17,2025
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I purchased this book for 2 reasons. One is because when I lived in San Diego, James Garlow was the pastor at my church. Two, because the Davinchi Code made me angry.

I delved into this book, and was very surprised. It is now he said, she said. I was expecting much more "evidence" to support the cause of the book, but it seemed more like personal opinions. Keep in mind, this is a short little book. I noticed when I was done reading it, that you could offer a larger book that allowed for Bible study or personal growth. So maybe the smaller book didn't have what I was looking for.
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MuteFrog
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April 17,2025
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Teología barata hecha por cristianos asustados para asustar a más cristianos.
Imaginense un "Dios no ha muerto" pero en libro... haciendose las victimas, sacando to de contexto y con un montón de falacias.
Le pongo una estrellla porque hay que ponerle nota.
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lockaholic
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April 17,2025
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I really enjoyed this book. I read it in 3 days.

I even liked the fictional story of Carrie and her issues with her Pagan feminist Goddess worshiping room-mate. (these people really do exist - I've chatted with many of them.)

This book is only a beginning to learning the historical truths of Christianity. Garlow and Jones most likely could have easily made this offering 3000 pages long. Personally i would of enjoyed that too.
The issues this book brings up are very relevant to modern Christianity and Biblical scholarship. A day doesn't seem to go by where i'm not trying to undo the mess caused by the Jesus Seminar (especially Pagels and Ehrman.) But as we can see from other reviews of this book: people will believe what they want to believe...Good luck!


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texasreznikoff
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April 17,2025
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Probably made me appreciate Dan Brown more...showed how the author could convince his readers that he was telling the truth. This book offers all the rebuttals to Browns book.
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