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     I have just posted a new book review.  Please click on book reviews to read it.  Lee Strobel wrote, The Case For Christ more than a decade ago, but it is still relevant.  Strobel interviews thirteen scholars.  Among them are men like Craig Blomberg, Bruce Metzger, Edwin M. Yamauchi, John McRay, Gregory Boyd, Ben Witherington III, Gary Collins, Donald A. Carson, Louis Lapides, Alexander Metherell, William Lane Craig, Gary Habermas, and J. P. Moreland.  Through these interviews, Strobel is able to answer the skeptics who reject various aspects of the life of Jesus Christ or who question the integrity of the Scripture texts of the Gospel accounts of the life of Christ.  The book is packed with good information.  First, you will want to read the review.  Then, perhaps you will buy the book.

     Lee Strobel in his book, The Case For Christ, sets forth the evidence for the truth about the life of Christ, i.e. His death, burial and resurrection.  Strobel gives the results of thirteen interviews from a variety of biblical scholars each proficient in their respective fields of study.  One of the interviews was with John McRay who specializes in biblical archaeology.  This interview focused on the archaeological support for the accuracy of the New Testament documents.  Strobel writes, “One promient archaeologist carefully examined Luke’s references to thirty-two countries, fifty-four cities, and nine islands, finding not a single mistake” (Strobel, p. 98 (quoting from Geisler and Howe, When Critics Ask, 385).
     Contrast this fact with the Book of Mormon.  Archaeology has repeatedly failed to substantiate the claims of the Book of Mormon.  No Book of Mormon cities have ever been located.  No Book of Mormon persons,  places, nations or names have ever been found.  No Book of Mormon artifacts have ever been found.  No Book of Mormon inscriptions have ever been found.  Nothing which demonstrates the Book of Mormon is anything other than myth or invention has ever been found (Strobel, p. 107).
     This is an amazing contrast.  Where the New Testament can be tested for accuracy, archaeology has verified its contents.  Whereas, the Book of Mormon has no archaeological support.  The New Testament is clearly established as being truthful.  The Book of Mormon is merely myth!