So many responded to our invitation that we had to change the venue at the last minute! Over a hundred guests came to our dinner forum at the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel Ballroom to hear Dr. Darrell Bock, Research Professor of New Testament Studies, who wrote the New York Times best-seller called Breaking the DaVinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking. He challenged the claims of an historical basis in Dan Brown's book, The DaVinci Code, which has raised numerous questions about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and the Bible. With the creativity of a good novelist, Brown raises the ultimate question that deserves careful thought and an informed answer: "Did the church perpetrate a lie?"

Dr. Bock answered that question with a resounding "No!" Drawing on a wide range of historical resources, his research reveals the truth of the Christian faith by focusing on the 325 years immediately following the birth of Jesus to separate verifiable facts from the fictional claims of Dan Brown's famous book.