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?yv ! vn j viw^ Paid Advertisement Co-conspirator Colson gives analysis Watergate cover-up compared to “Yet after just a few weeks the natural human in- u Passover Plot” One of the major theories put forth to explain away the resurrection of Jesus Christ proposes a “Passover plot” by the disciplines. This theory says the disciplines stole the dead body of their leader and propagated the lie of His resurrection, subse quently covering-up the “true” events concerning his death. In his book Loving God Charles Colson compares the Watergate cover-up to the supposed cover-up of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. A Cover-up Dies Colson writes, “History reveals that after the criminal investigation of the White House began—the end of Mr. Nixon’s presidency was only a matter of time. The serious cover-up, the part everyone knew or should have known was criminal—really began March 21, 1973. And it ended April 8, 1973. “With the most powerful office in the world at stake, a small band of hand-picked loyalists, no “Yet after just a few weeks the natural human in stinct for self-preservation was so overwhelming that the conspirators, one by one, deserted their leader, walked away from the cause, turned their backs on the power, prestige, and privileges. Possible Resurrection Explanations * “So what does all this have to do with the resur rection of Jesus Christ? Simply this: Modern criti cism of the historic truth of Christianity boils down to three propositions: first, that the disciples were mistaken; or second, that the disciples knowingly perpetrated a myth, intended as a symbol; or third, the eleven disciples conceived a ‘Passover plot’-- spirited the body of Christ out of the tomb and dis posed of it neatly—and to their dying breaths main tained conspiratorial silence. “Let’s consider each. The first is the shaki est...The Scriptures state very honestly that the dis ciples were so staggered by Jesus’ reappearance that o*com-, -SO wKi&er Oo Vcxj TM'fJVC- TO MG C’tGXTO I. /M-JEN4 rKrTEM_«eSG>JCG COM- v/EGrrec? Hus ejm-tifse: (“VOkSS- INTTO EJ'JGKeS'S' AIMD t3E/^r-ieC> MIM1 t iisrro s Pierce x TMINIK. CSOD Mii-i rv»e. WMA.T CO YXXJ tvuimk.'? X <30 WITH TWE seaEr-mEKS VIEW. must conclude that there was a conspiracy—a cov er-up if you will—by eleven men with the complic ity of up to five hundred others. To subscribe to this argument, one must also be ready to believe that each disciple was willing to be ostracized by friends and family, live in daily fear of death, endure pris ons, live penniless and hungry, sacrifice family, be tortured without ever once renouncing that Jesus had risen from the dead! “This is why the Watergate experience is so in structive for me. If John Dean and the rest of us were so panic-stricken, not by the prospect of beat ings and execution, but by political disgrace and a possible prison term, one can only speculate about the emotions of the disciples. . . Could a Lie Survive? “Is it really likely, then that a deliberate cover- up, a plot to perpetuate a lie about the Resun-ection could have survived the violent persecution of the apostles. . .? Is it not probable that at least one of the apostles would have renounced Christ before being beheaded or stoned?” Colson concludes, “Take it from one who was in side the Watergate web looking out, who saw first hand how vulnerable a cover-up is: Nothing less than an experience as awesome as the resurrection of Christ could have caused those men to maintain to their dying whispers that Jesus is alive and Lord.” Christ United Methodist Church Meeting at College Station Jr. High on Rock Prairie Rd. 690-HOPE Jerry House, Pastor homepage: www.rtis.com/reg/bcs/org/ christumc 7:00pm at Jr. High - Good Friday Service Easter Sunrise Service - 6:45 am on church property (south on Hwy 6 between Rock Prairie and Greens Prairie near Desert Hills Hospital) Easter Worship - 8:30 and 10:45 am at C.S. Jr. High Grace Bible Church 701 Anderson, C.S. 693-2911 CjSA.CE mi I FOR I IFF College Impact: 11:00 a.m. 1 Regular Services: 9:15 & 11:00 a.m. ,, \j\JLLL\JL L/ll Jj /r Dwight Edwards, Jeff Paine, | Senior Pastor College Pastor | Southern Oaks^> BAPTIST CHURCH 4301 Carter Creek Pkwy. Bryan, Texas 77802 (409) 846-4042 • email: sobc@myriad.net Joe Dennis, Pastor EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES AM Worship - 8:30, 10:45 Sunday School - 9:30 Col. 1:28 “....that we may present every man complete in Christ. more than ten of us, could not hold a conspiracy to gether for more than two weeks. “Think of what was at stake: Each of us in volved...believed passionately in President Nixon. To enter government service for him we had sacri ficed very lucrative private law practices and other endeavors; we had sacrificed our family lives and privacy; we had invested our whole lives in the work...Only a few months earlier the President had been re-elected in an historic landslide victory; the ugly Asian war was finally over; we were riding the crest in everyway. Not Enoueh Incentive to Lie “Think of the power at our fingertips...Think of the privileges...Yet even the prospect of jeopardiz ing the President we’d worked so hard to elect, of losing the prestige, power, and personal luxury of our offices was not enough incentive to make this group of men contain a lie...There was certain to be keen embarrassment; at the worst, some might go to prison ...But no one was in grave danger; no one’s life was at stake. at least one demanded the tangible proof of finger ing the wounds in His hands and side... Luke says, “He showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days. . .. The records of the event, written independently by various eye witness reporters, believe the possibility that the dis ciples were mistaken. “But could it have been a myth... (used) to con vey religious truths through symbols? But this as sumes that all the disciples understood that they were using a symbolic device. Even a cursory read ing of the Gospels reveals not allegory or fable, but a straightforward, narrative account. Moreover, Paul, an intimate associate of the original disciples, shatters the myth theory altogether when he argues that if Jesus was not actually resurrected, Chris tianity is a hoax, a sham. Nothing in Paul’s writ ings remotely suggests mythology. A Possible Passover Cover-up? “.. .So if one is to assail the historicity of the Res urrection and therefore the deity of Christ, one 3^ Q ta' 1100 Carter Creek Parkway • 823-8073 PSALMS OF HOLY WEEK 12:15 PM Noonday Services 12:35 PM Lunch Served MAUNDY THURSDAY 7:30 AM Communion Service EASTER SUNDAY 7:00 AM Sunrise Service & Breakfast 9:30 AM Church School 8:30 & 11:00 AM Worship Need help choosing a God? It’s kind of trendy to pick your own God. They say it doesn’t matter what you believe, as long as you’re sincere. Perhaps you’re looking for more. Then take a look at Leadership U. http://www.leaderu.com Christian Groups to Contact at Texas A&M Campus Crusade for Christ Brad Cook 696-6798 Grace College Life Jeff Paine 693-2911 Chi Alpha Christian Fell. John Diescher 693-0924 Association of Baptist Students Tommy Tucker 846-3223 United Campus Ministry Frank Yates 846-1221 Reformed University Fell. 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