Worshiping an Unknown God

Was the story of Jesus borrowed From Pagan Myths? This is a popular claim made by skeptics due the dying and rising gods of ancient Near East myths such as Horus, Osiris, and Mithras. But what Markos shows is the truth is actually flipped around, that the Christian gospel is the “truth myth” or as C.S. Lewis put it: “The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact.” From Tammuz and Inanna of Babylon to Heracles and Persephone of Greece, Markos shows how the characters, themes and symbols within these myths both foreshadow and find their fulfillment in the story of Jesus Christ. Markos’ apologetic approach is critical to understanding how the seed of the gospel already resides within today’s secular culture and yesterday’s pagan culture, paving the way for the proclamation of the gospel—the “myth made fact.”