It is written that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations ... (Luke 24:46-47)

Are you familiar with the book called "The Lost Years of Jesus"? The popularity of this book - which has also inspired a movie - indicates that many people have become fascinated with the idea that Jesus went off to India before his ministry began in Palestine. One version of the story has it that Jesus appeared in the form of a great Indian guru. Another approach suggests that Jesus and Buddha were actually the same divine being appearing in different forms. In 1977, Harvey Cox, a professor at Harvard Divinity School, published his excellent book Turning East, in which he discussed various aspects …