Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart

Author:James L. Rubart [Rubart, James L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Christian, book, ebook
ISBN: 9781401686055
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-SEVEN

THE CLINK OF SILVERWAR E, THE CLANK OF THICK glasses, and the smell of chimichangas and frying fajitas seemed to calm the professor, Dana decided. The frantic expression he displayed in the church parking lot had been replaced by a look of mixed puzzlement and concentration, as if he was trying to apply Occam’s razor to what had happened inside the church. She smiled. Marcus would probably be impressed she knew what Occam’s razor was.

After they ordered, Dana tapped her fist lightly on the back of Marcus’s hand as it rested on the table. “Ready to regale us with your amazing tale?”

“Yes.”

Marcus described what happened and when he finished, questions poured out of Dana’s mouth and Brandon joined her.

“You’re sure they were demons?”

“The one you talked to. What did he sound like?”

“Did anyone not have a backpack?”

“How did you stop yourself from freaking out?”

When Brandon asked why the pastor hadn’t seen Marcus, the professor’s eyes lit up and he pointed at Reece. “That’s precisely what I want to know. Please explain how I could walk down the middle of that church and have no one see me.”

“Mass hypnosis,” Brandon said.

Reece took a chip and used it to scoop up a liberal portion of salsa from the small brown bowl in the center of the table. “The Spirit covered his eyes.”

“He was blinded?”

“Yep. As well as the rest of the congregation.”

“That’s impossible.”

“Clearly,” Brandon said.

Their waiter brought their food and after Reece blessed it, he tapped the tips of his fingers together. “I’m confused. I thought we established that all of you have read the Bible.”

“Oh, okay.” Brandon spread guacamole and sour cream on his chicken enchiladas. “You mean where it tells us where to pick up our invisibility cloak? I looked up that verse the other day. Second Rowling, chapter 3, verse 16—if memory serves.”

“The idea wasn’t original with J. K.”

“Right, right, it’s in the gospel according to Obi-Wan Kenobi?” Brandon smiled. “You’re ripping off a page right out of Star Wars.”

“No. Lucas was ripping off God and didn’t even know it.”

“How so?”

“As I’ve already said, everything that has been created came from God. Everything. All Satan can do is imitate and counterfeit.”

Dana took a drink of her root beer. “Star Wars? I’m lost.”

“Don’t tell me you’ve never seen Star Wars.” Brandon cut off a large bite of his enchilada. “We never watched those together?”

“I saw each movie. One time.” She glanced at Brandon. “Yes, with you. That was plenty. So forgive me if I didn’t memorize every scene.”

Brandon rubbed his hands together. “There’s this scene in Episode IV—the first movie—where Obi-Wan waves his hand and says, ‘These aren’t the ones you’re looking for,’ or something like that, and the soldiers couldn’t see Han Solo—”

“Han Solo? Try Luke,” Marcus muttered.

“Hmm.” Dana raised her eyebrows. “So I’m not the only one without a perfect memory.”

Brandon scowled at her. “The point is Obi-Wan confused their minds. They should have seen it was him but they didn’t.”

Marcus turned to Reece. “Is that what you’re

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