Monday, May 15, 2006

Da Vinci Code Starting This Week

On May 19th the Da Vinci Code will be released in movie theaters. Based on the New York Times best seller by the same name the movie stars Tom Hanks and is directed by Ron Howard. The movie, like the book before it, will raise questions for both believers and non-believers.

While the Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction (it is on the NY Times Best Sellers List under fiction), Dan Brown does a convincing enough job of blurring historical fact and historical fiction. The book and movie makes some interesting claims about who Jesus is, the authority of the Bible and who Mary Magdalene is.

We have a value at New Season that we are called by Jesus to redeem culture for his glory. That will be our aim in our upcoming message series "The Da Vinci Code Discourse" that starts this Sunday. We firmly believe that God is always working to bring good out of what on the surface seems like difficult situations. I believe we have an opportunity to present the true Jesus because of the Da Vinci Code. While we always have this opportunity before us and should be taking advantage of it, through this book persons who would not even consider giving Jesus a second look will now.

Here are the messages we will be doing in the next few weeks at New Season. Don't miss them and bring a friend, relative, co-worker or neighbor to hear them with you.

May 21st What's All the Hype
May 28th The Real Jesus
June 4th The Truth about the Bible
June 11th Mary, Mary, Why You Buggin?

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