Teaching ideas?
Here’s your chance to learn some French: Code Da Vinci.
Yes, the mania has hit here, so I’m reading through the book and making some notes, trying to think of ways to teach truth through the interest created by the book and movie.
What would you teach on if you were going to use Code Da Vinci as a spring-board? I’d be interested in knowing, so… Why not leave a comment?
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Wife had her b-day yesterday. She received some nice things and appreciated all the calls and emails. Thanks.
posted by Brady @ 10:19 AM
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My interest in The Da Vinci Code stems mostly from the outcry against it. I felt much the same when "The Last Temptation of Christ" hit the theater.
I think my springboard would be "Why are we so opposed to the suggestions in this book?" What a great opportunity to explore the humanity of Jesus and whether we accept him as a man with the same tendencies and predilictions as we have or whether we elevate him above that, thus making his sacrifices moot.
Happy Birthday Steph!
Haven't read the book...but probably need to.
I agree with Randy's springboard – people in general have forgotten this book is fictitious.
As Dan Brown’s trial was held here in London, we got updates during the trial, and the press had fun as usual. Perhaps it is a comment on our society today, but with all the information we now have at our fingertips, it is truly amazing how little all the pundits really know with regards to Biblical passages, or even with church history. Ignorance is bliss, and when authors like Brown come along who allow others to manage their research (as Brown did with his wife) and mix up the salient facts, capitalism and confusion flourish.
Those in the media who comment publicly and interview those Biblical scholars or people of faith who know anything about the Bible or church history, usually have not been to church in years and no longer consider themselves Christ-followers. Their scepticism and disbelief only adds perplexity and exacerbation to the mix. Have fun disseminating the truth.
On a side note to this, one of the more interesting debates this book has generated is the feminine sacred. Sometimes we females, without ever having to jump on the Germaine Greer bandwagon, have wondered how men (even apostle Paul!) ever got their ideas about women in ministry to begin with? Jesus’ examples of treating women with nobility and respect seemed to get swept under an exceedingly large tapestry before and during the Middle Ages. Thankfully we have come a very long way since those times when women were burned at the stake for just wanting to know how to read the Bible. (What made that such a threatening proposition to the men in power, anyway?)
Have fun, Brady … I think it’s great you are going to address some of the issues the book erroneously, and fictitiously, raises!
And belated birthday wishes to Wifey!
Brady,
I'm a friend of Greg and Cecil's. I preach for the Melbourne church in Melbourne, Fl. I read Da Vinci Code recently. I have not found any credible historian or linguist who gives any credibility to this book. There are many debunkings of the book. On CBS last Sunday night there was a debunking of the Priory of Sion portion of the book.
You can watch the video of the show here:
http://tinyurl.com/dbqbj
You can read the transcrpt here:
http://tinyurl.com/k8bhz
Peace
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