Update (1/6): Justice Sunday III in the news.
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I don’t want to blog about Alito, or the tragic mining accident (although the families are in my prayers), or Ariel Sharon’s stroke (he is, too), or Abramoff, or Microsoft, or NSA leaks, or Lynn Swann running for governor in PA (although I will next week), or anything else going on except books, books, books…and a movie:
1. If you’re a Harry Potter fan looking for something to keep you busy until the final book comes out in 2007 and you’re tired of theorizing and wondering whether Snape is “good,” why not start reading a totally new book series? Check out Landon Snow And the Auctor’s Riddle.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s a kid’s book, but so what? Have some fun. 
2. I’m starting a Da Vinci Code movie blog very soon. Back in November, I mentioned something about generating a Christian blog swarm to grab some of those online surfers looking for information about the upcoming movie (May 2006), which is based on the best-selling book. Although Dan Brown’s book is fiction, he blurred the line with this preface:
“All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate.”
The novel boils down to this: Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was not a lord or a savior. He was a sinful man who married Mary Magdalene and had a child. After he was crucified, Mary fled for her life to Gaul (France), had the child, and hid some earth-shattering secrets. According to The Da Vinci Code, the Roman Catholic Church invented Christ’s…I mean the sinful man Jesus’ deity, and has hidden this fact for the past 2,000 years. No Son of God was he, claims the book. A secret group has evidence pointing to this fact, and various members are killed by agents of the church in Rome to prevent them from spilling the goods.
Now here’s the biggest secret: Not only was Jesus NOT the Son of God, but to become closer to God and get to know him…you have to have sexual intercourse while others watch.
Who else but fallen man would come up with a “religion” like that? Forget the commands to be holy and sinless, or remain chaste until marriage. Forget the admonition to do what God says despite how you feel or what it costs you. No, the path to righteousness is a ritualistic orgy. 
As I said in this article, we need more Christians blogging, especially those willing and able to engage the culture. Blogs are search engine magnets, and we have an opportunity to evangelize non-Christians who’ll be looking for online information about the movie.
And yes, you ought to read the book so you can blog about it informatively, in my opinion.
Anyway, check out:
- Bloggers and Da Vinci
- Christians, Are You Ready For The Da Vinci Code?
- The Da Vinci Code Movie Is Coming
- Reformed Christian apologist and debater James White’s Da Vinci Code posts:
a. October 2005
b. November 2005
c. Nov-Dec 2005, January 2006
I won’t update this site until I live-blog on Sunday from Philly. If you want me, I’ll be over here. Have a good weekend!
