http://www.theoblogian.org/Quality theological discussion.60 http://ww.theoblogian.org/Post.aspx?s=rc&idpPost=133#Comment_257I had not thought about it from this perspective, but you are correct about the church being a gift to Dan Brown. I also agree that the reason the book is a gift to the church is that the church has been lacking. But salvation is a gift for the same reason: we had a problem, and something had to be done. Although I'll take Jesus over the Da Vinci Code any day!Charlie5/25/2006 11:08:00 PM http://ww.theoblogian.org/Post.aspx?s=rc&idpPost=133#Comment_254did dan brown do a favor for the church or the church do a favor for dan brown? given the economic statistics of the movie...i am thinking the latter. sure God is at work, but i am not quite sure if His people are at work. deficient sunday school teachers. biblical ineptitude among christians. sad state of affairs for an apologetic response for the "success" of the book.mingman5/24/2006 9:17:00 PM http://ww.theoblogian.org/Post.aspx?s=rc&idpPost=133#Comment_252<P>This is a ton of useful information, and your analysis of the opportunity the Da Vinci Code presents us is exciting.</P> <P>The other analysis of the Da Vinci Code I appreciated is over at Magic Statistics: <A href="#topofpage"><I>Da Vinci Code</I>’s popularity signals spiritual cowardice</A>.</P> <P>Thank you for educating me about some of the key facts that Dan Brown&nbsp;perverted.</P>Brian5/23/2006 7:44:00 PM