Sermons on False People:

Is Jesus Really Divine? Series

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Dec 4, 2006

Using the DaVinci Code as a starting point for demonstrating Jesus really is the divine Son of God, and why this is important for us today.

Last week I began this sermon series called Counterfeit Christianity because of my concerns over how easily people across this country and around world have been led astray by believing some of the claims made about the Christian faith by a fictional book called The Da Vinci Code. My hope is that ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:21-26

Denomination: Methodist

Can We Trust The Gospels? (The Da Vinci Code - Part 1) Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006

Part one of a four-part series discussing claims of the book. The focus is not on slamming the author, but rather on answering the claims in a reasoned and reasonable manner.

Can We Trust the Gospels? (The Da Vinci Code – Part 1) Various Scriptures May 14, 2006 Introduction Well, today we begin what I anticipate will be a four week series on the best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code. I’ve been looking forward to this for awhile. And the main reason is that I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16

Denomination: Wesleyan

Between Hevan And Hell. Pt 2.

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Aug 16, 2005

Can you say to others,”I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” or do you say ,”I am still between Hevan and Hell.”

Between Hevan and Hell. pt 2. John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:38-39

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jan 28, 2007

A sermon about false teachers.

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Matthew 13:33 “Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.” This passage we have just read speaks of the church, which Jesus refers to as the kingdom ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Da Vinci Code

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on May 11, 2006

In the "Duh" Vinci Con Dan Brown mixes old heresies and new religio-feminist dogma with his own imagination to write an adventure story … that also just happens to be an all-out attack on Christian belief.

The “Duh” Vinci Con I Peter 3:15 SCRIPTURE READING: I Peter 3:15 INTRODUCTION: Today we’re going to deal with the Dan Brown novel and Movie called the Da Vinci Code. In the Da Vinci Code Dan Brown mixes old heresies and new religio-feminist dogma with his own imagination to write an ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Counterfeit Christianity: The Cult Connection

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Feb 12, 2005

With every ounce of religious freedom comes great weighty responsibility to defend religious truth. I firmly believe that we can know religious truth! Just as we know that there is truth in science and math, there is spiritual truth found only in Jesus

Counterfeit Christianity: The Cult Connection Jude 3,4 The year was 1783, when America officially recognized its independence from England. A fiery pastor named Ezra Stiles steps into his pulpit with a sermon entitled, “The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor”. In it he predicts that in due ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

Living In War Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on May 30, 2003

This is the 15th study in the study "Hope In The Darkness". This study looks at the discernment of false teachers and their fate.

LIVING IN WAR 2 Peter 2:1-9 Ephesians 6:10-18 As Christians we are members of God’s Army. As we just read, we are at spiritual war every day and God has given us the armor necessary to not just survive but to be victorious. One of the tactics of the enemy is that Satan uses spies. A spy is ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 2:1-9, 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Davinci Code - Faith, Fact Or Fiction? (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on May 1, 2006

What’s the fuss about? If it’s just a novel that Hollywood turned into a movie, nobody’s going to Hell over it -- are they? ARE THEY?

Most of the time on Sunday mornings I “teach” through a sermon. Today I will preach this sermon. Teaching is an indirect way to your heart through your head. When the logic and information go through the filter of the brain, God’s Spirit molds it, shapes it into an inspirational reality and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:24

Denomination: United Methodist

Decoding The Da Vinci Code: Listen To Your Mother! Series

Contributed by Joey Nelson on May 15, 2006

A Jewish proverb says, "God could not be everywhere so he made mothers." The power of a godly mother who understands the issues of the Faith and who takes the time to communicate those to her children surpasses the impact of a thousand Dan Brown’s.

INTRODUCTION Opening Statement: Mothers are teachers. Mothers are disciplinarians. Mothers are cleaning ladies. Some mothers are gardeners and landscapers. And most mothers understand that baking cookies is more important than washing windows. Mothers are nurses and doctors and psychologists and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 49:13-16

Dealing With Da Vinci

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 19, 2004

Brown offers an revisionist, alternative, speculative view of the historical Jesus that lacks historical evidence, in the guise of a conspiracy thriller.

Dealing with Da Vinci—the lure of ‘other’ gospels. –Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Scripture reading—Psalm 119:89-96 Dan Brown’s provocative book, The Da Vinci Code, has topped the best-seller list for over half a year and has inspired TV ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:89-96

Denomination: Congregational

Decoding The Da Vinci Code – Walking With The Master! Series

Contributed by Joey Nelson on May 22, 2006

Christ is Christianity. Philip Yancey writes: "Why am I a Christian? I sometimes ask myself, and to be perfectly honest the reasons reduce to two: 1) the lack of good alternatives, and 2) Jesus. Brilliant, untamed, tender, creative, slippery, irreduci

INTRODUCTION Opening Statement: Christ is Christianity. Philip Yancey writes: "Why am I a Christian? I sometimes ask myself, and to be perfectly honest the reasons reduce to two: 1) the lack of good alternatives, and 2) Jesus. Brilliant, untamed, tender, creative, slippery, irreducible, ...read more

Scripture: John 6:66-69

The Da Vinci Con - Making The Most Of It

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on May 17, 2006

There are many ways we can respond as believers to the cultural phenomenon that is the Da Vinci Code.

The Da Vinci Con Making the most of it TCF Sermon May 14, 2006 Last week, Jim Garrett equipped us to crack the code. The code, as in the Da Vinci Code, turns out to be the Da Vinci Con. If you were wondering what’s actually true in this book, as well as in the movie that’s going to be released ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Da Vinci Code: Separating Fact From Fiction Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 21, 2006

Separating fact from fiction is not easy but it is necessary when it comes to the DaVinci Code.

Cracking the DaVinci Code: Separating Fact from Fiction 1 John 4:1-7 Rev. Brian Bill 4/23/06 My mom is an avid reader and a member of a book club. A couple years ago she read the DaVinci Code by Dan Brown and was deeply disturbed. She asked me some questions and I couldn’t answer them because I ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Who Was Jesus? (The Da Vinci Code - Part 2) Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006

Second in series about TDVC, this message focusing on the divinity of Jesus, which is challenged in the book.

Who Was Jesus? (The Da Vinci Code – Part 2) Various Scriptures May 28, 2006 (With grateful acknowledgment of the book, Cracking Da Vinci’s Code, by James L. Garlow and Peter Jones, from which much of the material in the first two sections comes) Introduction After taking a break last week, I’m ...read more

Scripture: John 10:30-33

Denomination: Wesleyan

God's Plumbline Series

Contributed by Mike Mcguire on Feb 8, 2007

The purpose of this sermon is to lay groundwork for a study on The Da Vinci Code or other study of cults.

GOD’S PLUMB LINE June 25, 2006 a.m. Hillcrest Baptist Church Text: Amos 7:7-9; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Purpose: The purpose of this sermon is to lay groundwork for a study on The Da Vinci Code or other study of cults. It is to help members understand the basis for biblical ...read more

Scripture: Amos 7:7-9

Denomination: Baptist