Sermons on Teaching Application:

The Da Vinci Code: The Women In Jesus' Life Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on May 12, 2006

As we study what the Bible says about Dan Brown’s audacious claims, we come to what is perhaps the most scandolous section of the DaVinci Code -- the assertion that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene.

Cracking the DaVinci Code: The Women in Jesus’ Life Matthew 27:55-56 Rev. Brian Bill 5/14/06 Note: All of our sermons are also available as audio files and downloadable manuscripts at www.pontiacibible.org. A group of kids were asked to give their answers to some questions about their moms. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:55-56

Denomination: Baptist

Waiting For His Coming

Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on May 14, 2006

No one likes to wait. Sometimes we get tired of waiting for God’s promises to come to pass. Sometimes we get confused about how it is all going to take place. We are not the only ones . . .

Watching for Jesus’ Return Mark 13:1-37 Sometimes we get tired of waiting for God’s promises to come to pass. Sometimes we get confused about how it is all going to take place. People ask, “Where is the sign of his coming?” Confusion today about how Jesus will come back to earth. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:1-37

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hell Is Now Waiting

Contributed by James Sulton on May 16, 2006

An appeal to consider hell.

Hell Is Now Waiting Will You Go Into This Place? Luke 16:19-31 Hell is a place to be desired if you don’t want and have no desire to go to heaven. If you have a desire to go to hell: no doubt you also have a desire to spend an eternity in the lake of fire that burns eternally and where you will ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Baptist

The Da Vinci Code: Searching For Holy Grace Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on May 19, 2006

Instead of going to a museum, we’re going to go to the Master; instead of cracking a code of conspiracy, we’re going to learn about the mode of conversion.

Cracking the DaVinci Code: Searching for Holy Grace John 3:1-18 Rev. Brian Bill 5/21/06 Note: All of our sermons are also available as audio files and downloadable manuscripts at www.pontiacibible.org. Are you drawn to history or mystery, or both? What we’ve established in our series called ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Da Vinci Cold

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on May 20, 2006

Why Jesus wouldn’t have married.

DaVinci Cold The whole ballyhoo about the DaVinci Code has left me cold. Unbelievers are expected to create trash, rumors, and heresies about Christ. That is basically what they do so this and the Gospel of Judas, the Lost Books, etc, etc ad infinitum and ad nauseum will always be with us. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

Love Each Other

Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 21, 2006

This sermon illustrates the kind of love the Father has for the Son and the kind of love the Son has for us which enables us to love each other.

Scripture Reading: John 15:9 – 17 Message: “Love Each Other” Text: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you” (John 15:12). Introduction: Do you find it easy to love other people? Your question might be, “What do you mean by loving other people?” We have one kind of love for ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Christian Church

Cracking The Da Vinci Code, Part 3 Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on May 24, 2006

The truth about the deity of Jesus.

“Constantine commissioned and financed a new Bible, which omitted those gospels that spoke of Christ’s human traits and embellished those gospels that made Him godlike. The earlier gospels were outlawed, gathered up, and burned.” (The Da Vinci Code, p. 234). “Until that moment in history, Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:6-7

Denomination: Baptist

The Da Vinci Code Part One: The New Testament Vs Other Writings Series

Contributed by Don Jaques on May 24, 2006

When a fictional story purports to tell the truth – and that truth directly contradicts the teaching of the Christian church over the past 2000 years – confusion is going to be the result. The power of books and especially movies to shape our thinking as

Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery. He lunged for the nearest painting he could see, a Caravaggio. Grabbing the gilded frame, the seventy-six-year-old man heaved the masterpiece toward himself until it tore from the wall and ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Davinci Code Trap

Contributed by Ron Macarthur on May 24, 2006

A look at the enemies purpose for the DaVinci code book and film.

The DaVinci Code Trap The year was 1988 and the film The Last Temptation of Christ had been released. The Christian world was in a fury over this Christ bashing movie. Immediately books were written, films produced and preachers fired up their sermons to preach against this thing the church ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:23-26

Denomination: Baptist

The Da Vinci Code: Is It Real? Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 24, 2006

Part 1 of a 4 part of series on topics that tend to divide people from each other and from God.

THE GREAT DIVIDE - PART 1 “The Da Vinci Code: Is it real?” Colossians 2:8-10, 1 John 1:1-2 INTRODUCTION: The book has sold over 40 million copies, it has been on the best seller list for almost 3 years and is presently the New York Times Best Seller as the #1 paperback fiction. The movie, ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:8-10

Denomination: Christian Church

The Da Vinci Code Is Cracked, Seek The Truth.

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 27, 2006

"Opening up the claims of the DaVinci code. In the search for truth."

Seek the truth, the Da Vinci code is cracked!’ Since April 2003, the Da Vinci code has been on the New York best sellers list infact two years later it has become a best seller in over a 150 countries selling over 40 million copies and written in 42 different languages. It has made Dan Brown ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Da Vinci Code: There's Something About Mary Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 29, 2006

Part 2 of Cracking the Da Vinci Code looks at who Mary Magdalene was and who she wasn’t.

There’s Something About Mary She has been vilified and deified. Her name is Mary Magdalene and through the years she has been surrounded with myth and legend. With the exception of Mary the mother of Jesus there is no other woman from the bible who has been the subject of so much discussion and ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Da Vinci Code: What Does The Church Really Think About Women? (Part 3) Series

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on May 30, 2006

Now the question – was Mary really Jesus’ wife and mother of Sarah, the child Jesus supposedly fathered to establish a royal bloodline to rule the earth?

Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him. Matthew 27:55 (NRSVA) The DaVinci Code movie will be released this week. The fact that it coincides with Mother’s Day does not surprise me. Part of the conspiracy theory of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:55

Denomination: United Methodist

Take A Load Off Your Soul, Brother!

Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006

Message regarding the peace and rest offered by Jesus.

Take a Load Off Your Soul, Brother! Matthew 11:25-30 March 19, 2006 Introduction I went to some of the games at the State “B” basketball tourney this weekend. My nephew Bo, all 6’ 3” of him was playing for the team from Hurley. During the Friday game I commented to my brother’s friends that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30

Denomination: Wesleyan

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