tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post114554673994672937..comments2023-11-02T10:38:41.186-05:00Comments on Quotidian Grace: God Bless the GnosticsJody Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-1145846897569083252006-04-23T21:48:00.000-05:002006-04-23T21:48:00.000-05:00PDJ-- There are a lot of materials out there on th...PDJ--<BR/> <BR/>There are a lot of materials out there on the subject. I am doing a 6 part series.<BR/><BR/>Here is what I am using:<BR/><BR/>The Da Vinci Code Deception (DVD) <BR/>Where Facts and Fiction Meet: The Biblical Christ in a Da Vinci Code society (DVD)<BR/>Both DVD's are available from www.visionvideo.com and are inexpensive.<BR/><BR/>I'm taking segments from each one. Actually I've used some of the bonus interviews from the Da Vinci Code deception rather than some of the regular segments. The segments are 10 to 15 minutes long, so there is time for discussion.<BR/><BR/>The Gospel Code by Ben Witherington III<BR/>This is a good book on the subject by a professor from Asbury Seminary. I'm using it for background.<BR/><BR/>If you prefer a more academic, less evangelical author, try Bart Ehrman's The Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code. <BR/><BR/>Mark D. Roberts, a presbyterian minister with a Phd in New Testament from Harvard wrote an excellent series on his blog--www.markdroberts.com<BR/>You can download it and copy it for use in a church class. I'm using some of that as well.Jody Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-1145771320556842282006-04-23T00:48:00.000-05:002006-04-23T00:48:00.000-05:00This isn't so much a comment as a question provoke...This isn't so much a comment as a question provoked by your post, "Last night I was leading my class on The Da Vinci Codeā¦"<BR/><BR/>What curriculum or discussion guide to you recommend for such classes? There are so many out there, and it's hard to know which will give a good framework for discussion and which will simply reinforce paranoid fantasies.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789222484014113052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-1145621496824758652006-04-21T07:11:00.000-05:002006-04-21T07:11:00.000-05:00I am looking forward to the Da Vinci Code film ......I am looking forward to the Da Vinci Code film ... seen the trailer (and it looks like a James bond :) ... as you say QG the Gnostics keep us on our toes, and I think this film could be a GREAT evangelistic tool (far more than the Passion which was mostly viewed by Christians I think) precisely because ordinary people will go to see it - and talk about it.<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-1145554933580012092006-04-20T12:42:00.000-05:002006-04-20T12:42:00.000-05:00"validated by the viciousness with which they were...<I>"validated by the viciousness with which they were attacked."</I><BR/><BR/>Heh, that's rich! Let me guess they were attacked by killer albino monks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-1145552197153368322006-04-20T11:56:00.000-05:002006-04-20T11:56:00.000-05:00You say that the gnostic teachings had been discre...You say that the gnostic teachings had been discredited. That's actually not historically correct. They were validated by the viciousness with which they were attacked.Sophia Sadekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303748450821405889noreply@blogger.com