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At Home with Chuck & Jenni

2006-06-16T12:13:00.000-07:00

Jim Garlow, May 15, 2006, with Chuck Borsellinois at the Fort Worth, TX studios, discussing The Da Vinci Code. At Home – Live! with Chuck & Jenni Borsellinois is a live, daily, one-hour family morning show produced by FamilyNet. The show feature a variety of topics that relate to home, family and relationships. It’s similar to other major network morning shows, but with a Christian perspective.

The hosts are the husband and wife team of Dr.Chuck and Jenni Borsellino. Chuck has earned two doctoral degrees, is a clinical psychologist, successful seminar speaker and ordained minister. Jenni has a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Communications.

Earlier that day, Jim taped with DayStar TV, located in the heart of the Dallas-Ft.Worth metroplex, for their nationally syndicated show.

Interviews: A Summary Statement

2006-05-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

Summary of Da Vinci Code Interviews – May 27, 2006

I have tried to make a careful estimate of what has been transpiring during recent months.

It appears that I have done approximately 250 interviews (radio, TV, print) regarding The Da Vinci Code during the last two years and two months.

But there are many others who have been involved in the attempt to expose error and reveal truth.

I suspect that there might have been as many as 1,000 persons traveling and speaking – all debunking the theories, history and theology of The Da Vinci Code, at least 20 or so of them with reasonably high visibility.

There were nearly 200 books written against The Da Vinci Code, with approximately 20 of them gaining significant impact and visibility.

(Cracking Da Vinci’s Code [coauthored with Peter Jones] has 500,000 in print, and is likely the “leader of the pack.” The Da Vinci CodeBreaker [coauthored with Timothy Paul Jones and April Williams] has been out two months and is approaching the 100,000 mark.)

It would not surprise me if there were at least 50 persons across America who appeared with regularity on radio shows, challenging The Da Vinci Code.

There were likely 10 of us that were involved on national TV shows, challenging the errors of The Da Vinci Code.

I am not certain, but I think I am on 5 or more documentaries regarding The Da Vinci Code that were shown on the ABC television network, the PAX Network, the Discovery Network, the History Channel, the Sci-Fi Channel and a host of others. I would “guestimate” that there are likely 20 other persons on these and other documentaries.

Did all this make a difference?

Yes. Even “secular” shows debunked The Da Vinci Code.

Considering that there are many who (even after two or three years of discussion about the book) still believe The Da Vinci Code to have historical merit, and considering the fact that the book has sold in excess of 40 million copies in 44 languages and is a global phenomenon, it was a formidable foe. But all of us together have made a difference.

Although I have a few scattered interviews left, I am now declining most Da Vinci Code related interviews. It has been an interesting journey that has allowed me to make the case for the divinity of Christ and the reliability of the New Testament in so many venues.

Interviews: May 21 - May 27, 2006

2006-05-27T13:32:00.000-07:00

Interviews: May 21 – May 27, 2006

Sunday, May 21

6:06pm
live
KOGO - AM / 5,000 watts, Mainstream Talk San Diego, CA
Steve Yuhas Show: A social and political talk show that features "the uniquely conservative" San Diego Columnist and Commentator, who is openly gay and openly conservative.
Offers a unique and controversial view on today's current affairs.
HOST OR INTERVIEWER: Steve Yuhas
PRODUCER: Mary Ayala
Commercial station owned by Clear Channel Communications.
Format for the station is talk.
KOGO-AM broadcasts to the San Diego area at 600 AM.

Monday, May 22

6:00am
Live, 15 minutes
KSAL radio
Salina, KS
Host: Clarke

10:00am
20 min. (live)
OUTLET: KNKT Radio, 17,000 watt Christian talk Albuquerque, NM
HOST: Peter Benson

11:30am
Arrive at KGTV-TV ABC
TIME: 11:40am PDT – 5-7 minute - live interview
OUTLET: KGTV ABC News Market: San Diego
HOST OR INTERVIEWER: Bill Griffith and Lisa Lake
PRODUCER: Maria Villanueva

1:05pm
10 min. (live)
OUTLET: KOGO - AM / 5,000 watts, Mainstream Talk San Diego, CA
HOST OR INTERVIEWER: Mark Larson
PRODUCER: Anna Good
KOGO-AM is a commercial station owned by Clear Channel Communications.
Format for the station is talk.
KOGO-AM broadcasts to the San Diego area at 600 AM.

1:30pm PST (2nd Interview with station—previous interview on May 4, 2006)
20 min. (live)
WTWB (Lakeland, FL)
Format is conservative news/talk; 5,000 watts (daytime only).
Secular station
Producer: Permelia LaLonde

2:00pm
30 min. (live)
OUTLET: WTRU Radio, 50,000 watt Christian talk
HOST: Stu Epperson
PRODUCER: Andres Oder

2:45pm
15 min. (taped)
WCKN - FM
Organization Profile: Format is Classic Country
Market: Columbus, GA
Wattage: 50,000 watts
Station Contact: Wild Bill McKubby, Phone: (706) 327-1217

5:00pm
20 min. (live w/call-ins)
KKLA Radio in Los Angeles, CA (interviewed there - May ’05)
Host: Frank Pastore
Program: The Frank Pastore Show
Producer: Patrick Hennessy

7:00pm
½ hour (live)
OUTLET: X Zone Radio (2nd interview) www.xzone-radio.com
HOST/PRODUCER: Rob McConnell

Tuesday, May 23, 2006
6:40am
15 min. (live)
OUTLET: Broadcast on WVRV based out of St. Louis
Syndicated in 30 Markets Nationwide
HOSTS: Steve and DC
PRODUCER: Julie Tristan

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

10:40am
12 min. (live)
KSIV - AM, 5000 watt news/talk, St. Louis, MO market.
HOST OR INTERVIEWER: Marty Guise
PHONE: 888-785-5748
KSIV-AM is a commercial station owned by Bott Broadcasting Co. The format of the station is Christian talk. KSIV-AM broadcasts to the St. Louis, MO area at 1320 AM.

Friday, May 26, 2006
6:00am
35 min.
KNCK/KCKS-FM
Concordia, Kansas
Show: Coffee Time
Host: Roger Nelson

2:00pm
30 min.
KKMS radio
Producer: Ted Ross
Program: KKMS Live!
Salem Communications
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

Saturday, May 27, 2006
9:00am
30 min. (live)
KMLB-AM (Monroe, LA)
Show: "We Talk Back"
Wiley Ezell, Talk Show Host/Producer
Christian influenced talk show on secular News/Talk station

Interviews: May 16-May 19, 2006

2006-05-27T13:05:00.000-07:00

Interviews - May 16 – May 19, 2006 (opening of The Da Vinci Code movie)

Tuesday, May 16

7:40am
5-7 min. (taped)
UBC Canada (Christian Station)
Interviewer: Al Baker

Wednesday, May 17

8:40am
10-15 min. (live)
KYTT
Coos Bay, Oregon

9:00am
10-15 (taped)
Grace FM (Canada)
Christian Station
Interviewer: Mr. Dale Elliott

9:30am
10-15 min. (taped)
Reach FM
Florida

12:00 noon
WHMX Radio – Christian Station
Bangor, Maine
Host: Tim Collins
Program: Tim & Jolie in the Morning

Thursday, May 18
FAZ, largest newspaper in Germany
New York correspondent - Jordan Mejas

2:00pm
15 min.
WONU / Shine.FM, 35,000 watts
CONTACT/HOST NAME: Seth Hurd - "Tower"
PROGRAM / STATION NOTES: Tower Love Hour - 7 pm - Christian hit music station - Owned by Olivet Nazarene University
Format: contemporary Christian. WONU-FM
Broadcasts to the Kankakee, Bourbonnais and the south suburbs of Chicago, IL at 89.7 FM.

Thursday, May 18

5:45pm – Arrival Time – KFMB-TV - CBS
Interview Time: 6:15am PDT (approx. 5 min. - Live)
OUTLET: KFMB CBS, San Diego, CA
HOST OR INTERVIEWER: Nichelle
PRODUCER: Bernadette Abshier / Morning Assignment Editor

7:45am - Arrive at KUSI-TV
8:15am on air
KUSI-TV CH 51, San Diego
SHOW: GOOD MORNING SAN DIEGO
HOSTS: DAN PLANTE
CONTACT: Alyson Schulz (AM Show Producer)
AM Show - 4 minutes on air.

9:30am
15-20 min. (live)
Media Outlet: KISW-FM’s “B.J. Shea Morning Experience”
Organization Profile: KISW-FM is a commercial station owned by Entercom Communications Corp. The format of the station is rock music.
KISW-FM broadcasts to the Seattle area at 99.9 FM.
B.J. Shea – perceived by some to be a “shock jock”
Market (Rank): Seattle - Tacoma, WA (13)
Wattage: 100,000

11:30am
30 min. (live)
OUTLET: WMUZ, 50,000 watt Christian talk station in Detroit, MI
HOST OR INTERVIEWER: Bob Dutko
PRODUCER: Jan Foxx

12:00-1:00pm
live w/call-ins
Media Outlet: The Michael Medved Show
Organization Profile: Conservative and provocative talk program devoted to general interest topics as well as film discussion and criticism. Features guest interviews and listener call-in. Topics covered include pop culture, politics, religion, feminism, and family. Attempts to be a contemporary talk show with a new style and personality. The show wins listeners from coast-to-coast with the host's blend of provocative dialog, incisive commentary, and humor.
Market: Nationally Syndicated through SRN
Website: www.michaelmedved.com
Station Contact: Jeremy Steiner (executive producer

2:00pm
15 min.
OUTLET: WONU / Shine.FM, 35,000 watts, www.shine.fm, Bourbonnais, IL #3 -Chicago, IL
CONTACT/HOST NAME: Seth Hurd - "Tower"
PROGRAM / STATION NOTES: Tower Love Hour - 7 pm - Christian hit music station - Owned by Olivet Nazarene University
Format: Contemporary Christian.
WONU-FM broadcasts to the Kankakee, Bourbonnais and the south suburbs of Chicago, IL at 89.7 FM.

Friday, May 19

5:40am
10 min. (live)
OUTLET: WOR Radio, 50,000 watts mainstream talk ,
Market: New York City #1 www.wor710.com
HOST OR INTERVIEWER: Ed Walsh and Donna Hanover
PRODUCER: Shawn Novatt

12-12:50pm
Speak at Ritz Carlton, then go to theatre for opening of The Da Vinci Code
EVENT LOCATION:
Speaking – The Da Vinci Code – before movie premiere
Ritz Carlton Hotel
Phoenix, AZ
1:00pm - View Movie The Da Vinci Code

Local News San Diego

2006-05-24T00:12:00.000-07:00

News 8

10 News

KUSI

National TV May 14 & 15

2006-05-15T23:03:00.000-07:00

NBC Nightly News May 15

CNN May 14

MSNBC May 14

WB Local News May 14

Interviews: May 15, 2006

2006-05-15T18:22:00.001-07:00

Da Vinci Code Interveiws – Monday, May 15, 2006

5:15am
10-15 min. (live)
Co-Host: John Owens
Program: Morning Show
Family Life Network – New York State

6:05am PST
10 min. (live)
CHRI FM, 66,000 watts, Ottawa, Ontario CAN
Host: Brock Tozer
Contemporary Christian Music Station

7:05am
20 min. (live)
KAGM - FM 100,000 watts, mainstream talk station. Albuquerque, NM
Hosts: Larry Ahrens and Dianne Anderson.of "Wake Up New Mexico"

8:00am
10 min. (taped)
Life 100.3 FM
Interviewer: Woody Woodland
Waterloo, Ontario

8:20-8:50am
30 min. (live)
WWIB-FM
Christian adult contemporary
Chippewa Falls/La Crosse/Eau Claire, WI area at 103.7 FM.

10:00-11:00am
1 hour (live with call-ins)
CJIL TV “Miracle Channel” in Canada
On Cable and Satellite TV across Canada – Christian Station
Host: Paul Arthur
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1H 3Z3

11:15am
30 min. (live)
KTIS,100,000 Christian Talk, St Paul, MN
Host: Real Life with Kim Jeffries

11:50am
Winston-Salem Journa
Writer: Tim Clodfelter

12:00 noon
5 min. (taped)
WMSL Radio
Bogart, Georgia 30622
Host: Mitch Kimbrell, News Director

4:20pm
9 min. (live)
Hugh Hewitt Show
KRLA-Salem Radio Network

6:00pm
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
Lead in: brief clip of preaching
In story: brief clip of leading in prayer; brief interview statement
(taped on Friday night, May 12 and Sunday morning May 14, 2006)

Interviews: May 15, 2006

2006-05-15T18:22:00.000-07:00

Agape Press Article, posted April 21, 2006, by Allie Martin

2006-05-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

Author/Pastor Counsels Believers to Prepare for Da Vinci Code Fallout

By Allie Martin
April 21, 2006

(AgapePress) - An upcoming movie based on a best-selling book that questions Christ's divinity can be challenged with fact and reason, says a Christian author. James Garlow advises Christians to be prepared to refute untruths that will be conveyed in Sony Pictures' The Da Vinci Code.
The movie, due to be released in the U.S. on May 19, is directed by Ron Howard and stars Tom Hanks. The film is based on the best-selling by Dan Brown, which asserts that Jesus and Mary Magdalene married and had children, and questions the divinity of Christ. The movie is rated PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, nudity, thematic material, brief drug references, and sexual content.
James Garlow is co-author of Cracking Da Vinci's Code, and he also compiled The Da Vinci Code Breaker. Garlow says Christians have an opportunity to counter the lies in Brown's novel with the historical truths found in scripture. He is convinced the Church must take seriously the challenge posed by the film.
"It'll either be catastrophic for the Church in terms of the unbelieving public losing a great deal of whatever confidence they may have left in the scriptures or in the person of Jesus," he says, "or if the Church is ready -- if we're able, as Peter writes, to give an answer for the hope that lies within us -- we can seize this opportunity and have fabulous evangelistic fruit ... or what I call pre-evangelism."
Christians, says the California pastor, must be willing and equipped to answer questions that will arise in the minds of non-believers about the reliability of the New Testament.
"If a person equips themselves on how to refute [the lies], they can just simply [say], 'Here, look at this information,'" he suggests, "and they can help a person establish a strong faith and even a sufficiently strong understanding of the historicity of the gospels, the historicity of Jesus and his life, even church history itself enough so that they can refute Dan Brown's notions."
Garlow's The Da Vinci Code Breaker is a sort of dictionary that contains numerous terms and facts about the people, places, and events referenced in the novel. One group -- Opus Dei, a conservative Roman Catholic group -- is depicted in the book as a murderous, power-hungry sect. The group has requested that Sony Pictures include a clarifying disclaimer in the film, saying "would be a gesture of respect toward the figure of Jesus, to the history of the Church and to the religious beliefs of viewers."
In its response, Sony does not say if a disclaimer will be attached, but insists that the film is "a work of fiction" and "not a religious tract."

Allie Martin, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.

© 2006 AgapePress all rights reserved

Agape Press Article, posted March 2006, by Rusty Benson

2006-05-15T09:35:00.000-07:00

Decoding Da Vinci
Rusty Benson
AgapePress, March 2006

(AgapePress) - What The Passion of the Christ is to Christians and Brokeback Mountain is to homosexual rights advocates, The Da Vinci Code promises to be to the foes of Christianity.
"[The novel titled] The Da Vinci Code is one of the most serious attacks on the church in terms of effectiveness that I've seen in my lifetime," says pastor, church historian and author James Garlow. "By that I mean it's an attack on the Bible itself and the divinity of Christ."
Though Garlow is referring to the best-selling novel by Dan Brown -- over 36 million copies sold since publication in 2003 -- it's the upcoming Hollywood movie that will likely thrust the story into cultural orbit.
With credits that include renowned director Ron Howard and superstar Tom Hanks, The Da Vinci Code promises to be the kind of big-budget production that will dominate entertainment buzz this spring. Sony's Columbia Pictures plans to release the film nationwide May 19.
Already, the popularity of the novel has caused great consternation among orthodox Christians. Though it is fiction, Brown not only challenges the trustworthiness of the Scripture and implicates the Roman Catholic Church in the biggest cover-up of all time, but so effectively blurs the line between historical fact and fiction that some readers are sure to come away confused.
Garlow and Peter Jones, director of the organization Christian Witness to a Pagan Planet, are among numerous Christian writers who have addressed the historical and theological inaccuracies of The Da Vinci Code. Their book is titled Cracking Da Vinci's Code (Victor). Other books aimed at debunking Brown's story include The Da Vinci Deception by Erwin W. Lutzer (Tyndale House) and A Quest For Answers by Josh McDowell (Green Key Books). In addition, Radio Bible Class offers a shorter treatment on the issue in a free online publication, The Da Vinci Code: Separating Fact From Fiction. (See links to resources at conclusion of this article.)
The following summarizes the plot of The Da Vinci Code, then highlights the books mentioned above.
The CodeThe Da Vinci Code is a complex tale of intrigue and conspiracy. Although the story is fiction, Brown contends the book is historically accurate.
In the movie, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is called to untwist the baffling clues and ciphers surrounding the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre in Paris. He is joined in the investigation by cryptologist Sophie Neveu, the curator's estranged granddaughter.
The investigation uncovers a secret society called the Priory of Sion. The group, whose members have included Leonardo da Vinci, Issac Newton and Victor Hugo, guards a secret that, if revealed, would destroy Christianity.
The secret is that, among other things, Jesus was not actually divine but was voted as such at the Council of Nicaea in 325; He married Mary Magdalene and the couple had children; and He intended for Mary Magdalene, not the apostles, to lead the church.
To preserve their version of the "truth" da Vinci and other artists in the Priory of Sion embedded clues in their art, particularly da Vinci's The Last Supper.
Opus Dei, a powerful organization within the Roman Catholic Church, is ready to use any means, including murder, to insure that the "real" Jesus remains a secret.
A subtheme is the story's assertion that the Roman Catholic Church intended to suppress women and the knowledge that sex is the "sole means through which man could become spiritually complete and ultimately achieve gnosis -- knowledge of the divine" (The Da Vinci Code, p. 308).
Brown's theories draw heavily on alternative views of the historic Jesus such as the Gnostic Gospels and the work of the Jesus Seminar, as well as pagan beliefs that predate even the Greco-Roman world.
The Da Vinci DeceptionThe premise of The Da Vinci Code is simple: Jesus was not divine and the Church is lying.To prove his case, Brown spins a yarn that reinterprets real and imagined events including the Council of Nicaea, the search for the Holy Grail, the development of the Biblical canon, the art of Leonardo da Vinci, and the person of Mary Magdalene.
In The Da Vinci Deception, Erwin W. Lutzer, author and pastor of Moody Church in Chicago, convincingly separates fact from fiction in Brown's book. In a well-written and brief volume -- 120 pages, including footnotes -- Lutzer clarifies issues ranging from the veracity of the New Testament to the alleged marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
Lutzer defends orthodox Christian doctrine and accepted church history in a way that is concise and usable, yet adequately detailed.
For example, in debunking Brown's claims in The Da Vinci Code that Constantine "upgraded Jesus' status [to divine] almost three centuries after Jesus' death" for political reasons, Lutzer offers a layman's look at issues faced at the Council of Nicaea. He follows that with profiles of early church fathers who were martyred defending the divinity of Jesus, then counters the false claim that the Council rejected the Gnostic Gospels in favor of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John -- all in only 16 pages.
Cracking Da Vinci's CodeGarlow and Jones combine narrative and storytelling to reinforce their contention that Christians should view The Da Vinci Code as a golden opportunity to engage others with the Gospel.
To that end the authors created a short story of three college friends, Carrie, Jen and Evan. Their story serves as an effective introduction to each chapter as well as a real-life model for patiently and persistently dealing with those who have been influenced by Brown's novel. In fact, the story of the trio is so well done that readers may be compelled to complete the book just to find out what happens to the characters.
In the story that accompanies the narrative, Carrie's lesbian roommate, Jen, gives her a copy of The Da Vinci Code to help Carrie understand the roommate's homosexuality. When she attends a Da Vinci Code discussion group, Carrie begins to buy into the book's agenda.
At the same time she makes an unlikely friendship with a Christian student, Evan, who patiently and gently challenges her suppositions about The Da Vinci Code.
One of their early encounters includes this exchange:
"So you've fallen into the da Vinci trap, huh?" asked Evan easily as they walked back from the one class they shared, Conversational French. "Now every time you see the Mona Lisa, you're going to wonder if it really is the artist himself in drag." He said this in a gentle, mocking manner.
"I couldn't care less about those parts of the book," said Carrie, wondering why she felt it necessary to take a defensive position. "Da Vinci was, admittedly, an odd duck. What gets me is that what Christians believe about Jesus is all wrong; but I have a much clearer understanding of Jesus now, after reading Brown's book."
Evan, still smiling replies, "I'm surprised at you, Carrie. Learning theology from a novel. Next you'll be telling me that you can prepare for the bar exam by reading Grisham."
In the narrative, Garlow and Jones prove themselves competent to crack Brown's code. Quoting frequently from the novel, the authors deconstruct its major themes giving particular emphasis to the issue of sex as a way of gaining secret knowledge of God
Cracking Da Vinci's Code also includes end notes and a study guide.
A Quest for AnswersApparently Josh McDowell, Christian apologist, evangelist and writer, agrees that fiction is an excellent framework to demystify The Da Vinci Code.
His recently released self-published book, The Da Vinci Code: A Quest for Answers, is structured as a series of conversations between three fictitious characters. Unlike Garlow and Jones, McDowell uses his fictional dialogue without additional narrative.
Although the imaginary discussions are sometimes forced and predictable, McDowell's effort overflows with details that break the back of The Da Vinci Code. Readers of McDowell's earlier work including the Christian classic, Evidence That Demands a Verdict, will recognize his thorough and well-documented apologetic.
The volume runs 102 full-sized pages and includes endnotes, as well as an extensive bibliography.
Prepare to EngageShould Christians read The Da Vinci Code and see the movie? Garlow says yes. "The movie will spark Da Vinci Code conversations everywhere," he predicts. "People are going to be talking around the water cooler about the divinity of Christ. What an opportunity!"
At the same time, Garlow says, Christians must exercise caution for the sake of their own souls."This is a classic case where what the enemy meant for evil, God will use for good," he says. "Therefore, I am not focusing on the offensiveness of the book and movie, but rather on the potential for fulfilling the Great Commission. We are all missionaries. And as missionaries in this hostile culture, it is our task to learn their language. And in this case the language is The Da Vinci Code."
RESOURCES FOR DEBUNKING BROWN
The Da Vinci Code: Separating Fact From Fiction (brochure) by Radio Bible Class
The Da Vinci Deception by Erwin Lutzer
Cracking Da Vinci's Code by James Garlow and Peter Jones
The Da Vinci Code: A Quest for Answers by Josh McDowell Redeeming
The Da Vinci Code, by Probe Ministries and EvanTell
© 2006 AgapePress

New York Times, May 11, 2006 by Laurie Goodstein

2006-05-15T08:53:00.000-07:00

Christian Foes of 'Da Vinci Code' Mull Tactics

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: New York Times, May 11, 2006

Many Christian leaders across the country are girding themselves for battle with "The Da Vinci Code," the movie based on the blockbuster novel by Dan Brown that opens on May 19. Whether Roman Catholic or Protestant, Orthodox or evangelical, they agree that the book attacks the pillars of Christianity by raising doubts about the divinity of Jesus and the origins of the Bible. In Rome, a poster promoting "The Da Vinci Code" was displayed on scaffolding painted to resemble the church behind it. It was replaced by a black cloth after complaints from Catholic officials. But they are not at all in agreement on how to best respond to a movie that one leader called "blasphemy on steroids." Some will boycott it. Others will use it as a "teaching moment." Still others will lodge a protest by seeing another movie. Until recently, the prevailing strategy was to hitch on to the Da Vinci steamroller and use it as an opportunity for evangelism. For months, clergy have been giving their flocks books and DVD's debunking the novel, and some have even encouraged their congregants to see the movie with a nonbeliever. "I think we really have to see it, at least some of us," said Richard J. Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, a prominent evangelical school. "It's very important for some Christians at least to be able to engage in an intelligent discussion."But in recent weeks, calls for boycotts and protests have grown louder, from the Vatican to conservative Christian groups in the United States. They acknowledge that a boycott is not likely to make a dent at the box office, but say the co-optation strategy promoted by others will not adequately convey how offensive "The Da Vinci Code" is to their faith. "Christians are under no obligation to pay for what Hollywood dishes out, especially a movie that slanders Jesus Christ and the church," said Robert H. Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute, an affiliate of Concerned Women for America, a conservative Christian group based in Washington. "I don't have to see 'The Devil in Miss Jones' to know it's pornography, and I don't have to see 'The Da Vinci Code' to know that it's blasphemous," said Mr. Knight, who plans to join religious leaders from groups like Human Life International and Movieguide in Washington on May 17 to announce boycott plans.A third strategy now gaining currency is being called an "othercott" — urging people to see a different movie on the day "The Da Vinci Code" opens, like "Over the Hedge," an animated family feature. The idea was dreamed up by Barbara Nicolosi, a former nun who now directs Act One, a program in Los Angeles that coaches Christian screenwriters. Talk of "the movie being an opportunity for evangelism is a line completely concocted by the Sony Pictures marketing machine," said Ms. Nicolosi. "All they care about is getting the box office, and if they don't get the red states to turn out, the movie tanks." Christians have not been this worked up about a movie since Martin Scorsese's Jesus stepped down off the crucifix in "The Last Temptation of Christ" in 1988.In "The Da Vinci Code," two sleuths uncover a conspiracy by the Catholic Church to conceal that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and that the myth of his divinity was written into the Bible at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. by the Roman emperor Constantine. "The Da Vinci Code" was marketed as fiction, but Mr. Brown said in a preface page that his descriptions of artwork, documents and rituals "are accurate." To be sure, there are many Christians who do not regard the book or the movie as a threat. But the outrage is widespread, and the divisions on strategy do not run along denominational lines. Some evangelicals are calling for a boycott, while others are telling their flocks to see the film. Roman Catholic officials are not on the same page either. The debate has been colored by the Muslim riots over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Most American media outlets refrained from showing the cartoons, and now some Christian leaders are asking why Christians should be expected to sit by while the media promotes a movie that insults their savior. In Rome recently, Archbishop Angelo Amato, the No. 2 official in the Vatican's doctrinal office, told Catholic communications officials: "If such slanders, offenses and errors had been directed at the Koran or the Holocaust, they would have justly provoked a world uprising. Instead, directed at the Church and Christians, they remain unpunished. I hope you will all boycott the movie."Cardinal Francis Arinze, a prominent Vatican official from Nigeria, said in a recently released documentary made by a Catholic film agency that Christians should take "legal means" against "The Da Vinci Code," though he did not explain how.But in the United States, Catholic bishops have opted to take an "educational" approach, said Msgr. Francis Maniscalco, a spokesman for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. They have produced a Web site, pamphlets and a documentary, "Jesus Decoded," that will air on NBC affiliates. "We believe we can fight the Da Vinci Code's position from the point of view of scholarship, and we don't have to shut them down," Monsignor Maniscalco said.Opus Dei, a Catholic group with a starring role in "The Da Vinci Code" as the evil guardian of the conspiracy, has consistently asked Sony Pictures to add a disclaimer to the movie. But the film's director, Ron Howard, told The Los Angeles Times last week, "Spy thrillers don't start off with disclaimers." The prevailing evangelism strategy will affect thousands of churches. Focus on the Family, the conservative media ministry founded by Dr. James Dobson, has enlisted 3,000 churches to show a simulcast on the issue the weekend the movie opens. The Rev. Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, has trained more than 200 pastors in how to encourage their congregations to use the movie to share their faith by throwing "Da Vinci Code parties" in their homes. "It's the task of the missionary to learn the language of the indigenous people," he said, "and Dan Brown's book has become a universal language. It simply opens doors."

San Diego Union Tribune, May 4, 2006 by Sandi Dolbee

2006-05-15T08:04:00.000-07:00

From page 1 of the Currents section of the the May 4, 2006 edition of the San Diego Union Tribune - written by Sandi Dolbee, Religion and Ethics Editor

Factions over Fiction
Brown's book and movie prompt fervent reactions from backers and detractors

SCOTT LINNETT / Union-Tribune
“Not everybody treats it like a novel,” the Rev. Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Church, told his congregation Saturday night. “The Da Vinci Code” movie opens May 19.

It's a wonder Mona Lisa can smile at all. So many secrets to bear. Jesus and Mary Magdalene and their baby. A clandestine society sworn to keep it all covered up. A church forged from fourth-century politics, rather than a first-century Resurrection.

“Almost everything our fathers taught us about Christ is false,” Dan Brown writes in “The Da Vinci Code,” a novel rivaling the Bible lately for attention. It has sold more than 40 million copies and been on the best-seller list for three years.

And soon, there will be the movie.

Never mind that the book is fiction, a conspiracy thriller whose plot revolves around whether the early Christian church rewrote history, turning Jesus into God incarnate and keeping secret his real relationship with Mary Magdalene for a host of reasons, including patriarchy. Leonardo Da Vinci figures into it because the Renaissance artist supposedly embedded clues into his works.

From Catholic groups to Protestant seminaries and even the religious left, the controversy has become a kind of ground zero in the newest battle over the historical Jesus. For its opponents, “The Da Vinci Code” is divisive on a basic us-against-them religious level.

“At stake is a totally different view of the world,” says Peter Jones, a New Testament scholar at Westminster Seminary in Escondido. “What's at stake is getting it right or getting it wrong.”

Last week, a Vatican official called for a boycott of the film, blasting the story for its “offenses, slander, historical and theological errors concerning Jesus, the Gospel and the church.” A conservative U.S. Catholic group is calling for 1,000 prayer vigils outside theaters when the film opens here May 19.

The archbishop of Canterbury used his Easter sermon to preach against “The Da Vinci Code.” There are more books about the book than Jesus had disciples (Judas included). And congregations around the world, and across San Diego County, are holding forums to bless or blame this barnstorming novel.

Brown bites

The plot: Harvard symbology expert Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu team up to unravel hidden symbols related to artwork of Leonardo Da Vinci, battle evildoers and unlock the mystery of the Holy Grail, which is really the secret that Mary Magdalene and Jesus were married and they had a daughter, named Sarah. And that's just for starters.

The author: Dan Brown is a graduate of Amherst College who taught English at his alma mater, Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. His first novel was published in 1998; “Digital Fortress” is described by Amazon.com as “an Internet user's spy novel.” His father was a math teacher, his mother a church organist, and Brown himself sang in the church choir. He considers himself a Christian.

The buzz: “The Da Vinci Code” has been on The New York Times best-seller list for 161 weeks, making it one of the best-selling fiction books of all time.

The movie: Starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard, it is scheduled to open May 17 in Kuwait, May 18 in Argentina and May 19 in the United States.

The polls: 13 percent of Americans believe that Jesus was married and had a family, according to a survey by Canada's CanWest media group. Christian pollster George Barna, based in Southern California, reports that 53 percent of a national sample of adults stated the book helped in their “personal spiritual growth and understanding.”
What's the fuss all about?

“There are people believing it – huge numbers,” says Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Wesleyan in Rancho San Diego, one of county's largest churches, and a national leader in the code-cracking movement of critics.

Garlow calls the novel fact-ion, “where you put fact and fiction together in such a way that it gets terribly distorted.” It's also creating factions within the world's largest religion.

“All Dan Brown had to say was, 'Folks, it's a novel. Chill out. Relax. I made it up.' And novelists have the right to make up what they want,” adds Garlow, who has written two debunking books. One of them, “Cracking Da Vinci's Code,” was co-written with Jones.

In a rare public appearance April 23 in his native New Hampshire, Brown told a sold-out audience that it's not his job to address the controversies. “Let the biblical scholars and historians battle it out,” said the former prep school English teacher, according to The Associated Press.

You could almost hear the detractors in their collective response: Game on.

Despite the calls for a boycott of the movie, along with a push to halt the release of it in Korea, there is a growing force who are urging folks to use this controversy to their advantage.

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The plot includes clues supposedly embedded in Da Vinci's artwork. Who is that to Jesus' right? “I think they should read the book and see the movie,” Jones says.

“Brown is giving expression to the great objection to the Christian faith,” he adds, referring to such issues as the sacred divinity of Jesus. “Christians should know what that is and how to answer it. It's actually a good occasion for Christians to start seriously thinking about what they believe.”

Pop culture as evangelism isn't new.

Two years ago, churches bought out movie screenings for Mel Gibson's “The Passion of the Christ.” But in that case, much of the controversy was over the graphic violence in the R-rated film (the “Da Vinci” movie is rated PG-13). While fans credited “Passion” with eliciting conversion experiences, media critics lambasted it with such lines as the “Texas Chainsaw Jesus Massacre.”

Skyline's Garlow recently led a training session for 200 local clergy and religious leaders in preparation for the movie's release.

He'll hold a similar workshop for lay people at 7 p.m. Monday at his church. Last weekend, he began a monthlong sermon series.

Other congregations and coalitions also are launching initiatives – from the www.DaVinciOutreach.com, produced by Catholics to “undo the damage inflicted by this blasphemous novel,” to a pair of community forums at College Avenue Baptist Church (8:45 a.m. May 14 and 7 p.m. June 1).

Garlow's four-point response plan culminates with urging people to throw post-movie parties to discuss the story's fallacies. “I don't care about 'The Da Vinci Code,' ” he says. “I care about the enduring issues – the divinity of Christ and the reliability of the New Testament. That is front and center for me. I'm rather consumed with that.”

The other side is consumed as well.

“It's one good thing 'The Da Vinci Code' has done and that is, raise these questions amongst a very enormous number of people,” says Michael Baigent, one of the authors of “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail,” a 1982 book that may – or may not – have inspired Brown's conspiracy thriller (a London court ruled last month that Brown didn't steal from “Holy Blood's” theories).

“It's a very serious debate,” says Baigent, a religious historian in England who argues in a new book, “The Jesus Papers,” that Jesus was still alive a decade after traditional Christianity believes he was crucified.

He hopes what will come of this debate is a better awareness of the “spiritual system that Jesus was involved in and the way that Christianity manipulated the reality of Jesus eventually for their own particular purposes.”

Ditto for Tom Sannar, co-pastor of One Heart-One Mind, a Religious Science congregation that meets in the Sorrento Valley. Sannar, who led his own seminar on the book last weekend, calls “The Da Vinci Code” a noble effort – particularly when it comes to elevating women in religious leadership.

“I believe Dan Brown has tapped into this great spiritual longing and tells us if we look behind the plot, the facts and the characters, it is possible that a real wisdom can be revealed to us,” according to Sannar.

“And that wisdom begins with the acknowledgment that the deep feminine energy of nurturing, compassion and healing has been suppressed not only by the Catholic church but modern technological society and that the secret of becoming fulfilled and happy people has nothing to do with creeds or dogmas and everything to do with re-establishing our connection with the earth and with the divine feminine.”

Baigent and others point out that theories raised in “The Da Vinci Code” aren't really new. The so-called Gnostic Gospels, religious writings from around the second century, made some of the same arguments. But they, too, are in dispute – and they are hardly as popular as “The Da Vinci Code.”

The right place at the right time. A perfect storm of supply and demand. When it comes to trying to understand why this novel has become such a phenomenon, you can pick your cliché.

Critics see it as more cannon fodder for the culture wars in general, and church-bashing in particular, by a society where it's chic to be more spiritual than religious.

“Dan Brown is touching a nerve in modern culture, which is a discovery of a sort of mystical spirituality,” says Jones, the New Testament professor. He adds: “I think the wind is in the sail of this new spirituality, and Christianity will find itself in the face of a great persecution.”

Garlow suggests that part of the staggering response is because the book “really does put Jesus down in a traditional sense that may be playing well in the culture.” Besides, everybody loves a conspiracy. “There's something about us that wants to believe something sinister about anybody in positions of authority. They must have a sinister motive.”

Brown, in an question-and-answer segment on his Web site, denies his novel is anti-Christian.

“This book is not anti-anything,” Brown says. “It's a novel. I wrote this story in an effort to explore certain aspects of Christian history that interest me. The vast majority of devout Christians understand this fact and consider 'The Da Vinci Code' an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate.' ”

Baigent echoes that sentiment. “I don't think there's anything in 'The Da Vinci Code' that could upset any Christian,” Baigent says. “And if any Christian gets upset by it, then his or her Christianity is pretty vulnerable, it seems to me.”

Lost in this maze of who's right and who's wrong are readers like Pam Mathison, a Clairemont woman who couldn't put the book down and is looking forward to the movie.

“Who really cares?” she asks. “It's just typical of everything – arguing about religion or politics or anything else. It's much ado about nothing. Everybody has their opinion and thoughts, and that's OK. It's all good.”

But UCSD student Michael May, who finished reading the novel last week, says that while he liked the book a lot, he can understand the anger. Religion is an anchor, he adds, and yanking that anchor can be upsetting. “To them, you're messing with their lives.”

Sandi Dolbee: (619) 293-2082; sandi.dolbee@uniontrib.com

CRACKS IN THE CODE

A comparison of selected disagreements between “The Da Vinci Code” and its debunkers:

THE NOVEL: Jesus' divinity was decided for political reasons by a close vote of bishops at the Council of Nicaea in the fourth century. Until then, Jesus was seen by followers as an inspiring leader, but not God.

THE DEBUNKERS: The council in AD 325 wasn't called to decide Jesus' divinity, although one topic was the nature of this divinity. There were roughly 200 to 300 bishops in attendance, only two of whom refused to sign a statement of faith (the original Nicean Creed).

THE NOVEL: The figure to the right of Jesus in Leonardo Da Vinci's “The Last Supper” is really Mary Magdalene.

THE DEBUNKERS: It's John the Evangelist, one of the 12 disciples, and the effeminate look is a typical artistic representation of the time.

THE NOVEL: Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a child together, and the church covered it up, a secret kept by a covert organization called the Priory of Sion. Mary Magdalene was pregnant when Jesus was crucified and fled to France. Jesus also intended for Mary Magdalene to take over where he left off.

THE DEBUNKERS: The New Testament does not mention Jesus having a wife. The Priory was a club created in the 1950s by Pierre Plantard, a Frenchman who later confessed that it was a hoax. Jesus' 12 disciples were all men. Mary Magdalene is a saint in the Catholic Church, regarded as an exemplary model of holiness.

THE NOVEL: Opus Dei is a Catholic group whose ranks include a robe-wearing, albino monk named Silas; they're involved in murdering and drugging people, among other sordid activities.

THE DEBUNKERS: There are no monks in Opus Dei; it is a Catholic institution for lay people and diocesan priests. It adheres to Catholic doctrine, “which clearly condemns immoral behavior, including murder, lying, stealing and generally injuring people.”

Sources: “The Da Vinci Code”; opusdei.us; thetruthaboutdavinci.com; catholiceducation.org; beliefnet.com; “The Da Vinci Code Breaker.”

Interviews: March-Mid May 2006

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Da Vinci Code related TV, Radio & Print Journalism Interviews

With Jim Garlow - March 6-May 12, 2006

Monday, March 6, 2006
8:30am
KROE Radio, Sheridan, Wyoming

Thursday, March 16, 2006
9:00am PST
Miami Herald / Newspaper
Miami - Ft Lauderdale, Florida

Friday, March 17, 2006
9:00am
Christian Science Monitor Newspaper

10:00am
KJAK Radio, Lubbock TX

Monday, March 20, 2006
10:00am PST
Toronto Star, Toronto Canada

1:00pm
University of Toronto Ontario
.
5:05pm
Seattle Washington; Christian Radio

Tuesday, March 21, 2006
12:30-1:00pm PST
Janet Parshall Show

1:30pm
Louisiana Radio Network

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
10:30am
KJYL-FM
Des Moines, IA

11:30am
USA Radio

7:30pm
MSNBC
Scarborough Country - live

Saturday, March 25, 2006
10:15am PST
Show: The Universe / Canadian audience

March 28, 2006
1:00pm
WTLN/WHIM
Orlando, FL.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
10:00am
WARV-AM
Providence, RI/New Beford, MA (51)

2:30pm PST
KNIS-FM/Pilgrim Radio Network
Carson City, Nevada

3:00pm
KSOO Radio
Sioux Falls, SD

Monday, April 3, 2006
12:00 noon
KNKT Radio
Albuquerque, NM

8:00pm
X Zone Radio
Ontario, Canada
Thursday, April 4, 2006
8:00am PST
WMUZ Radio
Detroit, MI

6:40am PST
KJTY Radio
Topeka, KS

April 7, 2006
7:15am
SIRIUS Radio
Dallas, TX

8:30am
KAKC
Tulsa, OK

Monday, April 10, 2006
6amKGAB Radio
Cheyenne, WY 9:00am
Word News (Connecting the Pulpit to the Press)

Tuesday, April 11, 2006
9:18-9:30am PST
WIMO
Winder, GA

12:30pm PST
American Family Radio (Allie Martin)

Wednesday, April 12, 2006
6:30am PST
KKEQ Radio/Salem Radio Network
Fargo, ND

Thursday, April 13, 2006
7:50am
WLW Radio
Cincinnati, OK
Jim Scott Show
8:30am
WEMI/WEMY
Green Bay - Appleton, WI

10:50am
WLW Radio
Jim Scott Show
Cincinnati, OH

2:00-3:00pm PST
KBRT-AM’s “Christian Radio Magazine” (ABC Radio Network; Talk America Radio Network; Westwood One Radio Network; Premiere Radio Network; Radio America)
Los Angeles, CA

Friday, April 14, 2006
6:00am
CIUT 89.5 FM
Toronto, Ontario, Western

8:00am
KFLQ
Albuquerque NM

9:00am
CKBZ
British Columbia, Canada
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Monday, April 17, 2006
5:40am-6am
KJTY
Topeka, KS

8:15am
WEMI/WEMY/WGNV
Appleton/Green Bay, WI

9:00am PST
KJSL
St. Louis, MO

10:00-10:30am
KCMS
Seattle-Tacoma, WA

11:00am
KFNW
Fargo, ND

11:30am
CKGL
Kitchener, Ontario

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
2:20pm
WKCT
Bowling Green, KY

Friday, April 21, 2006
8:05-8:55am PST
Today's Issues on American Family Radio

Salina Journal Newspaper
Salina, KS

The Courier-Post
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday, April 22, 2006
11:15am
Christian Watercooler Internet Radio

Monday, April 24, 2006
8:05am
WIBQ AM
Sarasota, FL
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
9:00am
WLJN/WLJW
Traverse City/Cadillac, MI

Friday, April 28, 2006
9am
WVNE Radio
"Engaging Your World"
Boston, MA

Monday, May 1, 2006
8:45 am
“Family Friendly Morning Show” - WBFJ
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Wednesday, May 3, 2006
9am PST
KJSL
St. Louis, MO

10:00am
KDUV Radio
Visalia, CA

Thursday, May 4, 2006
1:30pm PST
WTWB
Lakeland, FL

Houston Chronicle Newspaper
Houston Texas

4:00pm
KAGM
Albuquerque, NM

Friday, May 5, 2006
8:00-9:00am
WWCR4, KU Satelite

The Billings Gazette
Billings, MT

10:15am
KAHL
San Antonio TX

1pm PST
KBJS
Jacksonville, TX

Topeka Capital-Journal Newspaper
Topeka, KS

5:00-5:30pm
KBXL/KSPD Radio
Faith and Reason Show
Boise, Idaho

Monday, May 8, 2006
11:00am
Faith to Action
Midwest broadcast

Concordia Blade-Empire newspaper
Concordia, KS
(by email)

6:00pm
Channel 10 News: San Diego

Tuesday, May 9, 2006
New York Times
New York, New York

Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Sacramento CA

Wednesday, May 10, 2006
6:05
KSAL Radio
North central Kansas

7:00am
KJIL Radio
Salina KS

8:00am
KNCK Radio
Concordia, KS

9:00am
The Light Radio Network (91.5 The Light or 90.9 The Wave)
Burlington, Vermont

10:10am
KDAZ
Albuquerque, NM

10:30am
Beliefnet.com

4:10pm
The Arizona Republic Newspaper
Phoenix, AZ

Thursday, May 11, 2006

On page A14 of
New York Times
New York City

DayStar Television Network
Dallas based – 80 stations
Taped 1pm – for airing following week

Friday, May 12, 2006

Article in Salina Journal
Salina, Kansas
Covering talk on Thurs. night, May 11, 2006

Article in Victorville, CA paper
Covering upcoming talk – Wed. May 17, 2006

East County Californian Newspaper
East San Diego County, CA

2:00pm taped; for airing next week across nation
FamilyNet (television)
Fort Worth, TX

7:00pm taping
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
To be aired Monday night, May 15, 2006

Saturday, May 13, 2006
11:30am
Polish Daily News
Ethnic paper - New York City – will be distributed across country and Poland
Reporter: Zbigniew Basara

Sunday, May 14, 2006
4:30am
CNN News
Faces of Faith.
Live – San Diego studio

7am
MSBNC
Live – San Diego studio

9am
ABC San Diego station
Taped – part of Coral Ridge Ministries
Across the nation at different times

9:30am
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
Film crew taped Sun. morn service

7pm taped for NBC & WB local San Diego stations

10pm News
taped portions played
local San Diego WB station

11pm News
taped portions played
local San Diego NBC station

10:30pm
KGNW
Seattle, WA

Interviews: April-June 2004

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“DA VINCI CODE” INTERVIEWS – Print, TV, Website, Radio
April-June 2004

My coauthor, Peter Jones and I were given a brief opportunity to share on many media outlets due to our 2004 book Cracking Da Vinci’s Code - a response to Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code.

During this time, our book, Cracking Da Vinci’s Code, made:
#17 on New York Times Bestseller List, Paperback, Nonfiction
#96 on USA TODAY Top 150 Bestseller List (on this list 5 weeks)
#4 in WalMart stores (behind 2 books by Rick Warren & 1 book by Tim LaHaye)

As we went from interview to interview, we had one goal: to share the authenticity of the New Testament and the reality of the divinity of Christ.

Here is what has transpired in April-May-June of 2004:

PRINT JOURNALISM

1. New York Times front page article - Tuesday, April 27, 2004; article on page A1, continuing on page A20; picture of Jim & Peter on page A20

2. This article was in at least 9 other newspapers - including San Diego Union Tribune (same day)

3. The Scotsmen (Newspaper) – quoting Jim Garlow – Sun. May 2, 2004

4. London Daily Telegraph - interviewed Jim Garlow - Sun, May 2, 2004

5. People Magazine - interviewed Jim Garlow - Friday, May 31, 2004 issue (came out May 21, 2004), p. 57.

6. Christianity Today – June 2004 edition (came out May 20, 2004), p. 57.

6. Several smaller papers

NATIONAL TELEVISION (all times are Pacific Times)

1. Friday, April 23, 2004, 4:20pm - CNN - Anderson Cooper 360 Show - both Jim and Peter were in New York City, live, at CNN studios

2. Tuesday, April 27, 7:30pm - Joe Scarborough - MSNBC -Scarborough Country - Peter Jones only

3. Wednesday, April 28, 7am - NBC Today Show - Jim Garlow only, taped

4. Wednesday, April 28, 3pm - CNBC - Bull's Eye Show - Jim on, live

5. Thursday, April 29, 6pm - Deborah Norville - MSNBC -TV - Jim was on for 45 minutes, live - with Dr. Harold Attridge (Dean of Yale Divinity School), Dr. Karen King (Professor at Harvard) and Erwin Lutzer (Pastor of Moody Bible Church in Chicago).

6. Friday, April 30, 10-11am - Fox News - Linda Vester - Dayside Show; Jim was on.

7. Saturday, May 1, 2004, 8pm Fox News - Cal Thomas - After Hours, Jim and Peter on; this was taped when Peter and Jim were in New York City, Friday, April 23.

8. Sunday, May 2, 2004, 1:15pm - CNN – CNN Sunday with Betty Nguyen- Jim and Peter on.

9. Tuesday, May 4, 2004 - Fox & Friends, Fox Network - Jim and Peter on

10. San Diego, Ch. 10, ABC affiliate - KGBT-TV – did a news feature; taping Jim and Peter on Tuesday, May 4, 2004...aired Monday, May 10, 2004 on 6pm news and again Tuesday morning, May 11, 2004.

11. CNN – (date not recalled) – called on when Vatican official called for boycott of The Da Vinci Code; live from San Diego.

WEBSITE INTERVIEWS
1. A “roundtable discussion” was posted on Friday, May 21, 2004 on FaithfulReader.com featuring 11 persons who had written books refuting Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.

RADIO INTERVIEWS

1. Many, many radio interviews – some of them were Christian stations; some were secular stations; some were only one station at a time; some were networks representing 200+ stations; Jim & Peter split these up - as there were so many; on occasion they did them together; example: taping Monday, May 1, noon - Janet Parshall - Salem Radio Network - Jim & Peter on 1 hour, a very large network of radio stations

2. Some examples of those that have occurred and some yet upcoming:

Wednesday, MAY 12

9:30am – 10:00 am
KFUO St. Louis
Christian Station
Host: Diane Summers, Living Jubilee
(Operated by Lutheran Hour Ministries – Reaches 6 states on 6 stations in Midwest)
(Garlow only)

Thursday, MAY 13

5:10am – 5:15am (5 min. interview)
WRMB Boynton Beach, Florida
Moody Radio 89.3 FM
Hosts: Chris Wallace and Audrey Altman
(Garlow only)

7:10am – 8:10am
KHOW Denver (Secular Station)
Host: Peter Boyle
(Garlow & Jones)

9:15am – 9:45am
WRAF Tacoa Falls, Georgia
TFC Radio Network
(Garlow only)
Host: Lillian Cash

Sunday, MAY 16

4:00pm-5:00pm
KCBM-AM Baltimore, MD
Secular Station/Christian host
1 hour LIVE w/ call-ins
Host: Maggie Pascall

Friday, MAY 21

11:15am – 12:00pm
KFLQ Albuquerque 91.5FM (Family Life Communications Network)
(Not on Da Vinci Code, but on Christians Response to Islam book)
Program: Mid-day Café with Dan Rosecrans
(Garlow only)

3:00pm – 4:00pm
KRKS Denver (Christian Station)
Producer: Gina
Host: Pastor Gino Geraci (Pastor, Calvary Chapel, Denver)
(Garlow only)

Thursday, MAY 27

4:30pm – 5:00pm
KPDQ Portland, OR
[100,000 watt station and has 10 translators through OR and WA]
Christian Station
Host: Georgine Rice
(Garlow only)

Friday, MAY 28

7:00am – 7:10am
KCMN-AM Colorado Springs CO
Host: Tron Simpson
Show: Tron in the Morning
(Garlow only)

Monday, JUNE 14

11:50am-12:00pm

WDRC Hartford CT
Mary Jones Show (Live)
Host: Mary Jones
Producer: Dave Thatcher
(Garlow only)

MSNBC's Scarborough Country

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