Among modern cultural assaults on the integrity of historical Christianity, none have potential for greater influence than the bestselling novel by Dan Brown entitled The Da Vinci Code. To date the book has sold over forty million copies. Now, with a movie, produced by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, scheduled to be released by Sony Pictures on May 19, 2006, the need for Biblical discernment among Christians is particularly urgent.

Elder Gowens preached a sermon on April 9, 2006 on the deity of Christ, where he discussed The Da Vinci Code. As a Christian resource, we have a portion of that sermon here. (If you wish to download the file, right-click on "here" & select Save Target As.) Additionally, if you would like a copy of the document in PDF format, you can download it here. We also have the same document as in rich text format, which can be opened in Word Pad. Click here.