The publishers of Brown’s other novels rushed to rerelease his earlier works in both paperback and hardcover to take advantage of his success. By the beginning of 2006, more than twenty-five million hardcover copies of The Da Vinci Code were in print worldwide, ironically putting it in direct competition with another all-time best seller: the Bible. After its release in March 2003, The Da Vinci Code immediately soared to the top of major best-seller lists, where it has remained for nearly three years. Kaufman convinced his marketing team to take a chance and send out ten thousand advance copies of The Da Vinci Code. But Jason Kaufman, Brown’s editor at Doubleday, felt there was something special about the author’s fourth manuscript. None had sold more than a few thousand copies. On which gospel are you anchored? Which gospel will your kids embrace? Are you prepared for this spiritual storm that is even now at your personal shore? A Force to Be Reckoned WithĪ few years ago, Dan Brown was a relatively unknown author who had three works of fiction in print at the end of 2002- Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, and Deception Point. The Gospel According to Dan Brown is a call for you to check your moorings. You’re wondering if you should batten down the hatches of your church or You don’t particularly want to go running outside out into the thick of it, but it’s starting to worry you. Maybe this book is even tapping you on the shoulder and drawing your attention to what’s going on outside the relatively secure walls of your church. In fact, many, after reading The Da Vinci Code and Brown’s other books, have already been washed off their sandy foundations.Īnd finally, some grounded Christians are just now realizing a storm has hit but still don’t know what it’s all about. Many who call themselves Christians but are not anchored in their faith will be swept away. But this recent Dan Brown wave … well, it’s powerful. Others would like to think they do believe in biblical Christianity. You might argue that in the scope of the past two thousand years of church history, what we know as Christianity has merely been the eye of the storm-a calm of false hope for a few centuries-and now the other edge is bearing down on contemporary culture. To you, the world is finally coming to grips with reality-and embracing an authentic spirituality. Along with Brown, you may think it really began some seventeen hundred years ago when Nicene Council Christians hijacked the real Jesus and followers were swept away by the fantastic notion that he was actually God. Perhaps you’ve been chasing this storm for some time, even reveling in it. At the eye of this storm is this message: What the church has taught you about Jesus is wrong. In their little neck of the woods, it still might seem like a refreshing breeze at first, something to be enjoyed and sought after-just like the minutes before Katrina hit, when the sea was calm and people were relaxing in their homes.Ī spiritual storm is coming your way, and it’s inevitable. Many people won’t recognize this cultural phenomenon as a storm. The winds in this storm howl, “The true Jesus isn’t the Jesus you think he is,” “The ancient texts are the work of men with political motives,” and “There are secrets the church is hiding from you.” This storm threatens to sweep away all who are not firmly anchored, those whose lives are built on sand rather than bedrock. The storm we’re talking about is spiritual in nature, which gives it eternal importance. And Dan Brown’s best-selling novels are at the storm’s leading edge. CNN didn’t have crews onshore to announce its arrival.
It wasn’t forecast on The Weather Channel. Today another storm has struck, not just in America, but all over the planet. In their homes, thinking it really wouldn’t be all that bad. While warnings had been posted several days before the hurricane made landfall, many of those who died chose to ride out the storm Hurricane Katrina devastated large parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, leaving close to two thousand people dead, hundreds missing, and hundreds of thousands homeless. Recorded struck the Gulf Coast of the United States just east of New Orleans. On August 29, 2005, one of the most powerful storms ever Order your copy of The Gospel According to Dan Brown at Shop CBNĪ BIBLICAL RESPONSE The Gospel According to Dan Brown By Jeff Dunn & Craig Bubeck