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Master of the Temple

The Da Vinci Code and the Secrets of The Temple by Rev Robin Griffith-Jones debunks the myths.

April 11, 2006

Poor Old Moses

ABC Television makes a mess of the Old Testament in the 10 commandments movie.

Narnia Music for the Godly & Everybody Else

Disney releases multiple Narian soundtrack compact discs.

December 9, 2005

Narnia & Christian Marketing

Disney seeks to profit by exploiting the American fundamentalist Christian market.

Why Did Aslan Delay?

Even in Narnia God's acts are silly and arbitrary.

The Narnia Boom

Publishers produce many spin-offs because of the movie based on C.S. Lewis' books.

The Lion, the Witch and Jesus Christ

Movie based on C.S.Lewis' Narnia series begins.

Erotic Bible Calendar

Biblical nudity featuring young women enacting scenes from the Old and New Testaments.

December 5, 2005

The Gospel According to Narnia

Disney may come to regret this alliance with Christians to sell The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Apocalypse on a Shoestring

Left Behind movies' cheap, exploitation film-like not very special effects.

December 3, 2005

Fat Baptists

R. Marie Griffith's Born Again Bodies: the American Christian diet industry.

The Magic of Jesus

Magicians Barry Jones and Stuart MacLeod recreate Jesus' miracles of the New Testament.

November 22, 2005

Anne Rice Had a Talk With God

Will Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt make you laugh or cry?

November 6, 2005

Halloween or is it Helloween?

Christian fundagelical opposition to, fear of, use of the American Halloween holiday.

October 26, 2005

Jesus at the Speed of Light

Lazy Christians can read the entire Speed of Light Bible in a day.

October 19, 2005

Philip Pullman Bashes Chronicles of Narnia

C.S. Lewis books made into movies and to be used by US Evangelists to sell Christianity.

October 16, 2005

SMS Bible

The Christian Bible translated in to cellphone scripture.

October 8, 2005

In His Grip

Christians chase after people who don't want to go to church: dancers, bowlers, bikers, golfers and barflys.

October 3, 2005

Jesus is the coolest dude that ever walked the earth

Church of England's pioneer minister outreach program.

October 2, 2005

The 100-Minute Bible

Christianity for Dummies or Scripture for Idiots?

September 21, 2005

ClearPlay

Family Movie Act enables Christians to modify movies without studio permission.

Gnarly, Hardcore Christians

American Christian Surfers and the Surfer's Bible.

September 12, 2005

The Purity Ring Chastity Thing

American parents hope to encourage chaste children with cheap rings.

September 4, 2005

The Christian video-game business

Attempts at evangelizing entertainment.

September 1, 2005

Play Catechumen and give glory to God

Christian computer games

May 25, 2005

Exodus and Genesis become video games

Christian computer and video gaming

May 18, 2005

Rocking for Jesus in Marrakech

Christian music festival in Muslim Marrakech Morocco.

May 10, 2005

Extreme Christian Clothing

Christian religious retailing is a growth business in the US

April 20, 2005

Bring back the John Paul II busts they plead

Busts of Pope John Paul II removed from restaurants.

April 10, 2005

Christian ringtones

St Petri church in Hamburg sells Christian hymns as cell phone ring tones.

March 29, 2005

C28's Christian clothing

The zany, wacky and profitable world of Christian clothes marketing.

March 24, 2005

Smell like Jesus

Christian marketing: scented candle smells like Jesus Christ.

March 23, 2005

The Da Vinci Code as an industry

Everybody is getting angry and or rich from Dan Brown's novel about Jesus' marriage.

March 16, 2005

Hell Houses

Hollywood Hell House parodies the fundamentalist Hell Houses.

September 23, 2004

Passion of Christ plague

Old Testament locusts attack Matera where Gibson made his Christ movie.

August 25, 2004

Teens drive market for Christian games

Teenagers are the driving force behind the upswing in profitable Christian merchandise.

July 28, 2004

Christian sex

Good Sex is a Christian TV show exploring sexuality and the Bible.

Pilgrimage certificates

Israel to offer pilgrimage certificates to fundagelicals who tour the Holy Land.

July 27, 2004

Relgious book sale boom continues

Religious books, including bad fiction and pious self-help books, sell ever better in the US of A.

July 21, 2004

Glorious Appearing

Bloodthirsty loveless Jesus in Left Behind's Glorious Appearing.

July 20, 2004

Talking Jesus doll

Jesus action figure stands 12 inches high, wears biblical robes.

July 11, 2004

Church advertising boom

American churches and denominations begin spending more and more money on television advertising.

Macaulay Culkin on Christians

Saved: The religious satire starring Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin and Jena Malone

June 23, 2004

Christian idol worship

Wright Entertainment Group and Trinity Broadcasting Network bring America Gifted a Christian TV talent contest.

June 22, 2004

Mel Gibson's power

Actor Mel Gibson has been named as the world's most powerful celebrity by US business magazine Forbes

June 18, 2004

Daniel Wirth: prayer is worthless

Daniel Wirth pleaded guilty to multi-million-dollar IVF fraud charges.

May 30, 2004

Anne Catherine Emmerich

Emmerich portrays the Jews as cruel Christ-killers

Tim LaHaye puts Christian bookshops out of business

Christian bestsellers like Left Behind series cause fundamentalist book stores to fail and close their doors.

May 24, 2004

Generation Cross

Lino Rulli's Generation Cross on Metro Cable Channel 6 in Minnesota, America Roman Catholic TV program for Gen X folks

May 23, 2004

North Carolina's godly license plates

Sponsors of a bill to create a special "In God We Trust" license plate said Monday the tag could raise $1 million

May 18, 2004

Godly Good Sex

Church initiates sexuality programming in an effort to win converts

May 7, 2004

Shadowmancer: Christian Harry Potter

Alternative book series for Christian children

April 30, 2004

Not Da Vinci's but Satan's code

Christian fundamentalists angry about the Da Vinci Code, call it a deceptive plot

April 28, 2004

The Passion of St. Easter Bunny

Christians whip Easter Bunny in emulation of Mel Gibson's movie about Christ

April 13, 2004

Christian is the new gay

Sad success of Christian movies and book publishing

April 11, 2004

New passion for witness cards

Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ causes more Christians to buy witness cards

April 9, 2004

DVD player for Christians

ClearPlay technology to automatically skip DVD content to be sold by Wal-Mart

April 8, 2004

St. Mel boosts bible reading

Evangelicals claim they are reading their Bibles more often after watching The Passion of the Christ

Isaiah 53:5 - Passion pays

Items inspired by Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ prove profitable for Christian merchants

April 6, 2004

Is that the Left Behind Street Team at the door?

Apocalypic thriller has street teams pestering people to read the Left Behind series

March 31, 2004

Passionate confession

Murderer confessions after seeing Mel Gibson's passion

March 29, 2004

Dress up like Jesus

Mel Gibson's movie boosts sales of Jesus Christ costumes

The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss

Jim Kemp has woven passages of scripture from the Christian Bible with stories of Dr. Seuss

March 25, 2004

Christians kill magnetic Jesus

Christian outrage causes magnetic dress-up Jesus to be cancelled by merchant

March 24, 2004