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At church, a few of the guys on the ministry team have taken turns setting word challenges for each other whenever they have to preach or lead the service. One them had to use the term “pony ride” in his welcome. Another, in his address, had to use the word “bunyip”. But now, mentioning the word “Narnia” might win you a free trip to London:
To celebrate the December 9th release of C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe movie, SermonCentral, along with MTS Travel [Nothing to do with our friends here I'm fairly sure! - Ed.], is sponsoring a Narnia Sermon Sweepstakes. All contributors who submit a qualifying Narnia-related sermon transcript or sermon outline will be automatically entered to win a free trip to London, England—The Land of C.S. Lewis, along with $1,000 spending money. The prize includes two free round-trip air tickets from the nearest U.S. gateway city to London, England courtesy of MTS Travel and $1,000 in cash to cover your travel expenses courtesy of SermonCentral. The winner will be selected by random drawing on January 9th, 2006 and announced here at SermonCentral.com.
(Source. Link via Christianity Today.)
The organisers may be keen to exploit the opportunities that Narnia on the silver screen affords but instead of using the gospel to advertise Aslan, shouldn't we be using Aslan to advertise the gospel?