Gifts from God: Interviews of April-June 2004

GIFTS FROM GOD
Interviews of April-June 2004

Each of us are given special opportunities which we are to steward for Christ. One of God's gifts to me came in the form of interview opportunities. Here is the story from a three month period in 2004.

“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)