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Linking “Star Wars” to the Bible is a task that the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati has taken seriously enough to great a bible study on the subject. “The Gospel According to Star Wars” is taught 6 p.m. each Wednesday through June 29 at Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, 717 Elm St., in downtown Cincinnati, OH. If you cannot make the journey to Ohio, you can download the study from the church website.

‘Star Wars” was the first movie Russell Smith ever saw in a theater.

Twenty-eight years later, as pastor of Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, downtown, Smith was an easy sell when asked whether his church would host a Bible study entitled “Gospel According to Star Wars.”

“This is our language. We grew up with this,” said Smith, 33, pastor at the church for four years. “With this study, we’re saying there are hints of truth, beauty and goodness in the story that can bring us back to the biblical story.”

It doesn’t hurt that the May 19 opening of the final installment of the “Star Wars” series coincides with the 12-week study, which focuses on the original trilogy, Episodes IV (1977), V (1980) and VI (1983), and concludes June 29.

It is believed to be the only Bible study of its kind in the region.

“It’s a story we all know, and a vast majority of people who know it love it,” said Jeffrey Perkins, 34, author of the Bible study and a member of the church since 1999.

But “Star Wars” is hardly alone as a film looked to for spiritual enlightenment.

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