by Stephanie SanHamel
In 1960, Norman Cousins, former editor of Saturday Review, wrote, “There is every reason for Judaism to lose its reluctance toward Jesus. His own towering spiritual presence is a projection of Judaism, not a repudiation of it.”1 Yet decades later, Jesus still remains an enigma – the Jewish man who claimed to be Messiah, Lord and God, resulting in billions of people following him and calling themselves Christians. So, what was Jesus’ religion? The simple answer is: Judaism. Jesus was a rabbi, a teacher of Judaism. He taught about the kingdom of God, he taught ethics, and at his final Passover meal he talked about a new covenant (alluding to Jeremiah 31:31–34), according to which God would write His laws onto the hearts and minds of His Jewish people. As the New Testament describes it, this takes place for those who come to understand who Jesus is: the promised Messiah who gave his life for our sins and rose from the dead.
AMERICA Prayer Vigil - December 29, 2020 (Prayer)
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This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14
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TOPICS: Dear LORD, we are on the cusp of a new year, and many people LORD, may decide to turn to YOU for Hope, Wisdom, Health, Truth, Security, Assurance, and most especially, Salvation. Praise Your HOLY NAME. LORD, we thank YOU that YOU WORK ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR GOOD to those who love GOD, to those who are called according to HIS PURPOSE. LORD, we thank You that YOUR purpose is ETERNAL and it is LIFE, filtered
People dressed as elves answer letters for Santa Claus at the Libourne s post office, southwestern France, on December 10, 2020. A special unit of La Poste, which opened in 1962, employs each year around 60 people to answer letters by children from 140 countries. (Thibaud Moritz / AFP)
Did Pope Benedict XVI start it all by saying that the ox and the ass around the manger are just myths in his recent book,
Jesus of Nazareth? It seems he did. And didn t he also say the angels never sang to the shepherds on the hillside?
Perhaps he did – I haven t read his book yet – but Scripture scholars have been saying this for years. Not just that: there weren t three kings and a star in the East, either. Not even a meeting with King Herod or a slaughter of the Innocents.