“People aren't going into gay bars in Orlando and saying, "Jesus Christ!" They're not going into the Charlie Hebdo, the 85-year-old priest who was beheaded on his alter, [the assailant wasn't] yelling Jesus Christ.” PeopleYearsJesusChristGayJesus ChristBarsPriestsCharlieYellingOrlandoCharlie Hebdo Author:Michael T. Flynn
“That's who Jesus Christ is. He became the final Priest and the final Sacrifice. Sinless, he did not offer sacrifices for himself. Immortal, he never has to be replaced. Human, he could bear human sins. Therefore he did not offer sacrifices for himself; he offered himself as the final sacrifice. There will never be the need for another. There is one mediator between us and God. One priest. We need no other. Oh, how happy are those who draw near to God through Christ alone.” NeedsHumansJesusChristSinSacrificeBearsOffersDrawsJesus ChristFinalsImmortalPriestsReplacedMediatorsChrist Alone Author:John Piper
“The only cross in all of history that was turned into an altar was the cross on which Jesus Christ died. It was a Roman cross. They nailed Him on it, and God, in His majesty and mystery, turned it into an altar. The Lamb who was dying in the mystery and wonder of God was turned into the Priest who offered Himself. No one else was a worthy offering.” JesusChristWonderMysteryDyingJesus ChristCrossesDiedWorthyPriestsOfferingEasterMajestyAltarsLambs Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“The rabbis, the Jewish religious people, the priests of the temple of Jerusalem, they were learned fools. They could not tolerate Jesus. The learned fools are always disturbed by the blessed fools. They had to murder him because his very presence was uncomfortable; his very presence was such a pinnacle of peace, love, compassion and light, that all the learned fools became aware that their whole being was at stake. If this man lived then they were fools, and the only way to get rid of this man was to destroy him so they could. again become the learned people of the race.” PeopleIfsMenWayWholeLightJesusChristReligiousRaceCompassionFoolJesus ChristMurderBlessedUncomfortableTemplesPriestsStakesTolerateDisturbedJerusalemRabbiPinnaclePeace Love Author:Rajneesh
“All Jesus' pictures are falsifications; they cannot be about the real Jesus. This real man must have been totally different, because we know he enjoyed drinking - it is impossible to think of a person who enjoys drinking and not laughing. He enjoyed women - it is difficult to think of a man who enjoys women and not laughing. He was friendly, almost in love, with a prostitute, Mary Magdalene. It is difficult to move with a prostitute - he was not moving with a Catholic monk, not with a priest, not with the Pope... with a prostitute! These were the condemnations against him.” ThinkingKnowsMenPersonsHas BeensDifferentRealMovingJesusEnjoyDifficultChristLaughingImpossibleJesus ChristCatholicDrinkingEnjoyedFriendlyPriestsMaryPopeMonkCondemnationReal MenMary MagdaleneFalsification Author:Rajneesh
“Without Jesus they were the great priests of the temple; with Jesus suddenly they were nobodies. In the presence of Jesus there was God himself and all the priests felt their glory had been taken away.” JesusFeltChristTakenGloryJesus ChristTemplesPriests Author:Rajneesh
“Hence the Bible has no record of his years of preparation; the record is very abrupt. Something about his childhood is said, very fragmentary. And only once is he mentioned: when he was twelve years of age and he started arguing with the priests in the temple - that's all. Then there is a gap of eighteen years... nothing is mentioned.” YearsSaidAgeJesusChristRecordsChildhoodJesus ChristArguingPreparationTemplesPriestsGapsTwelveEighteen Author:Rajneesh
“Now may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the eternal high priest himself, the Son of God Jesus Christ, build you up in faith and truth and in all gentleness and in all freedom from anger and forbearance and steadfastness and patient endurance and purity.” MayFatherJesusChristChristianityLordSonEternalJesus ChristPatientPurityPriestsEnduranceGentlenessOur LordLord Jesus ChristForbearanceSteadfastnessOur Lord Jesus Christ Author:Polycarp
“The immense wealth of doctrine and institutions can become a handicap if we are trying to present all of that to a person who has lost all contact with the Church and no longer knows who Jesus is. That would be like clothing a baby with one of those enormous, heavy brocaded copes that priests and bishops used to wear. Instead, it is necessary to help this person establish a relationship with Jesus.” IfsKnowsTryingPersonsHelpingWould BeChristianUsedJesusLostChurchWealthBabyJesus ChristInstitutionsHeavyChristian InspirationalEnormousDoctrineContactPriestsClothingsImmenseBishopsHandicapsWho Jesus Is Author:Raniero Cantalamessa
“There are only two places where the powerful and great in this world lose their courage, tremble in the depths of their souls, and become truly afraid. These are the manger and the cross of Jesus Christ....No priest, no theologian stood at the cradle of Bethlehem. And yet, all Christian theology finds its beginnings in the miracle of miracles, that God became human.” WorldHumansTwoSoulChristianJesusChristLosesPowerfulThis WorldJesus ChristCrossesMiracleDepthTheologyPriestsTheologianCradleBethlehemChristian Theology Book:God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas Source: God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas