“During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas.” FirstsChristianJesusCenturyBirthSettingSettingsCelebrateHolidayEasterBethlehemJesus Birth Author:Nancy Pearcey
“Traditionally in Christian circles, Judas in fact has been associated with Jews. Of being traitors, avaricious, who in fact, betray Jesus, who are Christ-killers. And this portrayal of Judas of course also leads then to horrendous acts of anti-Semitism through the centuries.” Has BeensFactsChristianCoursesJesusChristCenturyJewBetrayalCirclesBetrayKillersTraitorAnti SemitismJudasPortrayal Author:Bart D. Ehrman
“Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more souls from false gods, knocked down more idols, razed more pagan temples in fifteen years than the followers of Moses and Jesus did in fifteen centuries. Muhammad was a great man. He would indeed have been a god, if the revolution that he had performed had not been prepared by the circumstances.” IfsMenWorldYearsHas BeensSoulJesusHalfCenturyRevolutionCircumstancesArmyPreparedGreat MenTemplesFollowersIdolsFifteenMosesMuhammadPaganFifteen YearsKnocked DownFalse Gods Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s hould be able to stretch His hands across the centuries and control the destinies of men and nations.” MenShouldSelfDreamHandsAbleJesusNationsDestinyAirCenturyShould HaveAmbitiousPeasantsThin Air Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“What has been presented as Christianity during these nineteen centuries is only a beginning, full of mistakes, not full blown Christianity springing from the spirit of Jesus.” Has BeensSpiritJesusMistakeChristianityCenturyNineteen Author:Albert Schweitzer
“It is quite likely ... that the central figure of the gospels is not based on any historical individual. Put simply, not only is the theological "Christ of faith" a synthetic construct of theologians, a symbolic "Uncle Sam" figure, but if you could travel ... back to First-Century Nazareth, you would not find a Jesus living there.” IfsFirstsJesusIndividualChristAtheismCenturyFiguresHistoricalPositive AtheismUnclesConstructsTheologianSymbolicTheologicalSyntheticNazarethUncle Sam Author:Robert M. Price
“Twentieth pupil of the centuries knows its stuff and bird-changed this century like Jesus climbs the sky.” KnowsJesusStuffSkyCenturyChangedBirdClimbsPupils Book:Alcools: Poems Source: Alcools: Poems
“The philosophy of love and peace strangely overlooked who was in possession of the guns. There had been love and peace for some time on the continent of Africa because for all this time black men had been captivated by the doctrines of Christianity. It took them centuries to realize its contradictions. ... perhaps there was no greater crime as yet than all the lies Western civilization had told in the name of Jesus Christ.” MenPhilosophyLyingReligionJesusNamesBlackChristRealizingChristianityGreaterCenturyCrimeCivilizationGunJesus ChristWesternPossessionDoctrineContradictionContinentsOverlookedWestern CivilizationPeace And LoveCaptivatedPhilosophy Love Author:Bessie Head
“It is impossible to conceive how different things would have turned out if that birth had not happened whenever, wherever, however it did for millions of people who have lived since, the birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it. It is a truth that, for twenty centuries, there have been untold numbers of men and women who, in untold numbers of ways, have been so grasped by the child who was born, so caught up in the message he taught and the life he lived, that they have found themselves profoundly changed by their relationship with him.” PeopleIfsMenWayChildrenHas BeensMadeDifferentFoundJesusUnderstandingBornNumbersMillionsImpossibleHappenedCenturyChangedTaughtBirthMessagesMen And WomenTwentiesCaughtDifferent ThingsNew WaysCaught UpUnderstanding LifeJesus Birth Author:Frederick Buechner
“A new year is upon us, with new duties, new conflicts, new trials, and new opportunities. Start on the journey with Jesus--to walk with Him, to work for Him, and to win souls to Him. The last year of the century, it may be the last of our lives! A happy year will it be to those who, through every path of trial, or up every hill of difficulty, or over every sunny height,, march on in closest fellowship with Jesus, and who will determine that, come what may, they have Christ every day.” YearsMaySoulLastsOpportunityJesusWinningChristWalksPathOur LivesJourneyCenturyDutyConflictDifficultyDetermineTrialsHillsHeightMarchNew YearLast YearClosestFellowshipSunnyNew Opportunity Author:Theodore L. Cuyler