“I'm talking from the point of view of the States, we tend to assassinate people like Jesus, or if we don't we simply marginalise them. Oprah would have all those who think they are Messiah on her show, and we'd have six people who all claimed to be the Messiah, and we'd have got rid of Jesus and laughed him out of town. So as long as the Jesus that I'm hearing is there, I don't find him very comfortable.” PeopleIfsThinkingLongStatesShowsJesusViewsTalkingSixComfortableTownsHearingPoint Of ViewLaughedMessiah Author:John Dominic Crossan
“How beautiful it is to see that young people are 'street preachers,' joyfully bringing Jesus to every street, every town square and every corner of the earth!” PeopleEarthBeautifulYoungJesusStreetsTownsCornersSquaresPreacher Book:The Joy of the Gospel Source: The Joy of the Gospel
“John Adams was a farmer, Abraham Lincoln a small town lawyer. Plato and Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate wisdom and judgement with occupation is at best insulting.” JesusTeacherTownsLawyerJudgementOccupationFarmersPlatoSmall TownInsultingAbrahamCarpenterPlato And Socrates Author:Mark Sheppard