Americans Less Likely to Believe in Historical Accuracy of Christmas Story Than a Decade Ago
Epigraph: ‘And peace was on me (Jesus) the day I was born, and peace there will be on me the day I shall die, and the day I shall be […]
Love for Jesus can bring Christians and Muslims together
Epigraph: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
Trinity: A Rabbi Versus a Christian Apologist
And the Jews say, ‘The Christians stand on nothing;’ and the Christians say, ‘The Jews stand on nothing;’ while they both read the same Book. Even thus said those who had no knowledge, like […]
Why mislead children about Santa? Demystification is essential to faith
Those who cling on to the man with a beard in the sky are usually overly fearful of reality will kill belief By Giles Fraser The Guardian, Friday 13 December 2013 09.00 […]
Honor Jesus when he was really born
By Imam Shamshad – Baitul Hameed Mosque – Chino, CA December 25th is when most Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus (peace be upon him). But seeing the picture of snow in Jerusalem on the Dec. 13th page 2 of the Daily Bulletin reminded me that, in the New Testament (Luke […]
What Muslims and Jews Have in Common
The Huffington Post: When we tell people that we have written a book together entitled Sons of Abraham: A Candid Conversation About the Issues that Divide and Unite Muslims and […]
Leg bone gives up oldest human DNA
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon: Science editor, BBC News website The discovery of DNA in a 400,000-year-old human thigh bone will open up a new frontier in the study of […]
History Channel plans Jesus: The Lost Years series that paints Christ as a teenage EXORCIST
Source: capitalbay.com After the unexpected success of History Channel’s miniseries ‘The Bible’ earlier this year, the network has a new show in the works about Jesus’ so-called ‘lost years.’ Deadline.com exclusively […]
MUSLIM VIEWS OF THE BIBLE: PAST AND PRESENT
Source: cmcsoxford.org.uk This coming Saturday, December 7th, the Centre is holding a one-day symposium entitled ‘Muslim Views of the Bible: Past and Present’. But why hold a symposium on this topic? What […]
Ancient Bibles from the Bodleian and Vatican libraries digitized
Source: bbc.co.uk Ancient Bibles and Biblical texts from the Bodleian and Vatican libraries have been digitised and made available to the public for the first time. Europe’s first printed book, Gutenberg’s […]
Pastor: Thanksgiving transcends any religion and is appropriate everywhere
Source: progress-index.com Question: Is Thanksgiving a Christian holiday and, if so, why? – Dr. Don Crain, Mechanicsville, Va. Answer: Christianity is actually a Judeo-Christian faith, rooted in the Old Testament and […]
An All Religion Sermon: Be a hero
Source: staugustine.com In the New Testament book of Acts, Jesus is reported to have spoken these words: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Jesus understood that to sacrifice self-indulgent desires, for the sake of someone else, brings happiness. However, Christianity is not the only religion that stresses the […]
Breaking down Jewish-Christian relations: Vanderbilt professor to speak at free event
Source: gastongazette.com On Dec. 5, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine will bring her expertise to Unity Place in Gastonia to speak on “Jesus, Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations.” The free public lecture is one of […]
Durham Cathedral gets £3.9m lottery grant to show off treasures
Source: thejournal.co.uk Durham Cathedral will unveil its hidden treasures thanks to a £3.9m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund The hidden treasures of Durham Cathedral will be revealed to a world […]
Oldest known Bible in U.S. sold at auction
Source: thecelebritycafe.com The first book written in the US has fetched $US14.2 million ($15.59 million) in New York, becoming the world’s most expensive printed book sold at auction. The translation of […]
How did the Bible spread? Jerusalem exhibit traces a remarkable journey
Source: csmonitor.com ‘The Book of Books’ displays 200 of the rarest biblical manuscripts in an illuminating tale of how the world’s most-published book came to be. JERUSALEM — Copied by Jewish scribes […]
Vision 2025 Seeks to Realize Centuries-Old Biblical Prophecy
Source: news.charismanews.com Matthew 24:14: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” . Chances […]
D.C.’s Freer Gallery displays two ancient Bibles over the holidays
Source: mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON — The Freer Gallery of Art is showing off two rare Bibles from its archives through Feb. 16, 2014. The Bibles, written in Greek and bought by art collector […]