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Word: cana (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...celebrated Southern Baptist, Billy Graham, leaped to the new President's defense in a Miami Herald interview. As Graham reads his well-worn Bible, there is no doubt that "Jesus drank wine." After all, he miraculously turned six huge jars of water into wine at the wedding at Cana (John 2: 1-11). "That wasn't grape juice, as some of them try to claim," added Graham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Did Jesus Drink Wine? | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...replied Fundamentalist Presbyterian Carl Mclntire. In his Christian Beacon, he offered an ingenious exegesis of the Cana account: "Jesus Christ never drank any fermented wine, neither did he ever make fermented wine. What Jesus did at the marriage of Cana was to make out of water the finest nonintoxicating wine that perhaps was ever made. The various combinations of the fruits of the vine can produce some delicious non-fermented drinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Did Jesus Drink Wine? | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...worst. Another list, more hopeful, includes "areas for reaching out," such as sex, work, relatives. Again the husbands and wives write their comments. Through the day, reticence gradually recedes, and by nightfall the couples are primed for a presentation on Christ's presence at the wedding feast at Cana (John 2). Then, in a room dimly lit by a few lamps and candles, the priest asks the couples to share their feelings and tell what they are experiencing. A young teacher speaks up: "Tonight, for the first time since we were married seven years ago, I told my wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Nuptial Notebooks | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

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