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Secrets of the Nativity Re your report "Behind The First Noel," which explored the story of Christ's birth as told in the Gospels [Dec. 20]: Jesus remains an enigmatic person who is truly irreducible, and for this reason the quest for the historical Jesus continues. To the Gospel writers Matthew and Luke, the miraculous conception of Jesus was a divine act, unparalleled in history. Of course, whether people accept such a miracle depends on their philosophical worldview. Luke 1: 37 says that the angel Gabriel assured Mary, "For with God nothing shall be impossible." That one passage explains...
Your article was a reverent but not cloying look at the birth of a man who changed the world. Too often we overemphasize the divinity of Jesus and miss his message. Christ's magnificent legacy is not so much the stories of miracles as his genius in understanding our human predicament and conveying remarkably simple answers to our problems. We should not forget that the core of his ministry is love, not just for ourselves and those close to us but for everyone...
...Your report "Behind The First Noel," which explored the story of Christ's birth as told in the Gospels [Dec. 13]: Jesus remains an enigmatic person who is truly irreducible, and for this reason the quest for the historical Jesus continues. To Gospel writers Matthew and Luke, the miraculous conception of Jesus was a divine act, unparalleled in history. Of course, what determines whether people accept such a miracle depends on their philosophical world view. Luke 1: 37 says the angel Gabriel assured Mary, "For with God nothing shall be impossible." That one passage explains...
...rest of the bury-Bush contingent, went wrong. A movie can?t change events and attitudes; it reflects them. And that can be seen by the relative impact of the two big out-of-nowhere hits of 2004: ?Fahrenheit? and ?The Passion of the Christ...
...been planning a documentary on health care, which should be ever more timely as the Administration pushes its privatization angle on Social Security. Of course Moore and his fellow Savonarolas will once again be preaching to the choir. But as ?Fahrenheit 9/11? indicated, and ?The Passion of the Christ? proved, a choir can be in the tens of millions. And watch out, rest-of-America. Neither choir is likely to shut...