Word: jesus
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...that will precede Christ's Second Coming. In the Gospel of Luke, Christ warns that "nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and great earthquakes shall be in diverse places, and famines, and pestilences, and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven." In Matthew, Jesus says that when the time for his return is near, the signs will be unmistakable and the faithful will be alerted by the trumpet call of angels...
...says a security source, "the most dangerous group so far is the Denver cult." Israeli authorities are afraid that undetected members may go underground. Last week the Concerned Christians were described by their lawyer as being nice people who, like other pious foreigners, were simply awaiting the return of Jesus. And, oh yes, they expect the U.S. to be destroyed by the end of the year...
...nose that it was damn cold outside, so the crooked sign hanging in the window, "Yenching--Open Until 11," was a most welcome sight. And in the warmth of the restaurant, drinking hot tea and reading the New York Times in the company of others for whom Jesus's birthday is simply another occasion to go to the movies, I knew that staying in Cambridge over the break had been the right decision...
Along with the letter, Wishnatsky's package included several related items. One, the comic book "Charlie's Ants," uses a boy's relationship with his ants as an allegory for the story of Jesus Christ. On the last page is a pledge for readers to sign, indicating their acceptance of Jesus as their personal savior...
...article "Author Speaks Out Against Christmas" (News, Dec. 9), Tom Flynn says, "If Jesus Christ is not your savior, Christmas is not your holiday." Clearly, Jesus Christ is not Flynn's savior, and his faith is his own business. But he has no right to attack one of the most sacred days of the Christian faith as "an elaborately sustained parental lie." He asserts that the belief in Santa Claus is detrimental to children's moral and religious development...