Sentences with phrase «jesus birth place»

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The Christmas tree's lights, in what's thought to be the birth place of Jesus Christ, were turned on by Vera Baboon.

The birth of Jesus takes place in Bethlehem so that Caesar can get his tax records sorted.

The birth of Jesus calls our attention to God's tradition of selecting representatives and partners from lowly places.

The Book of Mormon places the birth of Jesus in Jerusalem, much to the delight of biblical fundamentalists who use such discrepancies to score debating points.

Even if the date and place of Jesus» birth may be uncertain, the claim that God entered human history is central to traditional Christian belief, as the British poet Sir John Betjeman (1906 - 84) indicated in his poem «Christmas»:

Egypt holds a special place for Coptic Christians because, according to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus» family fled there shortly after his birth to escape King Herod, who was calling for the execution of all Jewish boys under the age of 2.

Just as the Virgin Birth, and the physical Resurrection of Christ are and were requirements of his literal Divinity and uniqueness upon the human scene, so also this type of development to which we appeal can not take place, except in a Church which claims the infallible magisterium on earth of the same Jesus in the name of his Divinity, and can manifest a line of consistent and coherent, definition because she has done so.

In Matthew, «wise men from the East» follow a special star to the place of Jesus» birth.

Of course, you are ignoring the fact that 1) it is supposedly based on Jesus» birth but scriptural estimates place his birth between 6BC and 4AD, and 2) the whole BC / AD system wasn't devised until around 500 AD, and 3) counting a calendar as evidence of an event is ridiculous (unless you also believe in Thor [thursday], Woden [Wednesday], and Freya [Friday]-RRB-

It is most obvious in the star of Matthew's Gospel, shining in the night sky and leading the wise men of the gentiles to the place of Jesus» birth.

Those of us expecting this familiar Christmas story are surprised when we hear Matthew begin abruptly with, «Now the birth of Jesus took place in this way.»

Perhaps, as we hear again the story of Jesus» unconventional birth, we may be open to God's salvation appearing in new and surprising places.

The custom: According to tradition, Jesus» birth took place on December 25 and is celebrated on that date.

Now the operation of Faith comes with the Will of God to have Christ formed in us: The Faith of Christ will do (bring in His works) for that to be a reality in our own lives as we are fed the truth through the words of Jesus and Paul (Jesus said the words that I speak are Spirit and Life) Paul said; I am of Christ, therefore; as we heed to all that is written by Jesus and Paul to have that excellent work done in us, to even take us from Faith to Faith (in His greater works) and from Glory to Glory (up in His life as we mature); then we too can come to the place where even as Paul says: I am Crucified with Christ, yet; I live, yet; not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life I live now, I live by the FAITH of the Son of God who gave His life for me: Paul ministers only in and by the Christ that he has become as Christ was formed in Him: Even as it was with Peter with Israel, when thouest is converted, convert thine brethren; it is also with Paul; I Labour again in birth with you until Christ be formed in you:

Ussher, noting the time of Herod's death, decided that Dionysius must have been in error and placed the birth of Jesus in the year 4 BC.

Maybe it is providential that Luke's placement for the beginning of the church in the book of Acts falls at exactly the same place as his description of the birth of Jesus in his Gospel - in the second chapter.

According to Matthew 2:1, Jesus was born «in the days of king Herod», and Herod's order for the killing of children at Bethlehem who were two years old or less (2:16) suggests that Matthew regards the birth as having taken place at least two years before Herod's death (4 BC.).

After Park District officials declined an offer to feature a Nativity scene in a public park, the Thomas More Society filed a complaint and the Illinois Nativity Scene Committee lobbied to place a privately funded depiction of the birth of Jesus at North School Park.

One tradition places Jesus» birth on 6 January, another on the twenty - fifth of a month.

We need to consider even two more ambiguities: The priestly division of One tradition places Jesus» birth on 6 January, another on the twenty - fifth of a month.

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