barabbas or jesus? >> he has the power over life and death in judaea, yet he's perfectly willing to throw this open to the crowd and say, you guys decide. >> barabbas. >> sort of perplexing that pilate would have, under any circumstances, thought about letting go a rebel. >> barabbas. >> but of course, in the story, it's barabbas the violent revolutionary they decide to let off. >> release barabbas. >> jesus' heart must have sunk. these are the people he was trying to serve whose interest he was so concerned about he tried to minister to and they just totally turned their back on him and it must have been unimaginable the depth of his despair. >> what am i then to do with this man you call the king of the jews? >> crucify him. >> enough. >> according to the account, pilate seems to say, well, i find no fault in this man in regard to capital punishment, we'll have him flogged and send him away. >> pilate probably didn't explicitly tell his soldiers to go out and mock jesus. there would have been an audie

he's fascinated by jesus. so fascinated that even after the crucifixion, he wants to make sure that the right thing is done, that jesus gets the right burial. >> everyone who encounters jesus in the gospels is transformed. they're either healed or they want to follow him. simply meeting jesus even for one time was life changing and that probably changed joseph's life. >> but first, joseph needs permission to take jesus down from the cross. >> you think this is acceptable? >> he goes to see the roman procurator for judea, pontius pilate. >> get out. >> pilate is an essential figure because only he as the roman procurator had the power to pronounce a death sentence. so it was he who ultimately is responsible for jesus' crucifixion and death. >> you've come for me, rabbi? >> pilate is famously anti-semitic. he doesn't like jews. he doesn't like being in judea. >> jesus of nazareth. i've come to ask for his body. >> we have to wonder what joseph was thinking. he's taking quite a risk. he's going to pilate and aski

defend jesus. it's just an emotional rash act born out of love for jesus and a desire to protect him. >> after jesus' arrest, peter is in danger for his life. we have a history of rebellions against the roman government and during most of these, if a leader is rounded up and executed, the followers are rounded up and executed, as well. >> peter stays close by. he's intrigued to know what is going to happen and worried about what is going to happen. because he's near the action, he has people see him. >> you were with jesus of galilee. >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> this man was with jesus. >> i did not know the man. >> yes, you were. >> certainly you were. your accent, it betrays you. >> i swear, i do not know the man! [ crowing ] >> and when that third denial happens and the cock crows, then according to one of the gospel writers, jesus looks right at peter. >> jesus and peter lock eyes with one another, i would imagine peter feels that jesus can look into his soul and knows what he

jesus movement. maybe she doesn't live very long after jesus, and for that reason, we just don't hear about her. >> it's an extraordinary notion, but whatever the final truth about her age, what we can be sure of is how jesus reached out to this possessed woman, how she became his closest female follower, and an example to all who would come after her. >> she was the one who had the deep spiritual connection with jesus, who understood his mission and who then carried it out and proclaimed it. she was the first christian. >>> jesus christ. he changed the course of world history. yet the most famous man ever to live left no physical trace. or did he? more than a thousand years pass and a cloth appears in europe. on its surface, the image of a man showing the same traumas jesus endured during his crucifixion. the shroud of turin.

. >> jesus! you're here. come and sit. you must be tired. >> jesus has a very special bond with martha and mary. it's a very intimate relationship. he's going to visit people that he trusts. and people that trust him too. >> martha and mary are sort of like ying and yang. like many sisters. one introspective, one outgoing. i think they compromise the totality of ways of interacting with jesus. >> mary plays the passive role where she sits at jesus' feet and listens. and martha plays the active role. ministering to people who come through in the household to hear jesus. >> lord, do you not care that my sister's left me to serve alone? >> instead of getting in her own sister's face, she gets in jesus's face and says, you tell her. and jesus's response is unexpected. >> martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. one thing is necessary, mary has chosen the good portion to not be taken away from her. >> the story is about priorities. even a woman has a right to prioritize, learning from m

>> jesus! >> i think jesus would have known about the harshness of roman rule firsthand. >> jews in the first century a.d. galilee, the farmers, the artisans, the stone masons, were among those just trying to eke out a living. they're then required to pay taxes and rent to their roman occupiers. this would have been a massive burden on their daily life. >> the most insidious thing about taxation in the roman provinces is that it is contracted out to private individuals who bid for the job, and so there's a real motivation to believe the locals, to engage in dirty practices collecting the tax, and, fundamentally, the system is prone to corruption. >> they would have felt a great deal of resentment towards the roman occupiers. >> narrator: sometime after 4 b.c., a violent rebellion breaks out in a town close to nazareth. >> over there beyond these buildings is the ancient city of sefhorus. it would have been the major city in the region while nazareth would have been but a small village. >> it wa

ministry of jesus that we as historians can be clear about is that jesus was indeed baptized by john the baptist and began his career within the ministry of john the baptist. >> the new testament doesn't reveal whether this was their first meeting or if they had met before. >> we know that jesus respects john the baptist enough and is drawn in by his charisma, his persona, and his teaching enough to go and get baptized himself. so he's certainly drawn to john. >> until now, john the baptist is the undisputed leader of his movement. but today, meeting jesus, something unexpected happens. >> i need to be baptized by you. and do you come to me? >> but jesus dismisses john's plea. it is he who has come to be baptized by john. >> let it be so now. >> his baptism will be like no other. >> i think the baptism of jesus by john is a crucial part of the story. it tells us, if nothing else, that jesus absolutely endorsed what john was doing. >> i myself came baptizing by water for this reason. that he might be revealed to israel. >> and it means that he endorsed john's message, that god's peopl

from the time of jesus. there is nothing except the gospels, which were written down decades later. this would be the first physical evidence that jesus of nazareth existed. >> this is such a landmark. i mean this is the only material evidence, non-literary we have for the family of jesus. >> i think most people would be extremely surprised to learn that jesus had siblings, even though james is called the brother of jesus in the new testament, most christians grow up learning that mary was a virgin and that he didn't have any siblings. so i think most people would be astonished. >> narrator: the gospels of both matthew and mark name jesus's brothers. as well as james, there's joses, judas and simon alongside at least two unnamed sisters, but exactly whose these offspring are is still the subject of debate. >> for catholics, there is still that emphasis on mary's virginity. she was not only a virging at the time of jesus conception and birth, but also afterwards. so that's why i like to think of james, the br

he's helping jesus. he knows that because of what he has to do, he's going to be hated forever. >> judas is doing what jesus wants him to do. look, god sent jesus to die for the sins of mankind. someone has to betray him. someone has to fulfill this mission. jesus is saying, i have to die on the cross in order to do what i was sent here to do. >> judas was not the evil figure, this nasty traitor that we've often depicted him as in the history of christianity. >> judas, the quintessential traitor, is actually the hero? this is hugely shocking. it's stunning. >> the gospel of judas totally changes the relationship between jesus and judas. now judas is not a traitor but a trusted ally chosen by jesus to help him fulfill god's divine plan. then in 2007, another biblical scholar starts to doubt this interpretation. >> i began to do my own work translating the gospel of judas. and what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words and translation that didn't reflect the actual coptic language

but could she found have been the actual cross jesus died on? >>> now, the modern-day investigation into the true cross is gathering pace. the city of waterford is the oldest city in ireland. it boasts a long history of christianity. and a museum that holds an important relic of the true cross. >> what's fascinating is that it is said to have been given directly by the pope to the king of ireland, and rome as we know, had access to relics from jerusalem. >> archeologist george kazan is joined by scientist tom hooil. he is also from oxford university in england and he will put the relic to the test. >> for the first time in history we're able to place these relics in their proper time and proper date. >> the waterford cross is on loan to the medieval museum from the roman catholic arch diocese. and museum curator aman mcmeany has secured their permission to test it. >> the relic is just inside had? >> it's just inside this. >> is it an ancient script? >> it says a piece of the wood of the true cross, and it was given to the king of muenster by th

to take the word of jesus from the holy land to india? >> a direct line to the very source of christian faith. >> science puts his relics to the test, to reveal the truth about doubting thomas. ♪ >>> a holy festival in the south indian state of caraway. worshippers here follow a lit you are gee they believe was handed to them directly by one of jesus' 12 disciples. a man 7 million indians claims brought christianity here. thomas. >> christianity appears in india at some point in the first few centuries of the common era. it's a little bit of a mystery. it may be there as early as the second century, and maybe -- it's plausible that it even arrived in the first century. >> is it possible the disciple famous in the bible for doubt founded one of the earliest christian churches in india? >> thomas is listed as one of the 12, so we know that he's one of the inner group of jesus' disciples. >> he's best known as the one disciple who wasn't present when jesus first appeared after his crucifixion. >> thomas vanishes from the new testament afte

they first set eyes on jesus. they were probably also wondering, who was this child going to be? what is he going to do? what does the future hold for jesus? >> the fact the magi brought gifts fit for a king, gold, frankincense, myrrh. frankincense used in royal palaces. myrrh used for royal burials. who wants gold? kings want gold, right? >> the magi have something of a dilemma. do they return to herod and report to him and thereby endanger the life of the child or leave and, thereby incur the wrath of herod who might pursue them? >> they intuit that herod's intentions are not good, and so they ignore. they ignore the king, and they go a different route out of a sense of protecting this child in whom they have seen god. >> i have news about the magi. they've chosen not to return to jerusalem. >> herod's reaction is unsurprising. he's already paranoid. now he's thinking, oh, they slunk off back to wherever they came from because they found something they didn't want to report to me. and so i think this only causes

said jesus did it and he talks about the religion of jesus and humanity of jesus and said because jesus was human being who made these decisions, and became an extraordinary person that we still talk p. he took away all of our excuse nice love that. i hate to stop it but we have to go to a break. but that's really great understanding of thurman. and jesus. thank you for that, dorsey. please come back. he know u be archingous >>> welcome back to mosaic if you didn't know who howard thurman was you get an idea because of dorsey's intimacy with him knowing him and pastoring the church for a good 25 years and he knows his many, many books. but awed complication sometime ago. >> yes. >> every year we have howard thurman convocation in conjunction with the church's anniversary. >> okay. >> and this was just quite amazing. we had two extraordinary panelist reverend debra leaf and phil hutchins and talked about racism, immigration and collective liberation. and that's what thurman was about. collective liberation. if we do it to inoduce and commemorate thurman's life and work but to say let's m

and then the holy family of jesus. jesus and mary and joseph being the family unit. and monday is a down day, the day within the octave and christmas. and we start the second week and we have the feast january 1st. while everyone else is celebrating new year's, we have mary, the holy mother of god. it's a lovely feast. and following that is a few memorials. we have gregory the great, a few wonderful doctors of the church. we have the memorial of two american saints, very important american sanities on the 4ing -- sanities on the 4th and 5th. and epiphany on the 6th. it's on a sunday this year. >> it means a showing forth! . >> the arrival of the spirit. >> okay. >> and that in many places until the east is their christmas. . >> the feast of three kick kinks. -- kings. >> and we have one further slide that takes us further to january? >> we do. the next week, we insert when christmas is early and we have a week of masses. it couple nates with the -- culminates with the cap bichl of the lord -- baptism of the lord. >> like the first good chapter of any good catholic's

he used to walk with jesus, essentially. so he's an important figure for that reason alone. >> in the gospels, when the apostles go fishing in galilee, peter is told, you are peter. which means rock. and on this rock, i will build my church, and i will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. >> peter himself, as the one who voiced the confession, becomes a symbol of the unwavering faith that jesus is the son of god, which is then the center of the christian church. >> though the word "pope" is not used for hundreds of years, the foundation of the sacred office is entwined in peter's legacy. >> the pope saw, if you like, the inheritance of the apostolic generation. >> it's this idea of the papacy being the rock, a source of permanence in an age of anxiety that people know is steady. >> peter preaches that jesus christ died for the sins of man, and accepting that truth is the key to salvation. others teach different variations of that message. but regardless of interpretation, in the first century, any follower of chris

>> i need jesus. >> okay. how do we get jesus? >> call him. >> on the main line? >> just call him. >> the main line, just tell him what you want. >> i want jesus. >> ay, how do we get jesus? >> call him. >> on the main line? just tell him what you want? okay. >>> hope you enjoyed our show today. we will see you next time on a >> yeah. i know. >> come on, man. >> still tastes the same, right? >> yes, it does. >> get that sorted out. >> yes, it does. >>> now to a surprise visit from a special santa claus bringing christmas cheer to kids forced to spend the holidays away from home. >> former president obama dropped in on the children's national hospital in washington to all those cheers, armed with a santa hat and a sack of toys. the young patients couldn't believe their eyes as he gave out the gifts, along with plenty of hugs, of course. there were also lots of selfies, bringing some of the children to tears. >> that's awesome. only a handful of staff, by the way, even knew that former president obama was coming. he spent about 90 minutes there. >> he visited that s

the holy gospel of our lord jesus christ according to matthew. jesus said you are the light of the world. a city on a hill cannot be hidden. neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. instead they put it on it stand it it gives light to everyone in the house . in the same way let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your father in heaven. the gospel of the lord. your head prayer is. almighty god. of all comfort console us of all light strengthen us of all love inspire us. to love you and to love those you send our way. men. well b.c. . it is a tremendous honor to follow these speakers and especially someone who might mar so much our forty third president sir your father always welcomed by visits and never made me feel rushed and always said thank you for coming never made me feel like i was going on too long your mother. i usually said good sermon too long. i got your email. you're a lot like your mother. ladies and gentlemen. children of god but when death comes as it does to us all a life is chan

jesús: sí, encapuchados. en frente la policía. el copiloto se baja y dice "acabemos con esta [...]". cargó su arma y me pegó el primer disparo en el abdomen. [suspira] y otro le dice, "así no, aquí no". y le baja el arma. yo en ese momento aprovecho y me lanzo al vehículo y ellos me disparan una segunda vez en la espalda. tiffany: con dos impactos de bala, el doctor se dio a la fuga con los paramilitares detrás. jesús: me pasé semáforos, hice maniobras que n-- no las había hecho nunca. yo sólo pensaba en vivir, no morir. se te pasa tu vida por un segundo por tus ojos. tiffany: no estaba lejos de su oficina, un edificio en una zona comercial de la ciudad. sabía que ahí estarían sus compañeros de trabajo que lo podrían socorrer. con su celular le advirtió a un grupo de médicos lo que le había sucedido. jesús: señores, me paró--me paró la policía y me dispararon. >> paciente con herida de bala, tiro limpi con entrada y salida. tiffany: en masaia el doctor sánchez también tuvo que fugarse cuando las fuerzas d

is there something different about the jesus trail? >> there's a lot more history on the jesus trail on average in the trek. most places it's just the vistas. with the jesus trail it's both the views and the historical sites. >> 500 bc at least. >> reporter: mark gordon took us to some of those sights, including the millenial old ruins of the synagogue. >> dating back to the time of jesus. >> reporter: unlike another trail created by israel's government which avoids arab governments, the jesus trails takes us to sites including the town of qana. >> the wine miracle. here is where that happens. >> reporter: here a modern church marks the spot where christians believe miracle took play. not far away is a mosque. >> just to make this hike, it depends on muslim, christians, jewish working together, cooperating and providing the service, gimping food and a place to stay and transfer your luggage. >> reporter: this writer is a palestinian citizen of israel who owns an inn in nazareth where many begin their hike. >> in israel we are palestini

if you so much help us become more like jesus christ every day in the name of jesus christ man. there are roughly sixteen million mormons worldwide though most of them are in the us about forty thousand are in germany. mormons believe that after the resurrection jesus taught on the american continent. this is the book of mormon work. for mormons the book of mormon is as important as the bible the church was founded about two hundred years ago in new york. out of the rules say you may call home and christmas and one other time during the year. here for further goals with friends or family you need permission from the mission president. does miss you as president and only calling your family twice a year. isn't that really tough on you being allowed so little contact with your family in a compartment of. it's really hard at the beginning but it gets easier but. we're very focused on what we're doing. so we really don't have much time to think about our families. to. give us and us here we know that we'll always have our families and to me that means so so much. now that we're here

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jesus said to her, "your brother will rise again." martha said to him, "i know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." jesus said to her, "i am the resurrection and the life. those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. do you believe this?" she said to him, "yes, lord, i believe that you are the messiah, the son of god, the one coming into the world." the gospel of the lord. >> praise be to you, o christ. ♪ ♪ ♪ rev. levenson: bow your heads for prayer. almighty god, the source of all life, may our eyes and our hearts this day give thanks for this remarkable life. may our eyes and our hearts turn to you as did the heart of this great man. in christ's name i pray, amen. >> amen. rev. levenson: a few days before barbara bush's death, i was called to the bush home, and the president asked me to pray with her. i went and knocked on her door, and barbara answered. "hello, russ, i am not checking out yet!" [laughter] rev. levenson: we talked f

jesus said to her, your brother will rise again. martha said to him, i know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. jesus said to her, i am the resurrection and the life. those who believe in me, even though they die, will live and , and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. do you believe this? she said to him, yes lord, i believe that you are the messiah, the son of god, the one coming into the world. the gospel of the lord. >> praise be to you, o christ. ♪ him and ♪ >> bow your heads for prayer. almighty god, the source of all life, may our eyes and our hearts this day give thanks for this remarkable life. may our eyes and our hearts turn to you as did the heart of this great man. in christ's name i pray, amen. >> amen. rev. levenson: a few days before barbara bush's death, i was called to the bush home, and the president asked me to pray with her. i went and knocked on her door, and barbara answered. "hello, russ, i am not checking out yet!" [laughter] rev. levenson: we talked for a bit.

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i think they means jesus. canadiedy canes. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> sean: last night we told you about the massachusetts pastor who put baby jesus in a cage to make a point. what about not christmas, not about what christmas season is all about. but about immigration. now there is more left winginsanity. there is a principal at an elementary school in nebraska banning candy canes saying the j-shape represents jesus and also banned reindeer. we reached out to the district for comment. they told us the memo does not reflect the policy of our public schools regarding holiday symbols in the school. the school noted that the principal was placed on administrative leave. joining us he is the author of the best seller, the happy cookbook. steve and another best seller. she is doing a holiday special airing on fox nation.com. here is a clip. >> how did you decide to use the red christmas cloth. >> it's important to show the people something different each year. we have thousands and thousands of people coming here to see the

jesus said to her, yother will rise again. martha saito him, i know that he will rise again in the r resurrection on the last day. jesus said to her i am the life. those who believe in me even though they die will live. everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. do you believe this? ree said to him, yes, lord, i believe that youhe mess messiah, the son of god, the one coming into the world. the gospel of the lord. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bow your heads for prayer. god, the source of all life my our eyes and hearts this day give thanks for this remarkable life. may our eyes and hearts turn tod you ashe heart of this great man. in christ name i pray, amen. a few days before barbara bush's death, i was called to the bush home and the predent asked me to pray with her. i went and knocked on her door and barbara answered, hello, russ. i'm not checking out yet. we talked for a bit. i asked permission to anoint her head with oil and pray with her. we did. we prayed. i left and then she called me to come

there is no joseph involved in the birth of jesus. her conceptions one --dash conception is miraculous as a follower of god she gives birth all by herself alone under a palm tree and then she is instructed the palm tree will give her dates by bending over and she just needs to avail herself of that and the water but as she heads for home she takes a vow of silence that she will fast from speech so now she's back home our virgin daughter has a baby. what happened? mary, how could you have done this? you have shamed our family at which point jesus speaks up. baby jesus speaks from the cradle and defends her virginity. it is a scene that might be evoked in scholarly mines where baby jesus does a variety but in context i would say it makes the virginity of mary even more important to the qur'an than it is of the other gospels it figures into it but with christianity versus islam that is worthy as a redeemer and christians believe that one person can die for another persons sense of the death can be redemption and by suffering it can be me

recrearon la villa de belÉn donde llegÓ el niÑo jesÚs a nacer. estamos viendo la vendimia y los reyes magos llegar. estamos viendo los bailes tílas letras estÁn en hebreo. esta iglesia se encargÓ de recrear perfectamente cÓmo era belÉn en el tiempo que llegÓ el niÑo jesÚs al mundo. vemos los bailes. esto es lo que se viviÓ hace 18 aÑos. y la gente llega de todas partes del sur de la bahÍa. y de todas partes de la bahÍa para disfrutar de este evento. vemos los romanos, trataban a la gente en aquel tiempo. si tiene oportunidad venga a este lugar. vale la pena. vamos a ver cÓmo los niÑos jugaban en aquel tiempo. no existÍan las computadoras y se divertÍan jugando así. con las monedas, en la piedra. asÍ jugaban los niÑos en belÉn hace 18 aÑos. la gente cocinaba en la calle. hacÍan su pan. el pan de allÁ, de trigo. y asÍ es como se vivÍa en belÉn la llegada de jesÚs. la estrellalos guiaba. y esto es lo que se viene a recrear aquÍ. recrea esto para mantener a la comunidad unida y para mantener a las generaciones con la histo

and what came to mind was jesus. on that last night before his own crucifixion having said everything he had to say wrapped a towel around his waist and without words washed his disciples feet as jesus finished, he said, i've set an example for you do as i have done. serve one another. by this the world will know you're my disciples if you love and serve one another. at the end we all knelt. we all placed our hands on the president. we said our prayers together and then we were silent. for a full long measure as this man who changed all of our lives, who changed our nation, who changed our world left this life for the next. it was a beautiful end it was a beautiful beginning for a moment, but a moment only, that dear point of light we know as george herbert walker bush, dimmed, but it now shines brighter than it ever before has. and now it godly man, this servant, this child of god is in the loving arms of barbara and robin and the welcoming arms of our lord who embraced him with his divine love. some have said in th

jesus said to her, your brother will rise again. martha said to him i know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. jesus said to her, i am the resurrection and the life. those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. do you believe this? she said to him yes, lord. i believe that you are the messiah, the son of god, the one coming into the world. the gospel of the lord. ♪ ♪ >>> bow your head for a prayer. almighty god, the source of all life, may our eyes and our hearts this day give thanks for this remarkable life. may our eyes and our hearts turn to you as did the heart of this great man. in christ's name i pray, amen. a few days before barbara bush's death i was called to the bush home, and the president asked me to pray with her. i went and knocked on her door, and barbara answered, hello, russ. i'm not checking out yet. we talked for a bit. i asked permission to anoint her head with oil and pray with her, and we did. we prayed. i left,

up next, do the roots of christmas predate the birth of jesus? we examine new research on the subject. beyond our border tonight is the us draws up plans for withdrawing troops from syria, turkey is sending reinforcements to its border with syria, turkey is determined to clear kurdish fighters from northeastern syria. those forces have been us allies in the fight against isis, turkey has been dealing with insurgency and its own borders for years. congo votes for a new president for the first time in years on sunday in an election that has been delayed several times. the opposition is pointing to a potential problem. they claim new voting machines brought into the election open the door to vote rigging. they want the votes counted manually, not electronically. nissan executive greg kelly was released on bail making japanese prosecutors month low holdover one of the defendants in the case against former nissan chairman carlos gogn, underreporting his pay by $34 billion. some other stories beyond the borders tonight. we will be right back. .. >> mik

what came to mind was jesus. that last night before his own crucifixion, having said everything there was to say, he wrapped a towel around his waist and, without words, he washed his disciple's feats. feet. as jesus said, "i set an example for you. do as i have done. serve one another. by this, the world will know that you are my disciples. if you serve, and if you love one another." at the end, we all knelt. we all placed our hands on the president. we said our prayer together, and then we were silent. for a full, long measure. as this man, who changed all of our lives, who changed our nation, who changed our world, left this life for the next. it was a beautiful end -- a beautiful beginning. for a moment and a moment only, that deer point of life we know as george herbert walker bush dimmed, but it now shines better than it has. now, this godly man -- this servant, this child of god -- is in the loving arms of barbara and robin and the welcoming arms of our lord, who embraces him with his divine love. some hav

and what came to mind was jesus. on that last night before his own crucifixion, having said everything there was to say, he wrapped a towel around his waist and without words, he washed his disciples feet. as jesus finished, he said -- i set an example for you. do as i have done, serve one another. by this the world will know that you are my disciples. if you serve and love one another. at the end, we all melt. we all placed our hands on the president. we set our prayers together. and then we were silent. for a full long measure. as this man, who changed all of our lives, who changed our nation, who changed our world, left this life for the next. it was a beautiful end. it was a beautiful beginning. for a moment, but a moment only, that deer point of light that we know so well as george herbert walker bush dimmed, but it now shines brighter than it ever before has. now this godly man, this servant, this child of god is in the loving arms of barbara and robin and the welcoming arms of our lord, who embraced him with h

and somebody said, jesus, no you can't. but jesus said, yes, i can. and he called lazarus after four days. lazarus stepped forth from the grave alive and well. just one week later, jesus died. on an old cross. on the third day morning, they had given up on him. they thought he would never rise. but if jesus could raise lazarus and if jesus could rise up himself, there is no power that can keep us down. god can take us higher than we've ever been before. why don't you clap your hands and praise him. ♪ praise him ♪ he's able to do exceedingly, abundantly above anything ♪ ♪ somebody say black folk, you're too poor ♪ ♪ you don't have enough ♪ there's no way you can make it ♪ ♪ you don't have the resources ♪ but somebody said to jesus, we're in the wilderness, there's 5,000 people with no food ♪ ♪ we can't feed them. ♪ jesus said they need not go away, you take care of them. ♪ ♪ look over at your neighbor and say, neighbor, yes, you can ♪ ♪ jesus said what you have, you're not enough ♪ ♪ bring it to me ♪ let me bless

i believe in jesus christ, his only son, our lord. he was conceived by the power of the holy spirit, born of the virgin mary, suffered under pontius pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. he descended to the dead. on the third day, he rose again . he ascended into heaven. he is seated at the right hand of the father. he will come again to judge the living and the dead. i believe in the holy spirit. the coley -- the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting, amen . [ singing ] [ singing the lord's prayer ] [ singing ] [ singing the lord's prayer ] >>> for our brother, george, let us pray to our lord jesus christ who said i am resurrection, and i am life. lord, you consult martha and mary in their distress. draw near to us who mourn for george, and dry the tears of those who weep. >> [ congregation responds ]. >> you wept at the grave of lazarus, your friend. comfort us in our sorrow. [ congregation responds ] >> you raised the dead to life, you g

well we do this political work as christians because jesus was always doing political work jesus wasn't associating with religious types jesus was doing the work of reaching out to the marginalized who were always being oprah asked by the by the majority and by the empire and so when we put ourselves on the border when we when we support the parkland high school students when when we deal with refugees and asylum seekers for us we are being christ like what's remarkably wonderful and that we are recognises so much today is that we see this in islam we see this in judaism and in all the great world religions it is always the care for the marginalized the poor and the dispossessed that that should be our focus and so when people see all kinds of religious people standing up for them it makes a huge impact and i think perhaps in a very new way they will begin to look at religion again for a moral compass and i think that if you think of the you know particularly the abrahamic traditions one of the things that. was a sucker who was there that was actually at the center you go to i want to b

and what came to mind was jesus. on that last night before his own crucifixion, having said everything that was to say, he wrapped a towel around his waist and without words, he washed his disciples feet. as jesus finished, he said, i've set an example for you. do as i have done, serve one another. by this the world will know you're my disciples, if you serve and if you love one another. at the end, we all knelt. we all placed our hands on the president. we said our prayers together. and then we were silent. for a full long measure, as this man, who changed all of our lives, who changed our nation, who changed our world, left this life for the next. it was a beautiful end. it was a beautiful beginning. for a moment, but a moment only, that dear point of light we know as george herbert walker bush dimmed. but it now shines brighter than it ever before has. and now this godly man, this servant, this child of god, is in the loving arms of barbara and robin and the welcoming arms of our lord, who embraced him with his di

jesus and his friends the disciples. the painting is five hundred years old it is in a sorry state overpainted ruined restored scarcely a single detail remains that is still for my hand and yet the truth yet unusually is in the home because i told a story in the painting and that story is still perfectly clear. to the fool is judas touching the passive silver behind him is peter clear and alert and open spirity then comes john the disciple jesus loved i gave him the face of my madonnas and planted him in a blue robe and red cloak. is wearing the same colors a reddish robe and a blue cloak. the landscape outside is my valley and the hills of vinci my paradise my jerusalem. has just said one of you shall betray me jane seems to be answering tell us who and lucille deal with him and philip's gesture says no child on. the right half of the painting has been fully restored i love that shines out in the light. of five hundred years it was damaged smudged corroded and scratched the damp poor rotted the pearly included troops in

by pictured jesus christ in idealised form. and myself to. forgive me for saying so but leonardo da vinci never looked like thinks i want to know. we all know the power of illusion and it may be because of that power that humankind so long as it's artists and gods and builds museums temples and holy places for them such as the former ministry church of santa maria democrats here in milan the glory of the month is architectural genius it houses mind on something here in northern italy some five hundred years ago the two of us worked on this wonder of the ecclesiastical arts. for manti you learn to the beauty of mathematics and the laws of nature in the aesthetic perfection of his architecture. i am. the dome cloisters in sacristy i'm not on a gigantic or overwhelming scale a fit sense of proportion rules this is a true jewel in the crown of eternity. i am i any . i did not spend every day in the refectory where i've been commissioned to paint the picture of pictures instead i would have mob or monday's judges it was built unsure of which to ad

and i -- neil isn't a christian but he loves jesus. he loves my church because it's such a sweet sanctuary, place of welcome, and shalom and love and -- i mean, i feel -- i understand i know nothing. i really believe i have a third grader or golden retriever's sense of theology. i keep things so simple with any sunday school kids, whether they're teenagers or little ones and i say your love, its love there, is love, around you, above you, and inside you, there's this beautiful little flame of the dissunshine you. divine in you and don't let anybody blow it out. i tell them you're loved and chosen and safe, you're safe in the arms of god and of the people who love you and us, and if -- as soon as you have a horrible secret you won't tell the grownups you're not safe anymore so that's what i teach them. don't teach them about the trying nature of the trinityity who are shot the hospital. i teach them they're made out of love, create for love. i wrote in the last book that in the african -- what's the -- liturgy, they say that god created

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the angels are the courtroom this whole body guards of mary and jesus christ. are here. this simple pictorial system became a camera upon which everything else was based from then on the churches became larger and the at ces and jones expressed the unity and perfection of the christian kos-mos. in the way it. rangely its image of the christian pictorial system took over and transcended the by sam time court order and its portrayal of power and representation. as the when you read the thirty eight jubilee unity on constantine the great we can discern a formula for order in the wild one god one empire one emperor constantine was an advocate of an eagle a tarion god in a clear hierarchy order this system of subservience this reflected socio political relationships as an. interest. are our revenue now is where the synthesis between the systematic thinking of the greeks and the christian doctrine of salvation became translated into imagery. amidst the ruins of rome new churches were built and the ancient roman buildings repurposed by christians the pictorial kamin of ravenna

jesus said to her, "your brother will rise again." martha said to him, "i know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." jesus said to her, "i am the resurrection and the life. those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. do you believe this?" she said to him, "yes, lord, i believe that you are the messiah, the son of god, the one coming into the world." the gospel of the lord. >> praise be to you, o hrist. rev. levenson: bow your heads for prayer. almighty god, the source of all life, may our eyes and our hearts this day give thanks for this remarkable life. may our eyes and our hearts turn to you as did the heart of this great man. in christ's name i pray, amen. >> amen. rev. levenson: a few days before barbara bush's death, i was called to the bush home, and the president asked me to pray with her. i went and knocked on her door, and barbara answered. "hello, russ, i am not checking ut yet!" rev. levenson: we talked for a bit. i asked permiss

and what came to mind was jesus. on that last night before his own crucifixion having said everything that there was to say, he wrapped a towel around his waist and without words he washed his disciples feet, and as jesus said, i have set an example for you, and do as i have done, serve one another, and by this, the world will know that you are my disciples if you serve and you love one another. at the end, we all knelt, and we all placed our hands on the president. we said our prayers together, and then we were silent. for a full long measure. as this man who changed all of our lives, who changed our nation, who changed our world left this life for the next. it was a beautiful end. it was a beautiful beginning. for a moment, a moment only that dear point of life that we know as george herbert walker bush dimmed, but it is shining brighter than ever before has, and now this godly man, this servant, this child of god is in the loving arms of barbara and robin and the welcoming arms of our lord owho embrachim with di l

jesus said to her your brother will rise again. martha said to him i know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. jesus said to her i am the resurrection and the life. those who believe in me, even though they die, will live. and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. do you believe this? she said to him yes, lord, i believe that you are the messiah, the son of god, the one coming into the world. the gospel of the lord. [organ playing] [congregation continuing to "eternal father, strong to save"] [music] [music] >> would you bow your heads for prayer. all mighty god, the source of all life. may our eyes and our hearts this day give thanks for this remarkable life. may our eyes and our hearts turn to you as did the heart of this great man in christ's name i pray, amen. a few days before barbara bush's death, i was called to the bush home and the president asked me to pray with her. i went and knocked on her door and barbara answered, hello, russ, i'm not checking out yet. [laughter] we talked for

jesus and his friends the disciples. the plain deal is five hundred years old it is in a sorry state overpainted ruined restored scarcely a single detail remains that is still from my hand and yet the truth here and usually is in the home because i told a story in the painting and that story is still perfectly clear. to the fool is judas clutching the passive silver behind him is peter clean air and alert and open spirit then comes john the disciple jesus loved i gave him the face of mine adonis and planted him in a blue robe and red cloak. science is wearing the same colors are ready to robe and a blue cloak. the landscape outside is my valley and the hills of vinci my paradise my jerusalem. christ has just said one of you shall betray me james seems to be answering tell us who and we still deal with you and philip's gesture says not i lord. the right half of the painting has been fully restored i love that shanda and the light. for five hundred years it was damaged smudged corroded and scratched the damp poor rotted na

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and what came to mind was jesus. on that last night before his own crucifixion, having said everything there was to say, he wrapped a towel around his waist and without words, he washed his disciples feet. said -- iinished, he set an example for you. do as i have done, serve one another. by this the world will know that you are my disciples. if you serve and love one another. at the end, we all melts. we all placed our hands on the president. we set our prayers together. and then we were silent. for a full long measure. as this man, who changed all of our lives, who changed our world, who changed our left this life for the next. it was a beautiful end. it was a beautiful beginning. for a moment, but a moment only, that deer point of light that we know so well as george herbert walker bush dimmed, but it now shines brighter than it ever before has. servant godly man, this , this child of god is in the loving arms of barbara and robin and the welcoming arms of our lord, who embraced him with his divine love. some have