“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28. What a revolutionary statement in the first century. The universal brotherhood of man ( & woman) all started with Christ. So beautiful to see that in visual form on Christ the Redeemer in Rio. Thank you!
andrew.drury172
4 years ago
Thank you, Giles, for the insight that Christ is for all the nations and, at the same time, transcends the nations. Surely, now is the time to remove our tribalistic mentality and come together as the powerful projection on Christ the Redeemer so clearly demonstrates. I always look forward to what you have to say.
Gerald gwarcuri
4 years ago
I am no Trump apologist, but I really weary of the constant drumbeat of criticism against him as if he were Satan incarnate. John Lennon was a dreamer. Donald Trump is a pragmatist. That’s about as far as you can take the comparison, and injecting this ridiculous metaphor into the COVID-19 conversation is just plain silly.
Alan Waters
4 years ago
Thank you Giles and thank you Andrew, you both remind me of why I am an now an atheist. John Lennon was not against Christianity he was critising all religions because they seperate us rather than unite us, Islam & Judaism, Church of England & Roman Catholic, each one wants to emphasise their own difference and superiority to the others. He was critising countries because they create borders and barriers. If you listen to the real message of Imagine, you may get down to the real meaning of Humanity.
The real message is nihilistic; imagine meaninglessness, that life and death are without purpose or value. Leonard Cohen, by way of contrast, part of the lyrics to “The Future”
“Give me back the Berlin wall Give me Stalin and St. Paul Give me Christ Or give me Hiroshima Destroy another fetus now We don’t like children anyhow I’ve seen the future, baby: It is murder
Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions Won’t be nothing (won’t be), nothing you can measure anymore The blizzard, the blizzard of the world Has crossed the threshold And it’s overturned The order of the soul”
666bobtodd
4 years ago
“christ speaks to us all” you must be in direct communication with your god I am 83 and I have never heard a whisper from him in my lifetime, I see many fat priests floating around so he must be looking after them.The statue is a worthless waste of stone and money.
Well, Jesus had no words for the willfully deaf. He knew shouting at them wouldn’t get through. We listen with our hearts. If they are made of stone, they hear not a thing,
“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28. What a revolutionary statement in the first century. The universal brotherhood of man ( & woman) all started with Christ. So beautiful to see that in visual form on Christ the Redeemer in Rio. Thank you!
Thank you, Giles, for the insight that Christ is for all the nations and, at the same time, transcends the nations. Surely, now is the time to remove our tribalistic mentality and come together as the powerful projection on Christ the Redeemer so clearly demonstrates. I always look forward to what you have to say.
I am no Trump apologist, but I really weary of the constant drumbeat of criticism against him as if he were Satan incarnate. John Lennon was a dreamer. Donald Trump is a pragmatist. That’s about as far as you can take the comparison, and injecting this ridiculous metaphor into the COVID-19 conversation is just plain silly.
Thank you Giles and thank you Andrew, you both remind me of why I am an now an atheist. John Lennon was not against Christianity he was critising all religions because they seperate us rather than unite us, Islam & Judaism, Church of England & Roman Catholic, each one wants to emphasise their own difference and superiority to the others. He was critising countries because they create borders and barriers. If you listen to the real message of Imagine, you may get down to the real meaning of Humanity.
The real message is nihilistic; imagine meaninglessness, that life and death are without purpose or value.
Leonard Cohen, by way of contrast, part of the lyrics to “The Future”
“Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
Give me Christ
Or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don’t like children anyhow
I’ve seen the future, baby: It is murder
Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions
Won’t be nothing (won’t be), nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
And it’s overturned
The order of the soul”
“christ speaks to us all” you must be in direct communication with your god I am 83 and I have never heard a whisper from him in my lifetime, I see many fat priests floating around so he must be looking after them.The statue is a worthless waste of stone and money.
Well, Jesus had no words for the willfully deaf. He knew shouting at them wouldn’t get through. We listen with our hearts. If they are made of stone, they hear not a thing,