Jesus In The News

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No room at the inn as Bethlehem celebrates Christmas

Dec. 24, 2011 - Bethlehem is expected to have more than 50,000 visitors from around the world to celebrate the birth of Christ. The number of hotels in the town has increased during the last three years, but they are all full today.

Christmas Eve celebrations are all taking place in and around Manger Square, the central plaza next to the Church of the Nativity. The church is built over the site where Christians believe Mary gave birth to Jesus in a stable.

Christmas the biggest tourist attraction of the year in the Palestinian territories.

Source:IBN Live

Italian study claims Turin Shroud is Christ's authentic burial robe

Dec. 21, 2011 - New experiments on the Shroud of Turin show that is most likely the authentic cloth that wrapped the body of Christ. There have been decades of research and varying opinions about the shroud.

However, researchers from Italy's National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development believe their findings undermine previous theories that the shroud was faked in the medieval period.

Studies conducted in the 1980s reported that the image was "forged" on the cloth between 1260 and 1390. However, scientists now think that the earlier research used material from a patch likely used to to repair the cloth after a fire.

The basic conclusion of the recent study is that the technology that would have been needed to produce the shroud only partially exists today, and certainly would not have been available in the medieval period.

Source: Telegraph -UK

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Are these the nails used to crucify Jesus?

April 12, 2011 - In a burial cave discovered in 1990, while building a road on the outskirts of Jerusalem, two ossuaries (stone vessels in which the bones of the dead were placed) were found - one inscribed with the name "Caiaphas" (Hebrew "Kayafa"), and the other with the name "Joseph son of Caiaphas."

Journalist Simcha Jacobovici says that two bent nails were also found there that could have been the nails used at the crucifixion of Jesus. He claims that the archaeologists who found the relics ignored the importance of the nails. On the other hand, archaeologists express doubt about Jacobovici's theories.

Source: Haaretz

3D-face creator says Shroud proves resurrection

April 2, 2010 - The History Channel has aired a two-hour documentary called, "The Real Face of Jesus?" in which a new 3D imaging technology has used the Shroud of Turin to recreate the shape of the face on the cloth. Ray Downing is the creator of the 3D computer technology that was used for the documentary. He said,

"Viewed through the lens of science, the Shroud of Turin contains a code that when deciphered provides actual, physical evidence that the resurrection of Jesus Christ was an actual, historical event."

Source: WorldNetDaily

"The Real Face of Jesus?" DVD - The History Channel

Turin Shroud Center of Colorado

The Garden Tomb

April 1, 2010 There are two sites in Jerusalem commemorating the burial of Christ: The Church of the Holy Sepluchre and the Garden Tomb. The Garden Tomb seems more authentic, but in either case, the tomb is empty!

Source: CBN

Video of Easter Celebration at the Garden Tomb! - CBN

Good Thursday or Good Friday?

April 1. 2010 - Jan Chastain explains why the crucifixion of Christ would have been on Thursday instead of Friday.

Source: WorldNetDaily

'Resurrection of the Christ' Movie Set for Easter 2011 Release

Jan. 27, 2010 - A big screen movie about the resurrection of Jesus will be produced this year and released near Easter in 2011. Filmmaker Billy McKay said, that the film will remain faithful to biblical and historical records.

Source: Christian Post

Israel uncovers first Jesus-era house in Nazareth

Dec. 21, 2009 - For the first time ever, Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a dwelling in Nazareth that existed at the time of Jesus.

The find sheds a new light on what Nazareth might have been like in Jesus' time, said the archaeologists, indicating that it was probably a small hamlet with about 50 houses populated by poor Jews.

Archaeologist Yardenna Alexandre of the Israel Antiquities Authority said, "It was likely Jesus and his childhood friends would have known the house."

Source: Haaretz

Away With The Manger

Dec. 21, 2009 - Chuck Norris complains that, unlike previous presidents, Barack Obama ignores the real meaning of Christmas.

Based upon President Obama's first year's utter disregard for America's Judeo-Christian heritage and promotion of a secular-progressive agenda and pro-Islamic platforms, the only white Christmas I would count on at the White House is a continued whitewashing of religious tradition.

Norris gives examples of earlier Presidents who were not afraid to stand up for belief in the babe who was born in Bethlehem.

Source: WorldNetDaily

National Treasures

White House Christmas Cards

Christmas with the Presidents - WallBuilders

Ronald Reagan Christmas address (12/23/81) - You Tube