What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?
There are approximately 200,000 copies in print of What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? Also the book has now been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, and Norwegian. It is currently being translated into Portuguese. This book was the basis for the new made-for-TV Christmas 2001 movie, Scrooge and Marley. Furthermore, Coral Ridge Ministries is in the process of making a special to air around Christmas 2002 based on What If Jesus. What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? is now available in a special revised and updated 2001 version. Feedback on What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? Nationally Christian Book Review writes: “The wide range of sources cited, including critics of Christianity, adds substantial support to the author’s conclusions…In a day when Bible-believing Christians are frequently portrayed as those who would destroy freedom, liberty, and education, a clear understanding of the positive contributions of Christianity throughout the ages is important for all belie
There are at least 140,000 copies in print of What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?. In addition, there are now softbound copies of What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? Also the book has now been translated into Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, and Norwegian. It is currently being translated into Chinese. This book is also the basis for the new made-for-TV Christmas 2001 movie, Scrooge and Marley. What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? is now available in a special revised and updated 2001 version. Feedback on What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? Nationally Christian Book Review writes: “The wide range of sources cited, including critics of Christianity, adds substantial support to the author’s conclusions…In a day when Bible-believing Christians are frequently portrayed as those who would destroy freedom, liberty, and education, a clear understanding of the positive contributions of Christianity throughout the ages is important for all believers. What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? is an excellent
Western culture would not exist in its current form, scholars say, were it not for that event that demarcated world history two millennia ago. “Christianity has gotten a bad rap from people who have not done their homework,” says retired Illinois College sociology professor Alvin J. Schmidt, author of the recent book “Under the Influence: How Christianity Transformed Civilization.” “In what countries have women lacked freedom?” he says. “Where Christianity is not present, especially in the Middle East. Were it not for Christianity, Gloria Steinem would still be walking about in a veil.” Presbyterian authors the Rev. D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe say in their book “What if Jesus Had Never Been Born?” that had the event never happened, the “gaping hole” in civilization “would be a canyon about the size of a continent.” Christianity’s immediate effects were to bring an end to infant exposure (where unwanted children were left out in the elements to freeze or die of thirst), gladiato
The premise of this lesson is that Jesus birth has made a difference and continues to make a difference in every life and on every day. So let us refresh our appreciation for Jesus entrance into this world. The Old Testament would have very little credibility It clearly had predicted the birth of the Messiah (Isaiah 7:14; Micah 5:2), and the Messiah was to arrive within the lifetime of the Roman Empire (Daniel 2:36-44), thus if Jesus had never been born ones choice for a worldview and a faith would have been: An unfulfilled and weak Judaism that never saw the arrival of its long awaited Messiah. Maybe a Muslim faith without any Christian influence. Paganism Various Eastern Religions The New Testament would not exist The New Testament was the result of Jesus inspiring the apostles to write (John 16:14 He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you; 15:26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will te
