There is a strong possibility that I will lose my credentials in the Church of God in Christ for supporting the issue, which would be a great personal cost because my grandfather and great-grandfather were ordained in this tradition that I love.
One featured a naked woman lying on a table with a skeleton on top of her; another featured a naked woman, held high on a wall, her arms and legs splayed, Christ-like, supported solely by a bicycle seat protruding from the wall that seemingly skewers her genitally.
Fuqua has also written that he believes that liberals and Christians are the "anti-Christ" and support a "bloody revolution".
The Pharisee Nicodemus supports Christ as he is lowered, and can be identified by his similarity to Simon the Pharisee in another canvas attributed to Bouts, Christ in the House of Simon.
I support Christ and following him and that's what I support".
The hospital, founded over four decades ago by American missionaries, from the Christian Church and Churches of Christ, receives limited support from a government that is itself hurting for revenue.
Elton John, who in the past has said Jesus Christ would have supported gay marriage, is a man known for his direct opinions.
Remarkable for its simple language and style, it emphasizes the spiritual rather than the materialistic life, affirms the rewards of being Christ-centred, and supports Communion as a means to strengthen faith.
Not for proclaiming a faith in Jesus Christ, but for supporting causes and issues that Jesus never said a word on.
But if Paul's vision of Christ had little support from the people who actually knew Jesus, how did it become the basis for Christianity?
Beginning in the 20th century, scholars such as G. A. Wells, Robert M. Price and Thomas Brodie have presented various arguments to support the Christ myth theory.
