Sentence examples for jesus given from inspiring English sources

In adding black art and icons, in some cases a black Jesus, to their churches, black religious leaders seek to make Christianity relevant to their congregations, who seek hope but sometimes find little solace in the idea of worshiping a white Jesus, given the history of slavery and racism in this country.

Keable sought to criticise the attitude in the contemporary church toward "traditional Jesus", given how much of the rest of "traditional" religion Protestantism had discarded.

I have a sense that Jesus given the chance would have voted in favor of health care legislation and not stood with the Tea Party on this issue.

Jesus, give it a rest, will you?

So was Cephas, the name Jesus gave an apostle.

He continued: "They say that Jesus gave his life to people.

The rest consists of a lecture that Jesus gives on cosmology — an account quite different from the Bible's.

As cultural theorist René Girard has long contended that the crucifixion of Jesus gave lynching a bad name.

After receiving some bread from the boy, Jesus gave him a letter for the king of France.

"Our belief in Allah and all of his prophets, from Adam to Moses to Jesus, gives us the strength.

(Note to Glenn Hoddle: in the bible, Zacchaeus the tax collector cheated people out of money; Jesus gave him a bollocking).