the second temptation of christ taken from the gospel of luke makes it clear what's happening here christ determination to resist heresy and damage. the suicide of judas shows what happens when someone turns away from god the monumentally impressive knave signified to the believers that only god's word could help against old these temptations and human weaknesses. amrit although no. home alone heading southwards with the mansions just visible on the horizon lies one of the most important cities of the middle ages one of these of the modern day said a miracle he was originally a burial place beyond the city wools the whole complex with its cathedral baptistry and compost some toll has begun in thirteen hundred. homes to have the campo sunchild was the not just cemetery of the christian middle ages and that's a place where death damnation and redemption played a prominent role here we find a monumental representation of the love's judgment. this powerful fresco must have shocked its contemporaries it begins with the last judgment on the ruffle christ reveals his wounds and flings his outrag

it's only in one of our scriptures, others put it emphasis more on the idea of christ with us, christresent. there are so many traditions. especially in europe and the east they really have a lot more traditions. i told you i was italian. we have the tradition of the good which who on january 6 lease hopefully, candy in your shoes. i think there's a little overlap there was santa claus and stockings. this is like said in the east many people would give gifts, 12th night is a play you have a 12 night party because this is the end of the rebels and of the christmas season . >> we have about a minute left. i would like you to sum up for us what you would like people to take away about christmas from this discussion? >> i would say enjoy december 25 if you want to sing happy birthday that's fine. it is a nativity of the lord. first of all the season goes for a lot longer because it is so important. the most important thing is the scripture says, god still loved the world that he sent his only son. we celebrate the nativity but we celebrate the incarnation of christ. that is a celebration

we were celebrated and then a teacher of christ and christ baptist together on a single day. was. this tradition of celebrating christmas came to us much later. so to go suppose describe the christ. and two other past posts start describing christ's ministry from the time of his baptism so it maybe made sense to celebrate his birth and his baptism for on a single day which was january the sixth. both dates were chosen symbolically because we did not know the exact days the. december twenty fifth was the day when the pagans celebrated so was just and christians were missionaries and they link to the christian feast of the dead saying that today we will not celebrate the southeast us we will rather soon the brave the coming of the sort of god to the world what so to separate feast of the nativity came to the east only in the first century. and interest in them the feast of nativity was not accepted until the seventh century. and now we have only one christian church which retains the tradition of celebrate internet and the same day it is there are many an apostolic church they still

and christ is our savior and his example is such a blessing to the world. so thank you for being people of faith, recognizing personally what it means to you but what it means to the strength of our country. i'm so honored that you're here. welcome. thank you for your friendship. thank you for your leadership. thank you so much, shirley, again, for your hospitality. >> [applause] shirley: speaker pelosi, we thank you for the references from matthew 25. this is something that's near and dear to us. we're grateful for your heart for the immigrants and we're grateful for your service, a long service. we believe in the two-party system and we're glad you're here with us. galen carey will pray for you because wisdom is something we all want and we know it comes from god. galen: let us pray together. gracious god, you have brought leaders to our nation to guide us into justice and righteousness and we pray right now for your guidance, for speaker pelosi as she leads the house of representatives. we pray as well for the other leaders in the congress and president

our lord and savior jesus the christ, thank you that we can be in this moment.

christ the satan. great to have you with is and merry christmas this is r.t. and. it may be a new year but it's the same yellow vests protests continuing to challenge the french authorities at least fifty thousand of the movement's members once again took to streets across the country on saturday minor scuffles erupted in paris as protesters that set barricades on fire and called for president to resign. and i i i. i i i. the. there is only a few dark and more things were calm at first people were told they needed to declare their gatherings to authorities and that would guarantee our safety we declared the gathering spot where was our security things got out of hand everywhere they used tear gas on us it looked like a civil war they charged us used pepper spray journalists trying to take cover inside building lobbies were thrown out it's a hostile situation and it's terrible in any case what's apparent is that this movement is still here it's not losing steam into twenty nineteen it's still going on with a spy the government climbing down over fuel tax increases t

seniors, and replacing the picture of jesus christ in seniors, and replacing the picture ofjesus christesident xi himself. he is a highly paid sports star, but he is too afraid to leave the united states. enes kanter should be in london playing for his basketball team, the new york knicks. instead he is in new york, fearing he could be arrested or attacked if he travels. turkey has issued a warrant for his arrest, claiming he has links with armed groups said to be behind the failed coup in turkey in 2016. he has been speaking to our correspondent nomia iqbal. he is the nba star who is not afraid of confrontation, both on the court, and now off. enes kanter is a wanted man in turkey. the government there claim that he is linked to the failed plot to overthrow the turkish president, which he denies. speaking to me in his home city of new york, kanter explains his fears have been justified. are you worried that you'll be sent back to turkey? yes, because now everybody was saying, oh, you're just talking about it, you don't have any evidence. but when my team was flying to london, the turki

seen from inside it's a rage and creation to the mediæval mind it symbolized christ the light of thewild towards whom all things strive the church images full of mankind's way to that life . the cathedrals of monumental size recalling the focus and not without reason. built nine hundred years ago it has is a treasure brought by monks more than a millennium ago the multiple remains of sin cost but this was to be his final resting place. like a great stone aka the cathedral rest since round on a rise above the river which. with a river looping right around it the rises like a peninsula sheltering the church away from the cities free which this was a kind of protected place the monks it sort of almost two hundred years they've been moving the remains of sin kuspit from one location to another driven by fear of the rapacious fight. their fight began on linda's found a little island off the northeast coast not far from the scottish border the only island it's called now. beyond his reach by causeway at tide and the place has a magical it's. it was an e r six thirty five the first monaster

spared whereupon his father tells him it is better to die a thousand deaths than to renounce jesus christ on the fifteenth of august seventeen fourteen the heads of bank of and and his sons are struck off by the sultan's executioner. it was to have been a day of celebration the day of my death was also my sixtieth birthday i hope to spend it here amidst the near go to and it will hills below the southern cop atheists and this was to have been my message to the catholic kings in the north and the heathen muslims to the south a monastery conceived entirely in my spirit that every symbol of the age the monastery of parts of. the project matter deeply to me two years after i took the office avoider the foundation stone was laid the monastery of hundreds who in its adjunct chapels were seven years in the building. you will say that it does not look particularly like a monastery from the outside true the fact was i needed a bastion in the west of the country a stronghold with powers from which a defense could be conducted for a longer period if need be. but let me show you around in the courtya

and the carrying the baby symbolizes the passion of christ so you've got that the being born the dying this michelangelo mosse the pace i found that very overpowering. in effect just via absolutely i think this one small problem with the show on one level it's major retrospective of bill viola's. but in order to appreciate bill viola's works they unfold very slowly. and in order to explore them all to the full you'd have to spend about six hours in the exhibition they are they are very beautiful moving some of the works and perhaps points out that viola also had a near drowning experience at the age of six that might explain the his obsession with. shia. session with find with they live it's really you are kind of dipping into these works and you should really be spending a lot more time with them so. who. is wrong on so many levels i think in another five hundred years i think. we'll still be in the lead but i think this is a very interesting exhibition and that the general public will probably find it much more. than some of the critics are all academy of the arts in london runs thro

christ the savior. why women of the yellow vests movement. marched through the streets of france on this sunday as the protest against president across government entered its eighth week in paris hundreds of women could be seen waving yellow balloons and dancing and singing the national anthem. i. i. the rally in the capital was largely peaceful although there were brief scuffles between protesters and police on one point officers used pepper spray and riot shields to control the crowd and women in yellow vests also gathered in the cities of the loose and ran only on and sent and the slogans that chant. by the women as in previous demonstrations focused on president whose resignation resignation excuse me is demanded by many of the voters. at least fifty thousand of the movement's members took to the streets a day earlier on saturday those protests a barricade set on fire and more calls for the media departure of france's president. was . i was. only in a vehicle with the dog and more things were calm a

of christ the other side, ido and a gas.e the people struggling with mental health don't feel they can talk to their parents about it but they do find sympathetic areas, and places where they can speak honestly, so i got back they did that, but there has got to be a happy medium somewhere. all right, i mother who is concerned about the public portrayal of issues concerning the children and that is the mother ofjeremy bulger, the daily mayor if i can find it, bulger is rated at oscars inside, the oscar nomination for the murder.|j is rated at oscars inside, the oscar nomination for the murder. i feel like this family has gone through hailand like this family has gone through hail and back, there are so many things i see many victims go through in the criminaljustice 7— things i see many victims go through in the criminaljustice —— justice system, and i personally understand how she feels, to watch something so personal to you, so horrendous, is one thing. but not to inform the family apparently the director apologised, but li

grace italy and christ have driven the game's development and bankrolled clubs when others one is interested and as a result those clubs became an extension of their culture and those strains on the other hand seem to shun the game seeing it as a foreign as game and prefer to follow sports such as cricket astronomy and rules and rugby league. because of the attachment with the city you had clubs that will effectively run and supported by a great community or a crushing community or an italian community. the general strike in public began to see that as as purely an ethnic club and a club which could only be supported by that particular ethnic group those clubs had names such as south melbourne tell us stallions sydney croatia and sydney olympic some strains used the clubs at the top is a reason to stay away from the game. on the straights in the pubs and in the workplace they still exist this strange disdain for football and it's hard to explain why i was at a pub last night trying to watch an ailing match and it took the saw fifteen minutes to put the game on because no showing a break quit

we ask this through christ our lo lord. bon appetite. [applaus [applause] >> when i think of the person i'm about to introduce, it reminds me of the words of god that says, many are called few are chosen. charles haag president of the maronite foundation and the board of trustees will be introducing our keynote speaker. he has many years in worldwide management consulting and his expertise is in telecom and engineering sectors. he holds a bachelor of engineering degree from george mason university. he's the co-founder and managing director of modicum communications based in beirut, lebanon and also a member of the board of trustees of holy spirit university of castlik. i give you charles haaj. [applaus [applause] >> good evening. i'm delighted to be with you this evening and to share in this banquet organized to perfection by idc. the policy of the trump administration is to support the christians of the middle east. the challenge we face is to align our stated policy with our actions, vowing and acting to support a christian presence in

how do you feel about how it feels with christ? >> it's hard to read i as a christian because christianity is rejected at every stage because the reference is made so frequently. it's closely christians view to the sense of christianity is rejected regularly. i know that it's a very beautiful final chapter and you make the point that it's made more often than the telling of the story and it's one of the more beautiful ones and it is a narrative that christians and muslims have long shared the focus of devotion. >> i wrote an article that was published in "the new york times" magazine musical called jesus before he could talk. and i claimed in that article that has great color in a character encoding who doesn't speak because he can't speak and if that character is vulnerable or the protective instinct is activated it takes a different view. i the power of god gives birth all by herself a loan under a palm tree devoted her dates to eat and if she will just avail herself of it. but then as she heads for home, she takes a vow of silen

drank from at the last supper others say it was the bowl of christ's blood busy hung on the cross. this treasure has also spawned myths and legends to this day it was the fortune amassed by the elite group of knights and monks founded in eleven a team in second place the treasure of the knights templar. their wealth came not only from the things they plundered on their crusades but also from their shrewd financial dealings in the end they fell victim to the greed of king philip the fourth of france who had the pope disband the order in thirteen twelve. about that treasure has never been found. some time around twelve hundred and heroic title it was written down it was about a young warrior called secret who won the fortune of a king he wanted to defeat of his lady love along the way he killed a dragon and pasted its plot top of the list of treasures that would make them find his fabulous the wealthy is the treasure of the new. secret was later murdered by his rival who threw the treasures into the rhine if this saga of loyalty betrayal and power actually happened where's the treasu

we need to be our own jesus christ. we need to think that we matter. because we do.the american consumer is the most powerful consumer in the world. you can call your parents and sam going to take my money out of this bank, you could call your pension funds, as consumers we have enormous power. we choose where we put our money, which is how we hold our money and where we hold our money. and who we spend it on. yes we do. that is my point. we don't need to wait for jesus christ to come save us, we need to start saving herself. it is a collective action of each one of us saving ourselves that were gonna save the country. we can't sit back and wait is not going to happen. >> i agree with you how you make everybody wary and mindful of the needs to do that. how many people -- >> to your second question, and that is my concern is in a sense that the desperation that is out there. i know this book is going to get a reaction by a lot of people saying see i knew i was right. that can lead to places that are not positive. i hope not that is not the point, that's not why wrote

and i'm standing on christ the solid rock. >> so many really bad things happened in her life.n one person take, you know? >> prison is very hard on marriages. the rate of divorce is extraordinarily high. and that's exactly what happened to jim and tammy. >> another setback for the televangelist jim bakker. his wife, tammy faye, is filing for a divorce. >> people were very shocked that they got divorced. i think the big surprise is that tammy faye was the one that really -- she couldn't do it. >> shortly thereafter, she married roe messner, who had been in many ways, jim bakker's partner in building heritage usa. >> roe messner is the premiere church builder of the world already! >> after tammy got her divorce, i knew she was fair game. >> i didn't think any man would be interested in me for the simple reason that it would mean an awful lot of publicity and most men would be very shy of that. >> tammy had a knack for marrying men who would go to prison. largely as a result of all of the financial fallout of ptl. roe messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud, and sentenced to a

all these things we pray in the name of our lord and savior, jesus christ. amen. >> thank you for coming. speaker pelosi: thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> education secretary betsy devos also addressed college students and college presidents at the annual council for christian colleges and universities earlier today. she spoke about priorities within her department, including proposed changes to title 9 rules on -- in the case of sexual harassment and assault and filling out financial aid through mobile devices. this is 15 minutes. secretary -- >> it's so great, secretary devos, to have you here, to have our students here to be at president's conference. we are about faith and education. that is the lens through which we see all things. this idea about having christian faculty, biblical truth be so much part of everything we do in christian higher education and then as you kn

one of the churches is the church of christ. another is the community of christ.have our visitor center on another corner, the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. it is a sight that was developed and built for historic and religious purposes. we talk about the belief and doctrine with our church. oftalk about the history what happened with church members when they first migrated from the east. understand ant to little background about why they came here. number one, they felt like they were being directed by god through a profit. the profit's name was joseph smith. he organized the church in new york in 1830. since that time, there have been missionaries sent far and wide. when converts became members of the church, they gathered in new york and later in ohio. taking 30 the joseph smith received a revelation about where zion should be established. it was made known to him that it should happen in the western united states by the borders of the indian territory, which, at that time, was missouri. there were four missionaries sent to proselytize among the n

qatada total cost for deportation including welfare payments so far one point nine million pounds christ sakes two hundred thousand pounds spent on protecting hate preachers human rights you couldn't make it up no wonder people want to come here they get two hundred thousands even if they leave the u.k. granted him asylum in one thousand nine hundred ninety four after he claimed he was tortured in jordan the u.k. then arrested him after nine eleven on terror related charges qatar's it was sent back to jordan twelve years later after he was assured he would not be tortured there but his deportation overseen by the then home secretary theresa may came at a price a bell of at least one point nine million pounds was racked up including payments for legal fees and date and as mentions nearly two hundred thousand pounds was spent off they had been removed from the country to check on his condition and ensure he wasn't being tortured the british government's committed to monitoring because harder for up to three years and the last payment was made in twenty sixteen well we put the issues raised

church over the next few days temperature for christ church at twenty nine degrees auckland not looking too bad few at twenty five and as we go towards tuesday we're going to see that front slip to the north and the temperatures dropping from christchurch with a temperature of twenty two degrees and then very quickly here across parts of japan it is still going to be a wintry mix across much of the area tokyo you can be seeing about thirteen degrees in the higher elevations though it is going to be a mix of snow as well as rain down towards the south though asuka's not looking too bad with the tempter eight and seoul partly cloudy at five degrees. a face can tell a story without uttering a single. unknowing glom. a simple touch in for. the young conventionality of life witness through the lens of the human eye. is what inspires us. witness documentaries on al-jazeera. our mind of the top stories here on al-jazeera the search for up to two hundred fifty people still missing after a dam collapse in brazil has resumed after a second dam nearby was ruled safe venezuelan opposition supporter

but why did they come from and why did they disappear some five hundred years before the birth of christ. much still remains unknown a settlement has never been found. and they certainly did not live at the foot of the salt mountain on the site of present day how. this village which has a population of around the thousand wasn't establishment's all the middle ages on the soul train began to flourish again. mining is still a respected profession and how even today for five hundred years every family lived in some way or other from sort. became very prosperous but it was able to grow in science that was simply no more room between the lake and the salt mountains that is why the buildings and house somehow mochas if they had been stopped up on top of one another. the cemetery too long since became far too small. for centuries now the dead have rested here for a mere ten years or so. down that mortal remains on dug up the bones bleached and the skulls painted generations of house dot families lie in the channel. and. traditions count for a great deal and. even today the whole village that sp

have it so alex what jesus christ. this year transmission is because he's an education. i want to point of order mr speaker fortnight ago this house clearly rejected the proposed withdrawal agreement and political tact aeration with just two hundred two members voting in favor tonight a majority of honorable members have said they would support a deal with changes to the back story combined with measures to address concerns over parliament's role in the negotiation of the future relationship. and commitments on workers' rights in norway meet the it is now clear that there is a route that can secure a substantial and sustained. substantial and sustainable majority in this house for leaving the e.u. with a deal we will now take this mandate forward and seek to obtain a legally binding changes to withdraw all agreeing that deal with concerns on the backstop won't guarantee no return to a hard quarter between northern ireland and on and my colleagues and i will talk to the you about how we address the house's view is ok i say use the british prime minister in jerusalem ain't

it is brazil's most iconic landmark christ the redeemer towers over rio de janeiro seen by many as a symbol of peace but the trail leading up to it on coke about a mountain has become known for violent crimes dozens have been ambushed held hostage and dropped at gunpoint prompting tourists to think twice about visiting here i was saying i'm going to pull out but i see no they've advised us that tourists were robbed yesterday so we didn't hike up we have our camera so we didn't go i didn't want to go because the people there day robbed forty people and i started bit scary as a tourist you want to be safe you want to go you don't want to miss your cell phone your wallet your camera. it's not the first incident last year the area was closed after a polish man was stabbed the trail runs close to a fan at all city slum that is home to some of the poorest in the city. many fear that it's a run by drug gangs and criminal organizations rising violence and read as you narrow has impacted the number of visits has in two thousand and seventeen there was a reported loss of more than two hundred

for, if they can prove of christ that they are they have a right to do it.t to do it. the neck is a lot of concern about this scheme, the wind rush scandal, we are responsible for deporting people that a legal right to be in this country. so there is some concern that they are running it, it's also a government it system, which again to have a terrible record on. and it would require, it will require, up to} would require, it will require, up to 3 million people, including children, to register with the home office through an app that they've designed and pay £65, and there's no guarantee that they will be granted that settled status at the end of it. we've already seen a significant problem with it in individual cases has approached the specific is that the eu nationals, it is not a surprise me that the independents are why... for some people, they are being asked to apply for status that they effectively already have. young and not only did they already have that status, but they've been contributing by paying huge amount of tax who knows how many of these

christ was behind the jim crow laws. christ was behind the murder of so many innocent people. this guy is our president? this guy brought in eight years of people we met any idea who they are, where they are. they were flown in from different areas all over the country. central america, , ms-13. if you're from new york, they are all over the place. i know they were because it used to prosecute them. to get into ms-13 you have to kill someone or rate someone in front of the members and then kill her. that's ms-13. and you know what? they are animals. donald trump was criticized for calling that base animals. so when we come i will do my open on nike and i'm going to say this, , i'm going to say th. but here's the thing. when i finish i'm going to say just do it, okay? all right. let's open it up to questions, john. i'm ready. >> i bet you there's a question or two. if what you could do is raise your hand. as you can see where folks with microphones so just wait until you have a mic in your hand and we will go right over here. >> i want to say one more thing while she gets the m

the news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes opposition leaders behind osce protests of christe we take a look at the deepening political crisis in cameroon. and and ebola i'm very hopeful healthy baby is born to a mother being treated for the finest that's the first. i'm christine window while.

he's popped it was the hands wonderful on stage that's like jesus christ i was thinking it's great excitement is actually has singing time yet. us there when you know yes. let me drop my pants are falling. but he never really took off for breakfast so still most everybody is waiting to see whether he still deserves that title the world's great set. for. earth oh. come oh and. our lord. the last time cost money and deutsche had performed together was in south america the previous oldest thought it was well talisman noticed a vocal problem. at first there was no cause for alarm but it turned out to be serious we had to reside in some paulo which was pretty well and very very good at the next one was in. lima and he didn't feel comfortable is it i don't want to see what's what's wrong and two days later it was but his eyes it was up again it was very very very good and then he burst out again and then his doctor found their reason for this bunch of beacher and imperiled saludos they stayed bail much a picture. after journeying to high altitude in the undies not you picture itself is two and a ha

philippine capital of manila as millions of catholic worshippers reach for a centuries old statue of christ many believe touching or being near the figure can cure illness police estimate five million people will take part in the procession of the black no serene. and a former israeli minister is going to jail for eleven years after pleading guilty to spying for iran going and second of agreed to the sentence as part of a plea bargains sir served as energy minister in the nine hundred ninety s. in two thousand and five he was convicted of cycling chocolate covered ecstasy pills into israel through the snow fall and avalanches in austria and germany have claimed at least five lives some one point five metres of snow have fallen in the northern alps in less than a week housings of tourists are now stranded in villages and more snow is expected this week train services and roads have been disrupted authorities warned the risk of avalanches remains high these forest rangers on patrol in southern bavaria this road has been closed since sunday the reason trees buckling under the weight of snow co

of images they combine sources to try to reconstruct what happened and to substantiate claims of christ thanks to this video recording of the soldier who shot the young man is on trial now for forensics between bits and parts. anything get. a big chance because justice is about the truth. truth detectives starts feb fifteenth on t w. this is news live from birth lead britain on a collision course with brussels e.u. leaders insist that they will not renegotiate their brakes a deal with the u.k. so what options are now left for british prime minister theresa may we'll hear from her former president secretary also coming up venezuela's top court ban self declared the interim president wants why don't from leaving the country and freezes his assets are venezuela analyst tells us what to expect now.

deputies were called to the christ the redeemer catholic church in cypress.. a town northwest of houston. when deputies arrived at the church they found the two vicitms. the second victim, a 31-year-old female is in critical condition. police now looking for this man in connection to the shooting. this is 62- year-old arthur edigin. police say he was last seen driving a white suburban with damage on the right front quarter panel. . é(robin ) the state department says ... its staff needs to get back to work even though the government remains shutdown. the department has pledged to find money to pay workers. deputy under- secretary for management, bill todd... said in part in an "urgent message" .... that the agency operates best when fully staffed. staff is ordered back to work next week. (robin ) earlier this month... president trump canceled his trip to next week's world economic forum annual meeting. now, the white house has canceled the entire delegation trip to davos, switzerland. white house press secretary sarah sanders said, the trip was cancelled -- qu