jesus was trilingual. jesus participated in both the aramaic and hebrew culture and its literatures, as well as the kind of hellenistic greek that he needed to do his business and his ministry. >> narrator: despite its greek and roman influences, sepphoris was a thoroughly jewish city. and jesus remained faithful to his religious heritage when he left nazareth to become a preacher. >> ( dramatized ): then he began to speak, and taught them, saying, "do not think i have come to abolish the law or the prophets. i have come not to abolish but to fulfill." >> what we learned from the gospel stories is not that jesus was not jewish. quite the opposite. he's completely embedded in the judaism of his time. >> was jesus a jew? of course jesus was a jew. he was born of a jewish mother in galilee, a jewish part of the world. all of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples-- all of them were jews. he regularly worshipped in jewish communal worship-- what we call synagogues. he preached from jewish text, from th

they have yet to find something inscribed it was jesus' cup or jesus leslept here. have been significant finds, the problem is there have also been incredible fakes. >> a cage belonging to john the baptist or burial box that once held the bones of jesus' brothers. they startled archaeological and religious communities but are they real? today the cave are viewed with more skepticism. in part because there's a long history of forging artifacts from the holy land. >> deep in the basement of israeli antiquity a story out of the radars of the lost arkansas logical treasures and bogus archaeological trash. >> has inscriptions going all of the way around it. it is it is a jumble of letters it means nothing. nothing whatsoever. >> these fakes were meant to be sold to unsuspecting tourists. other elaborate techniques to made to fool professionals. >> this de cantor was the iron age it goes back approximately 3,000 years. what will a forger do? they will put an inscription on this. >> inscriptions add great value to an item. >> they will add a name or two to it and it is $2

of jesus.ends, almost, with an absent jesus, because that's what his community has experienced in persecution, an absent jesus. now, nobody after mark is going to accept that. matthew will change it. luke will change it. john will change it. the scribes will even change the gospel of mark to put other endings there. mark creates the empty tomb, as far as i can see, as his way of ending the story. >> and the last words of the original gospel are, "and they were terrified." it would be very bad news if it weren't that underneath this rather dark story is an enormous hope that this very unpromising story and its terrible anguished ending is, nevertheless, not the ending; that there's a mystery in it, a divine mystery of god's revelation that will happen yet. and i think it's that sense of hope that is deeply appealing. >> narrator: mark began the gospel tradition with his dramatic story of the life and death of jesus. the later gospel writers would continue the tradition by drawing on the story to

jesus says, get a load of this.he lame are walking think deared being raised, yes, i am actually the one that israel and the world has been waiting for. >> up next, more facts and fictions about the nativity story, and why december 25th december 25th might not be the actual date of jesus' birth. then, our religious schools tell us how faith -- scholars tell us how faith transcends it all. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but wondered if i kept digging, could i come up with something better. my doctor told me about eliquis... for three important reasons. one, in a clinical trial, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three, unlike warfarin, there's no routine blood testing. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increasesk of havi. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases

soul jesus. i'm so excited today to see these thousands of people coming forward making the greatest decision of their life. lord jesus, i believe you are the son of the living god thank you for giving your life to rescue me and to set my soul free. why i'm so excited is because what god is doing for all of these that have come forward, he's reaching out though this television special, and he's saying to you; i want you to experience the greatest miracle in the world and all you have to do is like simply open your heart and invite jesus to become your lord. i have a very special gift for you. i wrote this book especially for you that are experiencing christ. god has a plan for your life doesn't that sound good? you're not just a number, you're not just someone but god knows you by your name and he has a divine plan. i want to send this book to you. it's my gift for you tuning in and being a part of this prime time television special; the single greatest sign of the return of jesus. yes, jesus is

in jesus' name, amen and amen." and now what you do is you take a step back and don't worry about it anymore. you have shout grace, grace to it, all right, now the grace of god is taking over and he'll take care of it, okay? so you enjoy the rest of the service by not allowing your thoughts to go to all these worries and cares, amen, because if you take back the worries and cares, you are saying that you still have to handle it. god did not do a good job, okay? and actually unbelief is a high regard for yourself. faith is a high regard for god. amen? so demonstrate to god your faith by not being worried about it. amen? praise god. last week the lord showed us the importance of the bible, amen, the holy scriptures, this sacred volume. just before the bible tells us that all scripture is god breathed, the verses before that, paul was talking to timothy his son in the lord, young timothy was probably between 30s and 40s, scholars tell us. and he told timothy all scripture is god breathed. but before that he says, "timo

but who says jesus is weak? jesus, before he ascended to heaven, he opened his arms and he said, "all power is given to me in heaven and on earth." i said, "i challenge you, if you really ask this powerful jesus to enter your life and you commit yourself to him, then the weak shall say, i am strong. and the weak shall say, i am more than a conqueror." this is salvation in jesus christ. it's not my striving and my trying. it's receiving. on a daily basis, i walk in the newness of this wonderful salvation of his. >> joyce: i think a lot of times, young men like this one you're talking about, maybe he did sincerely want jesus, but maybe he didn't sincerely want to give himself to jesus. so as soon as he was tempted, he didn't know how to receive the power of god to resist that temptation. >> reinhard: you know, faith is not just a mental act. faith is a commitment. >> joyce: i love that, you know, and today in our society, very few people want to get really committed to anything. we have all kinds of people that li

jesus has died, as sure as jesus died, you are dead to the law. and what does that mean? you have a new husband. this husband you are married to is one who was raised from the dead. wow. you are married to the one who is raised from the dead. for what purpose? what is this union about? that you will bring fruit to god. don't let anyone twist this verse into justification versus condemnation. it's not. it's talking about bearing fruit. our daily life.out it it's only when youe dead to the law, you are married to jesus. i'm conscious the law.t i have a confession to make. i'm very embarrassed to ll y'althis. can i? i have never memized the ten commdments i'w eald and i've never memorized the tecommandments, never. i'm so embarrassed to tl yothat. never. but i'm telling you something, i love my wife. i love my family. i ve to be home. love to beith my wife anmy family. but that doesn't make me perfect, of cour i agree with you, but that's what grace has done. amen. amen. as i know right now, let me just tell you this, in my entire life, i have never slept with another woman.

they do believe the bible narrative of the birth of jesus. prized. >> i'm not surprised at all, bill. these numbers have been around for a long time. we know that the u.s. is an unusually religious country given how wealthy we are. so not surprised at all. i have to sigh what saddens me though as a scientist and educator is that not more people believe in global warming, evidence logs or, you know, the effectiveness of vaccines, for example. but not surprised, no. >> okay. is it foolish in your opinion that people, for example, believe in the virgin birth? is that fool hardy? >> i wouldn't say it's foolish. i believe it's not much evidence in my opinion that it actually happened. >> it's a matter of faith. if you believe that jesus was god, certainly god can do anything because god created the world. if he wanted son virgin birth god can do anything. that's the explanation. coming from religious perspective, are you surprised at the high numbers here. >> i'm not surprised at all. i think there are a lot of folks out there like me who believe

together with the tears of the infant jesus. dear brothers and sisters, may the holy spirit today enlighten our hearts, that we may recognize in the baby jesus, born in bethlehem of the virgin mary, the salvation given by god to each one of us. to each man and woman and to all the peoples of the earth. may the power of christ, which brings freedom and health, to so many affected by war, persecution, and slavery. may this divine power by its meekness take away the hardness of heart of so many men and women immersed in worldliness and indifference. may his redeeming strength transform arms into shares, destruction into creativity, hatred into love and tenderness. then we will be able to cry out with joy, our eyes have seen your salvation. happy christmas to all. [ applause ] >> that was pope francis giving his traditional christmas day blessing to the city of rome and to the world. and as we were hearing there, the pope addressing the plight of christians and other religious minorities suffering persecution in the middle east. not

with the dawn of redeeming grace. ♪ jesus, lord at thy birth.y birth. ♪ . >> oh little town of bethlehem was written by phillips brooks director holy trinity philadelphia while traying in the holy land of 18656789 the tune forest green is an english forest green. ♪oh little town of bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! above your deep and dream less sleep, the silent stars go by. ♪ yet in thy dark streets shine yetd, the ever lasting light -- shineeth, the ever lasting life. the hopes and fears of all the years, are met with in thee tonight. ♪ o for chiesz is born of mary and gathered all -- for christ is born of mary and gathered all above. while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love. ♪ oh morning stars, together, pro claim thy holy birth. and praises sing to god, the king, and peace to men on earth. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. mallicoat. we begin with our pitch....i . >>> welcome to bay sunday, good morning, everybody, i'm roberta gonzalez, i'm filling i

what did i think of jesus christ. would i receive him as my savior. >> louis zamperini spent years recovering from the pain of being a prisoner of war but everything changes after meeting the reverend billy graham. >> the next morning i got up and grabbed my army new testament. in the service we couldn't understand the bible. so we just discarded the bible. now i found my new testament which was sent home in my foot locker and i sat under a tree and began to read. for the first time i understood what the bible was saying. not all of it but i understood the plan of salvation and christ on the cross and tears began to fall down my face. conversion is a miracle. understanding the scripture is a miracle that is proof that the spirit of god had come in your heart. >> the change in louis' heard called him to something extraordinary. not long after he accepted christ, louis was back in the land that prisoned him. >> i spoke to the 850 total and then i gave an invitation and i said that we just are presenting the gospel to yo

i truly hope that his comment about jesus was not salacious, all right?ly hope that maybe he was saying that jesus' hands were nailed to the cross and that's why, maybe. you know. i mean, it's christmas, pastor. i want to be as charitable as i can to this man. , if indeed, it was salacious what he was trying to get at with jesus, then that is -- he should be fired immediately. i don't know if we can prove that or not. >> no, i can't either and i can't read another person's mind. if it was talking about having his hands on a cross, to me that's even worse. >> really? >> yes. it is. i mean, we are doing, it's interesting a campaign in our church around the city of dallas in a couple of months. billboards around the city. how good is god at forgiving the tact is he nailed it with a picture of christ's hands on as cro. that is not blasphemist. that is trying to promote christianity. npr at the very least is ridiculing christianity. >> no doubt they were ridiculing it just don't know how out of control it was. thanks for coming on o. plenty more as the factor

they discovered where jesus might have first breached. jesus comes to this place. his community is one community, they are not divided into different communities. it's not divided through the jewish people. what does it tell us, 20 seconds common. >> for years the father didn't know the site's significance. >> we are working on a street. >> at first they were happy to discover a marketplace. they were shocked to discover jewish ritual bath. the best history. this is the best level. you can see the steps here. it's really beautiful. then a few feet away, a few inches below the soil they found this design. it's a pattern that has a significance of eternal life. >> and the motorcycleaics. the effect of having a mosaic was unheard of until this discovery. then the benches for the faithful. >> you could imagine him in the center of this interstep, over here by the pillar. why not? >> and then, this was here for 2,000 years, no one knew about it. i think this was the first time they found it in the country, here. this is contemporary to pompeii. >> they realised this was

you fall in love with jesus so so much. found audiences hoping it's going to change. but then hope it doesn't because without the crucifixion and resurrection there wouldn't be 2.2 billion i include new that. >> we appreciate you coming on in, marks. nice to see. >> you next up, overcoming adversity, we speak to actress and fox news contributor stacy dash about what she has gone through in her own life. >> you told me that you were an angry girl. >> yes. i would rather be mad than sad. >> dick cabot selects the funniest americans ever. >> when i was a kid, they said fine show, bob. he said thanks, son. >> it's going to come out on my show and i told him that story he said hey, was that you? >> you just walked out of the studio and you dropped it in there, you know. >> what about the. >> career. >> i hope you stay tuned to those reports. >>> live from america's news headquarters, sony defying hackers' threats by releasing the movie "the interview" on theaters at online in about 300 independent movie theaters in the u.s. afte

jesus. they thought he was crazy.ow, imagine how much more hopeful the story of the gospel would be if jesus had guns. >> you agree that the idea of jesus with a gun is a good image. >> that's not the image i hold in my heart with jesus. >> stephen: but it's a nice one to picture. >> it's again when you look back with jesus and.... >> stephen: i'm picturing it. hold on. i had a great picture of jesus with a pistol. >> adding guns to a situation only escalates the situation. >> stephen: what about two guns? what if you had two guns? you can give a crazy person a gun, give a sane person two guns. then they can protect themselves from the crazy person. >> guns are dangerous weapons. you talk to jim brady about what a bullet can do. he took that bullet in the head at the time of the assassination attempt of president reagan. >> stephen: how long is he going to hold that up, "i know more about being shot than you do because i got shot." wouldn't it take more courage to be shot and go, no, i'm not going to infringe on other

and it's believed jesus spent more than three-quarters of his life in this area. >> jesus was traveling with the fishermen, and for sure, i think he taught in that synagogue. >> reporter: the ancient temple was first discovered in 2009 when crews began excavating the site with plans to build a hotel. five years and a treasure trove of discoveries later, they say they're convinced jesus taught here. among those historic treasures, a main hall with an elaborate mosaic floor. this limestone block carved with a menorah, the oldest ever found on stone. and jewish ritual baths. some of the artifacts taken for the pope to see. >> we can see jesus surrounded by the people sitting on the benches of the synagogue reading the torah. >> reporter: and the work is only just beginning. they still have a sprawling 12 acres of this ancient city left to excavate. lama hasan, abc news, london. >> it really is amazing about how much they can still uncover about -- >> at this day and age. >> and that synagogue was destroyed by the romans in '67 or '68. >> absolutely amazing. we're just now discovering these

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praise god for sending his son jesus. thank god for jesus. man, what would the world be like without jesus?

catholics gathered to celebrate the birth of jesus jes christ. the pope is delivering his christmas day message to the city and to the world. >> hours earlier at christmas eve mass, the holy father placed his own stamp on the christmas tradition, unveiling the baby jesus. said the birth every jesus showed the patience, closeness, and the tenderness of god. >> how much the worlds needs tender necessary today. life must be mets goodness, with meekness. when we realize god is in love with our smallness, to better encounter us. >> earlier the pope made a phonecall to iraqi christian refugees forced from that home by militants. compared that to the plight of infant jesus. >> ♪ >> in bethlehem, christ's birth place, christians gathered for midnight mass at the church of the nativity. the central manger square is decked out in white and yellow lights, you see on the screen, also a towering christmas tree. bands from around the world performed on stage singing christmas carols and original christmas rock ballads mostly in english. >> not all the noise ev

>> i really want to have the same heart for people that jesus did, which is to not see what everybodylse saw but try to dig a little bit deeper. i feel that's how i was reached. i feel there are people who look over all the stuff i had going on and saw stuff that maybe i didn't see. >> pastor carl may have given a glimpse of his humanity, but he soon shut it down with humor. >> don't show this. this is fake. this is all for show. >> hillsong, new york, is the u.s. flagship of a global movement start in sydney, australia by senior pastor brian houston 30 years ago. >> i feel like music and reaching young people, he's gracious for it. >> london to paris, kiev to capetown. >> if you walk into all of them, you see a similar demographic of people. you can close your eyes and think i'm in any one of the hillsong churches anywhere. >> but the familiar feeling stems from the music. >> we started singing and writing songs in our church. we were surprised when they started singing them in other churches all around the world like they are now. >> it's called hillsong united. simply put, they're

show me one thing in the bible that says jesus wouldn't be pro war. he said, "i come not with peace but with a sword, sir." >> and he said love your enemies. when he said that, he probably meant you shouldn't kill them. if you love your enemies you don't kill them. incidentally if you love your enemies you won't be doing to those two guys that are waiting in the hall what i think you're going to be doing if you love your enemies. >> stephen: they love it. it's all in good fun. it's for charity, as i said. okay. you have to be an aberration though, right? because the christian right is this monolith that cannot be crossed. >> there's a whole gang of us emerging called red-lettered christians. >> stephen: what's that? >> the people who believe this the red-letters of the bible, the words of jesus. we are totally committed to it which means we're in to compassion for the poor, first and foremost. compassion to the poor ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: jesus said you will have the poor always. >> that's right. >> stephen: doesn't that mean give up on t

on the shores of the sea of gal lee, they discovered where jesus might have first approached. >> jesus comes precisely to this place, this community and it's one community, and they're not divided into different communities. actually, it's not even divided from the jewish people. what does it tell us 20 centuries later? that we have so much in common. >> for years, father kelly didn't know the significance of the site. >> we're walking on a first century street. >> at first, they were pleased to discover a first century marketplace for the local fisherman. >> fish was sold at the markets in rome. >> they were shocked to discover ritual baaths, the best kept in israel, but just a few feet away a few inches away, they found this design. >> it's an unending pattern that the significance of eternal life. >> these mosaics. >> for us, they're special, first century. >> the fact of having mosaic in the first century synagog was unheard of until this discovery. >> then these benches for the faithful. >> you could imagine him sitting here in the center of this step or by this bill larr. why not

in jesus' name. if you receive it can you say, "amen" today? (applause) well we never like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you got born again. get in a good bible-based church. keep god first place. he'll take you places that you've never dreamed of. . god desires for you to live an abundant life and wants to bless you beyond what you can ask, think, or imagine. god created you to live a life of more than enough. but it all starts in our thinking. you can't think lack and expect to have abundance. if you'll take the limits off of god and have an abundant mentality, you'll see his goodness in ways you never imagined. joel and victoria would like to send you a copy of joel's new series, "the abundant life" as a thank you for your support of our ministry. in this new series, joel osteen challenges you to not let disc

this is why jesus was born. the faithful gathered in this intimate space believed that the birth of jesus here was the fulfillment of a series of predictions and promises that began more than 2,000 years ago. 70 miles north of bethlehem is the small hill city of nazareth, an old church marks the spot where gabriel first told the virgin mary that she would bare a savior. >> i think mary's response to the angel's words is nothingless than startling -- nothing less than startling. instead of saying impossible, mary said bring it on, let's roll. what took you so long? >> she had good reason to welcome the angels news, mary, like jesus, was jewish, and for generations prophets such isaiah were telling the jewish people that a messiah would come and lead them to their destiny. >> but many jews weren't looking for a mighty king, and isaiah says the lord himself will give you a sign. for example, isaiah that a virgin would conceive and bare a son. >> like her old testament ancestors from noah, to moses to the prophets,

. >> jesus is the salvation for every person and for every people. i ask him, the savior of the world, to look upon our brothers and sisters in iraq and syria. for too long now, they have suffered the effects of ongoing conflict. together with those born to other ethnic and religious groups, they are suffering a brutal persecution. collects>> let's go to the vatican to get more from our reporter. >> it was a very strong message a somber message for those around the world celebrating what is normally a joyful occasion, the birth of jesus christ. pope francis had a very strong message here condemning the violent conflicts we have seen in syria, iraq, and other trouble spots like ukraine and nigeria. but it was his particular plea his heartfelt plea, for children in the world that really touched a nerve today. he spoke about the many children suffering from persecution abuse, and war, those being massacred in the place where jesus was born himself, in bethlehem. a reference to middle east conflict between the palestinians and israelis. but he also had s

masses are celebrated traditionally add midnight to commemorate the birth of jesus being born at night. several other masses were held today at the cathedral basilica. >>> christmas day lunch for those people less fortunate. second pilgrim baptist church in fairmount has been offering christmas meals for the last 20 years. organizers of the lunch say helping their neighbors is what the holiday is all about. >> that's what we. to we just love everybody. we all need some help. that's all it's about. helping someone else. we love doing what we doing. we love it. i wouldn't change my place with nobody. >> in addition to the lunch the church also gave out clothes and shoes to those people in need. >>> and others spent the day waiting in line to see the controversial movie that sparked a cyber attack. the interview opening today in select theaters including wilmington's penn cinema riverfront. we were there as police dogs checked out property this morning before the first showi showing. brad satin caught up with people coming out of the much anticipated first showing. >> reporter: this theat

i don't want to have anything to do with your jesus." he said--he just chewed me out and just rebuked me and said how disappointed he was in the fact that i had this relationship with god and i was a fanatic. and i closed the book and, of course, it was a very emotional time for me. as i left the living room and walked into his bedroom, by the light of the streetlight i noticed that over his bed there was a picture hanging. it was a picture of me as a baby and i thought, you know what? my father loved me, but my father had a real problem with this god whom i had given my life to 100%. and at that moment god spoke to me says, "chad, though your mother forsake you, though your father forsake you," he said, "i will never leave you." it was that point that i said, "god, take this event in my life and use it to touch the lives of young people around the world," and he has. he was able to take it--take the mess and use it as a platform to communicate a message. >> joyce: i just did a teaching a couple weeks ago called "learning how to fight li

be muslim, but he feels jesus's presence as much as anybody. >> this changes history.ave a clear clear city from the first century. what he touched. >> reporter: and the coins he used. they reveal when the synagogue was built, ad 29. >> nowadays we seem to be pitted against each other. and why did providence allow us to find this place 2,000 years later. >> open our arms to more religions, to be more open. >> i am muslim, the city, it's jewish. and [ inaudible ] for the christian, together we make the future. >> in a time of so much conflict and division, we needed today. we needed to encourage us to look for that greater comm commonality that we share. >> reporter: a place where different faiths were united as the faithful in this temple, this church. >>> well, i get a moment here to say merry christmas to you and your family at home, or wherever you are celebrating this christmas holiday season. and i get to say hello to kevin. i was feeling lonely out here. a pretty big storm of the rockies, huh? >> we are. but people are enjoying the nice sun and above-average temp

. >> jesus says we can do greater things. in jesus name, i bind you, satan. >> finally, it happens. he makes contact. and for an instant, he completes a high-voltage circuit with his body and disappears into a fiery flash of orange and white. >> it lit up the sky. you're going to actually feel -- you can feel the shock and the pressure of it go right through your chest. when he got zapped, something i still to this day can still feel it and hear it. so, it's definitely something i'll never forget. >> the onlookers are stunned. >> for us, a natural reaction would be for everyone to run over and help him. we had to take a second look, make sure the scene was safe. >> the rescue crew gets the all clear and the biggest shock of the day. the young man survives. >> it's a miracle. how can he be alive? you know, that's a high fall right there that should pretty much traumatize him, crack his skull. but his major injuries were his burns. if anything can come out of this, it is respect wires. respect electricity. respect high voltage. >>> coming up, lightning strik strikes. >> holy [ bleep ]

midnight mass has just begun. >> while the bells have been the birthplace of jesus christ. happy christmas. the mass is underway at this moment, the palestinian president just entered the church a few moments before the mass started. that mass will go on for a number of hours. clearly this is one of if not most important day for bethlehem and for many christians around the world celebrating the birth of christ. this is where the spotlight shifts from jerusalem to bethlehem. it is also a time for reflections for christians because they have had a tough year in the middle east. the thread has driven out hundreds of thousands of christians from their homes, from the churches. christians should remain proud of their faith, they should not be afraid or ashamed. >> president mahmoud abbas also sent out a christmas message. forhat's right, he called justice, not just for palestinian christians but for all palestinians. we have really seen it today, there have been far fewer tourists partly because of the war in gaza, and partly because of the violence in jerusalem. the intractable

of course the site where jesus was born., thousands of people have been here all day. there's been music, food, and as tradition holds, earlier today, a procession was led by the latin patriarch of jerusalem, through the square, to the church and that really officially kicked off the christmas celebration here in bethlehem which is interesting because in the states really it's after november, you know, the store shelves are stocked with all the, you know, with all the ornaments and everything, but it starts today and will culminate with midnight mass. security is heavy. security is tight. recent violence, protests between palestinians and police yesterday. violence along the border. but tonight as i said, it's beautiful and there's just a very -- it's a peaceful poods and people, as i've talked to from all over the world, they are praying for peace. >> you are experiencing, no doubt as you can feel it there, a life-changing experience. when you visit those parts of the world, i've been to vatican city, it changes you in a mo

thank you, jesus. thank you you jesus. the greatest gift of all.over 2,000 years ago, you gave him to us lord to leave your thrown of glory and come down to eternity, to fall into generations. just to become, god. and you were born the virgin mary. and you are the gift of light for me. yes, you are. you gave us the greatest of all. >> the greatest gift of all. and we're so glad you did, my lord. you gave. >> you gave us. you gave us the the greatest gift of all. >> the greatest gift of all. and we say glory. >> glory. >> we thank you jesus. >> thank you jesus. >> oh, you gave us. >> gave us. >> the greatest gift. >> the the greatest gift. >> the greatest gift of all. >> ♪ >> beautiful. >> well, christmas just isn't christmas without a little charlie brown. >> i agree with you, iain. here is pea on owe player david guburt with christmastime is here. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >>

thank you, jesus. thank you you jesus. the greatest gift of all.glad that over 2,000 years ago, you gave him to us lord to leave your thrown of glory and come down to eternity, to fall into generations. just to become, god. and you were born the virgin mary. and you are the gift of light for me. yes, you are. you gave us the greatest of all. >> the greatest gift of all. and we're so glad you did, my lord. you gave. >> you gave us. you gave us the the greatest gift of all. >> the greatest gift of all. and we say glory. >> glory. >> we thank you jesus. >> thank you jesus. >> oh, you gave us. >> gave us. >> the greatest gift. >> the the greatest gift. >> the greatest gift of all. >> ♪ >> beautiful. >> well, christmas just isn't christmas without a little charlie brown. >> i agree with you, iain. here is pea on owe player david guburt with christmastime is here. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >>

there's a man in this picture as i close, named jesus. and some man came to jesus. jesus asked him, how do you see men? he said i see them as trees. jesus knew the man wasn't seeing right. so he put some spittle on his eyes and then asked the man, how do you see men now? and the man said i see them as they are. there are no giants here that cannot be conquered in the name of god. there is no mountain too high that we cannot climb in the name of god. if that legacy of that great man is to continue and it will then let's rise up from this hallowed ground and go back to work on the struggle for freedom, justice and equality. thank you for these few moments. [ applause ] >> let me take a moment and acknowledge the great service on last evening by bishop staples. would you give bishop staples -- [ cheers and applause ] >> great service on last evening. thank you for those encouraging and inspiring words. we are now going to hear from our dear beloved sister who represents us in the congress. she worked with marion barry, the student nonviolent coordinating committee. she

they were woven into the nine lessons of the service which tell the store of the birth of jesus. >>>ll to come on "action news" tonight an isis milestone against u.s. led coalition, also the the story going viral tonight, an american lab worker may have been exposed to the ebola virus we will explain how this isn't the first security breach at a governmental site. >>> they call it santa's wheels and it will mean so much for so many children in need. >>> santa baby, we will explain what a pennsylvania happies doing with its christmas eve new borns, melissa. >>> jim, moisture is starting to move on out but these temperatures are pretty mild for christmas eve, christmas day we are looking good dry but wind pick up. we will go over details with the accu weather forecast. >>> jeff skversky with the eagles preparing for their last game of the season and beyond when ago news continues tonight. ♪ ♪ we put all the apps you love inside a car designed to connect you to a world of possibilities. the connected car by volvo. innovating for you. give the gift of volvo this season and we'll give you

how do you think jesus would feel about the snowplow? miller out there. and we went to see the presidents on the mountain. that's a good town. we're happy. so sioux falls. way to go. they get -- not the ebenezer award, they get the anti-ebenezer award. >> "it's a wonderful life" all over again. >> merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas to you, mr. o'reilly. >> factor tip of the day. the most annoying people on television. did i make the list? i hope so. the tip moments away. ... >> happy hanukkah to our jewish viewers and christmas eve just one week away so we're here to help you out with gift giving. you get 0% off any of my books. great deal. do the math. if you become a premium member, which you should, you get "killing patton" for free. all kinds of great things on the website. very moderate prices. you have to order now to get the stuff in time for christmas. please remember all the money i derive for activity is given to worthy charities. and your hit job on senator warren was pathetic. to say that the economy is not strengthen

thank you jesus. gave us the greatest gift, the greatest gift of all. >> ♪ >> man, they're good. thank you for that. wow. it makes it all christmasy. >> take to us church. >> bring us some church up in here. >> oh, gosh. >> he is really one of the biggest stars in the world right now, from philadelphia, north philadelphia, born and raised. >> yes, proud to call him our own. >> kevin hart. >> he sat down with quincy harris to talk about his new movie and more in the holidays. >> christmas day, a kevin h art christmas. >> how are you doing, sir. >> kissmass. ain't got nothing. i tried to playoff kevin h art christmas. that is first thing that came, i'm sorry. >> what was your favorite present. >> favorite present ever, true story, michael jackson doll, michael jackson was in his prime, i think i was probably about nine. my mom got my a michael jackson doll and i had the clothes to go with the doll, different outfit, i could dress him up in beat it, thriller, billy jean outfit, take that little michael j

in fact of course we know was the romans who put jesus to death rather than the jewish people and jesus was himself jewish. but they were puzzled both the german crusaders and the french crusaders saying look we have got it all backwards. at this point europeans knew next to nothing about islam. the muslims were a shadowy presence on the horizons. why were they flogging 3000 miles through the middle east are through incredible dangers when the jews were alive and well on their very doorsteps? here again too the economic reasons for the sudden hatred of jews who had been well-integrated into european society because europe was beginning its slow progress to creating a commercial empire, a commercial economy and eventually in the 19th century it replaced the agrarian empire. but in any period of massive social change this puts a great strain on social relations. we see it in countries modernizing today. going through this painful rite of passage from a premodern to a modern state of affairs, how this creates social tension. in the jews were very much associated with money and with the com