Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Who was the real Jesus?

As Easter approaches it's interesting to think of the real historical Jesus really was.  In Western culture he's often depicted as one step removed from a surfer dude, but based on the area of the world he was born in the reality was quite different.  In fact Jesus would probably stand a good chance of being "randomly selected" at airport security or a homeless guy.  So when you picture Jesus what do you see, the guy on the left or the guy on the right?


Of course there are a couple of funny Hollywood takes too:


As Easter approaches it's good to think about who the real Jesus was and maybe it changes how we view those who look a bit different than us.