Source: Christian Headlines, December 9, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new study from Lifeway Research found that most Americans believe that Jesus was born in Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago, but less than half believe that Jesus existed prior to being born on that first Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMost Americans consider Jesus\u2019 birth a historical fact,\u201d said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research. \u201cIt can be easy to only evaluate Jesus like you would any other historical figure\u2014thinking about when He lived and what He did. However, the Bible also describes Jesus in a way that [you] must evaluate who you believe He was. Most Americans believe his origin was from God the Father, but half as many believe He existed before His birth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a> or go right to the report from Lifeway Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note from Pat: I have been reading the book An Advent for the Cosmos<\/a> by Jeffrey Pitts. It makes a strong case for the existence and ministry of Jesus before the incarnation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Christian Headlines, December 9, 2021 A new study from Lifeway Research found that most Americans believe that Jesus was born in Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago, but less than half believe that Jesus existed prior to being born on that first Christmas. \u201cMost Americans consider Jesus\u2019 birth a historical fact,\u201d said Scott McConnell, … Continue reading USA: Most Americans Don\u2019t Believe Jesus Existed Before His Birth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10631,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions\/10631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}