Putting Jesus in a box

It’s old news but it’s been prettied up and paraded in front of the world again in time for Easter.

People have been trying to put Jesus in a box for the last two thousand years and now Titanic director, James Cameron, is trying to do that quite literally. He has sent people across the globe into a spin by claiming that he’s found the bones of Jesus and his family. The fact that the tomb was actually found back in 1980 and that both archaeologists and theologians have dismissed the claims ever since then doesn’t seem to worry Cameron.

This article from BBC News tells us that the Hollywood director is convinced that he has something significant on his hands but that the experts disagree.

My regular Wednesday morning guest on 98.5 Sonshine FM is Ross Clifford is the Principal of Morling College in New South Wales and current President of the Baptist Union of Australia. Each week we chat about a range of issues relating to spirituality and belief.

Today we discussed the claims of the documentary and then looked at what it would mean for Christianity if the bones of Jesus really were discovered.

You can listen in to our conversation now if you left click here or you can right click here to save the mp3 and listen later.

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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He has worked in radio at Perth's media ministry Sonshine for over 25 years and has previously worked at ministries such as Compassion Australia and Bible Society.

The views he expresses here are his own.

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