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Bill O’Reilly wrote a book with that title. His two previous books in that series were “Killing Lincoln” and “Killing Kennedy.” O’Reilly is Catholic and believes that Jesus is the Christ but his book would not be considered a Christian book or a work of theology. I would put it in the “true crime” genre.

It is reported that Elie Wiesel once said that “the opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.” I’m not aware enough of the context of that statement to know what that means in human relationships, but it may apply really well to our relationship with money. Loving money is dangerous.

Have you ever heard the expression, “The cobbler’s children have no shoes?” A cobbler is a shoe maker and/or one who repairs shoes. The saying refers to someone with a specific skill that is so busy helping others that his own home is neglected. Sadly, this is true with Christians at times.

The new movie, “The Jesus Revolution,” made me laugh, cry and worship. Also, I cringed sometimes, and experienced conviction. Also, I realized that while peace and love were noble virtues to pursue, the hippies needed more than what they had in themselves to have peace and love. Love is more than a decision or a feeling.

It’s really interesting how many popular musicians have worked Jesus into a song or two. He shows up quite often in country music, as we may expect; but almost every genre has a song with a mention of Jesus.