On 7 July 2007, Christ the Redeemer was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a list compiled by the Swiss-based The New Open World Corporation. Leading corporate sponsors, including Banco Bradesco and Rede Globo, had lobbied to have the statue voted into the top seven.
It is still a wonder to me how so many people in the world still don't know of Jesus Christ. I have been given the opportunity to talk to many young people in their twenties and thirties, here in Tacoma, who know little to nothing about Christ. Many of them, knowing I am a Christian singer/songwriter, will go into their religious verbiage to convey that they accept all religious views too but you can tell pretty quick that they know nothing of Christ.
Going into the month before Christmas always causes me to step back and think about things. Even though there is such a heavy commercialism placed on Christmas today, the fact is that Christ is in the word Christmas.
As I drive the streets or take walks through Malls with my wife I find Manger scenes everywhere telling the world that one day, long ago, a child was born who would one day die on the Cross for the sins of the whole world, rise on the third day to conquer death. Some countries erect statues of Christ and place it on the highest point and others like America sue the state and have manger scenes forbidden to be placed on Court House steps. Welcome to America in the 21st Century. As for me and my house,.. we believe!
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