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- Jesus profoundly changed people’s understanding of love and forgiveness, emphasizing unconditional love (agape) for all, including enemies, and teaching that forgiveness should be offered freely and repeatedly. This radical ethic continues to inspire social justice movements and conflict resolution efforts today.
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Following Jesus’ crucifixion, his disciples were devastated. They had forsaken him in the Garden of Gethsemane to save their own lives. But after they met the resurrected Christ, they were radically changed. Suddenly, they were willing to give their lives to tell Jesus’ story to the world.
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The essence of Jesus’ mission was to save the individual life of every person who chooses to put his or her trust in him. He didn’t just point the way to a set of ideals or moral principles as many other teachers did. Rather, he promised when we were “born again by his Spirit” he would come tolive inside of us, guiding and empowering us to live mea...
No one altered the role of women in society more than Christ. Prior to New Testament times, women labored in harsh, subservient roles, and were often nothing more than slaves to men and their families. Loren Cunningham and David Hamilton point out in their liberating book Why Not Women? that the Greek philosopher Cicero likened women to “slaves, do...
The application of Jesus’ teachings also gave permanent strength and completeness to the world’s most important institution—the family. Wives were not slaves, husbands weren’t to be tyrants, and children possessed significance. The Christian truths of submission, equal worth, partnership, equality, and self-sacrificing love gave harmony and protect...
Though the Church has not always properly applied the teachings of Christ, it is also true that no group of people have made a more positive impact on the history of the world than the Christian Church. The Church—the “called out ones” (Greek = ekklesia)—transformed the Roman Empire, rescued “learning” from the destruction of the Middle Ages, raise...
One of the things we both criticize and take for granted in the 21st century is the positive role of human governments that were shaped by Christianity. Prior to the Christian faith being applied to civil government, people lived in perpetual fear of massacres and tyrants. Your town could be here one day and be burned to the ground the next. You co...
Did you know that we would have lost much of the great literature of Greece and Rome (and other civilizations of the ancient world) if it weren’t for the Christian monks who preserved that knowledge through finding, preserving, and copying ancient writings during the Middle Ages? Are you aware that the first universities in Paris and London were st...
Even the development of human work, labor and industry, finds its zenith in the application of Christian truths. For most of history, and still in some parts of the world, there were only a few wealthy tyrants and then teeming masses of poor people. For thousands of years there was no middle class and no freedom for individual initiative. During th...
Rodney Stark in his marvelous book For the Glory of Godrightly points out that modern science was born of the Christian faith and not in opposition to it. It was Christian civilization that proposed that “design points to a Designer” and that man was placed on the earth to discover God’s secrets in nature and use those discoveries to benefit people...
Francis Shaeffer pointed out in his landmark book How Should We Then Live? that the coming of Christ greatly influenced the arts, and that prior to Christ’s birth music was played in minor chords, showing the incompleteness and lack of harmony in life. After Christ’s death and resurrection brought wholeness to individuals and nations, people began ...
Jesus lived a life of complete faith in the Father and imparted that faith to his followers. If Abraham is the father of faith in the ancient world, then Jesus is the engine of faith in the modern one. Faith in him has led his followers through the centuries to care for the poor; minister to the sick; start hospitals and schools; share the Good New...
Jesus changed the world since he brought salvation (Matthew 1:21), advocated for women’s rights, defended children, and showed compassion for the needy and sick. His teachings inspired the establishment of universities and hospitals. Jesus also changed the world since he inspired art and science.
Jesus’ teachings and philosophies were central to his impact on the world. His message of love and truth inspired many and continues to do so today. Now let’s talk about some of Jesus’ most significant teachings and how they have influenced the world.
Historians, philosophers, and world leaders have marveled at the impact Jesus has had on the world. Here are just 6 ways Jesus’ legacy has changed the world for the better. 1) Women's Rights. Throughout ancient history we see endless examples of women treated inhumanely.
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Many sociologists and historians agree that Jesus was one of the greatest influencers in human history—yet by today’s standards, he’s the most unlikely world-changer. What then, made him so influential?
