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Welcome to WikiChristian An encyclopedia and discussion forum for all Christians to share their faith. Special Links: Server Status | Bible Changes | Page Layout Featured content Christianity is about God reaching out his hand in friendship to mankind. Christians believe that the whole world and everything in it was created by God. God is a personal being, a living God who is three, yet one: Father, Son and Spirit, just as we human beings have body, mind and soul! (see the Trinity). The Bible says God created people in his image, to love him. Yet every person has rebelled against God and sinned. Yet instead of turning his back on us, God became a man, Jesus, who most scholars believe was born about the year 4 BC and lived among us. He taught a message of love throughout Palestine but public opinion turned against him and he was executed as a young man. He died because of us - the death that we should have died. He was crucified on a cross, but he rose from the dead, and now calls us to trust him, to love him and to repent of our rebellion. If we do this, then we our relationship with God becomes restored and we will live forever with God. Many non-Christians may think that being a Christian is about belonging to a particular church or following a certain set of rule. Most Christians however would agree that at its root, being a Christian means to be in a living relationship with Jesus. Contents Page: Christianity God | Jesus Christ | Essence of Christianity | Trinity Bible | Christian literature, art, music and media Church | Church history | Denominations Famous Christians Christian doctrine and debates | Grace | Love Current issues | News Cults and other religions Places | Mission | World-wide church directory Christian Songs Index | Denominations Featured Bible passage John 11:35 Jesus wept. "Jesus wept" is the shortest verse in the Bible. It is also one of the most beautiful and emotive. Lazarus, a friend of Jesus, had just died and so, having arrived at his tomb and seeing the pain and suffering that human sin and death bring, Jesus simply wept. Archive of Featured Passages Video of the day - Joel Osteen in 60 Minutes Joel Scott Hayley Osteen (born March 5, 1963) is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. He is married to Victoria Osteen, who serves as co-pastor. Joel Osteen was featured as one of Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2006", and was named "Most Influential Christian in America" in 2006 by The Church Report. His second book, Become a Better You, was released in October 2007 with a first printing of three million copies. Born in Houston, Texas, Osteen married Victoria L. Iloff on 4 April 1987. They have two children, Jonathan and Alexandra. Joel, son of John and Dodie Osteen, is one of six children. His elder siblings, Paul, Lisa, Tamara and his younger sister April, are also involved in full-time ministry. Joel's half-brother Justin, does missionary work out of New York. Joel's father, John Osteen, a former Southern Baptist pastor who became Charismatic in the late 1950s, founded Lakewood Church on Mother's Day, 1959. Osteen's father developed Lakewood into a body of approximately 6,000 members with an active television ministry, crusades, conferences, missionary support and food distribution. He died of a heart attack in 1999. After 17 years with his father producing the church's television program, Joel succeeded his father on October 3, 1999 as pastor of Lakewood Church. Joel had only preached once in his life, the week before his father's death. Today, Lakewood Church services, led by Pastor Osteen, are seen in over 100 nations around the world. Joel Osteen's first book, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential, was released in October 2004. In December 2006, he was named one of the year's "Ten Most Fascinating People" by Barbara Walters. ..More on Joel Osteen