{"id":9680,"date":"2011-12-25T19:51:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T00:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=9680"},"modified":"2011-12-22T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T15:43:53","slug":"pretending-to-be-jesus-renews-skeptics-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/12\/pretending-to-be-jesus-renews-skeptics-faith","title":{"rendered":"Pretending to be Jesus renews skeptic&#8217;s faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve seen the extraordinary paintings of Jesus\u2019 life. They\u2019re in bookstores and magazines. They\u2019re all over the Internet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10344\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2011\/12\/14.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10344\" title=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2011\/12\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"603\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesus -- by Liz Lemon Swindle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They\u2019re the work of artist Liz Lemon Swindle. They\u2019ve won worldwide acclaim \u2013 even compared to Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, who refused to paint Jesus with halos or holier-than-thou poses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Swindle paints a very human Christ. But where does she get her inspiration?<\/p>\n<p>Several years, construction worker Phillip Miner, raised a Mormon, but who had decided he didn\u2019t want anything to do with religion, was approached in a bookstore by a total stranger, who asked if he would model for her. He was at first skeptical, but accepted her offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/Galleries\/Pretending-to-be-Jesus-renews-skeptics-faith.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK to read his story<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve seen the extraordinary paintings of Jesus\u2019 life. They\u2019re in bookstores and magazines. They\u2019re all over the Internet. They\u2019re the work of artist Liz Lemon Swindle. 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