Quote of the Week: The Sermon on the Mount Shared with President Bush

Jan 12, 2008 Published under Favorite Quotes, Middle East, Mideast Negotiations, Religion, United States

“Blessed are those who are peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

- Jesus is said to have delivered this statement as part of his Sermon on the Mount, but yesterday this statement was brought to life when President George W. Bush received this inscription during his visit to the Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus is said to have walked on water)

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