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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The references are to Zaccheus, the tax collector who was shunned by most people because of his profession, and who Jesus ate dinner with despite the tax collector's reputation as persona non grata. The other reference is probably to Esther, who was a Jew in the old testament who married (I think) a Persion king and thereby became Queen. She used her influence with the king, her husband, to help the Jewish people who were being persecuted at that time in her country.

I can see how you might have been offended by these references if they were given out of context, or if the emphasis was somehow derogatory of Jews. The stories in and of themselves don't necessarily convey that message, and in my estimation they certainly shouldn't. Of course that doesn't mean some Christians don't twist them to convey an anti-Semitic flavor. It's hard for me to tell if that was what was happening at your church. The best thing might be to read the stories yourself and draw your own conclusions, then decide it this minister was portraying them accurately.[/quote]

The story of Esther has nothing to do with a prostitute, spies or Jesus, so its unlikely that is what the preacher was referring to.[/quote]

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