He is what Holy Week and Easter are all about. 

The cover of Newsweek’s latest edition reportedly features an image of what some are calling “hipster Jesus.”

By some accounts, the cover story tied to the image, written by Andrew Sullivan, is a thought-provoking one. (He’s set to be part of a live chat about the article in about two hours today at www.thedailybeast.com.)

Read some of what folks are saying about the story by clicking on the links below:

Atlantic Wire: “Hipster Jesus is Here to Save Newsweek”

MSN.com: “Newsweek cover has hipster Jesus in  Times Square”

Honestly, I don’t think the cover image of Jesus is as thought-provoking as the phrase that comes with it: “Forget the Church. Follow Jesus.”

Carla Hinton

Religion Editor   

Lou Engle, founder of a faith-based group called TheCall, is asking Christian subscribers to the news magazine to cancel their subscriptions because of the story, written by Lisa Miller.

In his news release today, Engle accused Newsweek with “catering to the Manhattan crowd, who think stories attacking religion are trendy.”

Engle, who was one of the organizers of pro-Proposition 8 events in California, said “The fact is an overwhelming majority of Americans believe that God exists and the Bible is His sacred Word.”

Proposition 8 was an initiative measure prohibiting same-sex marriage in California. It was approved by a majority of California voters in November.

“Lisa Miller is no authority on religion or the bible. The Bible is clear on the issues: homosexual marriage is strictly forbidden because it openly defies God’s design,” Engle said in his news release.

In the days to come, tt will be interesting to see what other feedback Newsweek and Miller receive.

Carla Hinton

Religion Editor