According to Vatican Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, Jesus was the world’s first tweeter. Jesus, Ravasi says, “used tweets before everyone else, with elementary phrases made up of fewer than 45 characters [such as] ‘Love one another.'” (UPI)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife Wendy and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.