A real personal study on the life of Jesus
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Very often, we tend to read the gospel accounts from a more theological perspective. The numerous sermons delivered focus on the teachings of Jesus, and the hypothetical aspects of his life and relationship with others.
However, Philip Yancey does a great job at exploring the personal nature of Jesus, God in human form, on earth, and the very emotions our Lord Jesus Christ must have felt while here on earth.
This book really changed my outlook on Jesus! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to have an in depth look into the life of Jesus, and the relational nature of our Lord Jesus Christ!
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Really very good - find out who Jesus REALLY was.
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I haven't read that many books by christian authors but i definitely found this one one of the most interesting, unable-to-put-down ones!
I'd never really thought much before of the controversy Jesus, as a real living person in the first century, must have caused by his actions and his claims.
This book gives insight to the social and religious background that Jesus grew up in and makes the story of his ministry all the more compelling as we realise exactly what it meant to say what he said, do what he did, what it meant to follow him. It really helped me to put myself in the perspective of being in the first century and realising what a dynamic person he must have been.
Also, it made him all the more seem like a more real person and not someone whom i've heard a few "fairytale stories" about. He was real. He did live and he was very controversial for his time - and still is now!!
A really good book if you want to know more about the man Jesus really was and understand the times in which he grew up.
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a great book but references please..
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this book for me simply supported what i already believed about jesus but thought no one else thought.
i have always had my own views about jesus and what he would have been like and this book threw up no real surprises. the parts i highly prized were detail about the society he was raised in and information about contemporary religeouse groups and information about inter faith relationships.
my only bug with the book was that although yancey frequently quotes parts of the bible to support his ideas he tends to put them in his own words and people may miss their biblical reference if they are not familiar with the gospels and epistles. i would appreciate biblical references where neccesary even if they are just as foot notes.
due to the lack of references i think that a skeptical non believer would struggle to see any truth in the book.
in general i think yancey is an honest true believer and i would not hesitate to reccomend his work to others.
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Essential
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As somone who has for a long time felt a huge disconnect between mainstream Christian teaching and who I perceived Jesus Christ to be, this book is... well, manna from heaven. Yancy is an honest and gifted writer, whose ability to cut through convention to the heart of the issue is unparalleled. Together with his later book, What's So Amazing About Grace, these should be required reading for anyone remotely interested in the God of Christianity, especially by those who have been put off by the establishment.
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Absolutely life changing
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If you are like me, a modern intellectual person who believes in Jesus and the Gospel but has found your faith restrained by the "but why?" questions, this book is for you! It has absolutely changed my life by significantly changing my views and understanding of God, Jesus and the "but why?" of it all. Philip Yancey uncovers to my mind some of the most intimate characteristics and truths about God and presents the true personality of Jesus in such a way that you can not but fall in love with Him. This book took away all the doubtfull restraints of my faith in Jesus! Get it and read it!
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