The Jesus I Never Knew

The Jesus I Never Knew, Phillip Yancey, Zondervan, Grand Rapids MI, 1995. ISBN: 0-310-21923-X. From the book jacket: What happens when a respected Christian journalist decides to put his preconceptions aside and take a long look at the Jesus described in the Gospels?  How does the Jesus of the New Testament compare to the “new, rediscovered” Jesus—or even the Jesus we think we know so well?  Best-selling author Phillip Yancey says, “The Jesus I got to know in writing this book is very different from the Jesus I learned in Sunday school.  In some ways he is more comforting; in some ways more terrifying.” Yancey offers a new and different perspective on the life of Christ and his work—his teachings, his miracles, his death and resurrection—and ultimately, who he was and why he came.  Relating the gospel events to the world we live in today, The Jesus I Never Knew gives a moving and refreshing portrait of the central figure of history.  With a willingness to tackle difficult questions, Yancey looks at the radical words of this itinerant Jewish carpenter and asks whether we are taking him seriously enough in our own day and age.

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