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Jesus I Never Knew, The:
An old adage says, "God created man in His own image and man has been returning the favor ever since." Philip Yancey realized that despite a lifetime attending Sunday school topped off by a Bible college education, he really had no idea who Jesus was. In fact, he found himself further and further removed from the person of Jesus, distracted instead by flannel-graph figures and intellectual inspection. He determined to use his journalistic talents to approach Jesus, in the context of time, within the framework of history.> In The Jesus I Never Knew, Yancey explores the life of Jesus, as he explains, "'from below,' to grasp as best I can what it must have been like to observe in person the extraordinary events unfolding in Galilee and Judea" as Jesus traveled and taught. Yancey examines three fundamental questions: who Jesus was, why he came, and what he left behind. Step by step, scene by scene, Yancey probes the culture into which Jesus was born and grew to adulthood; his character and mission; his teachings and miracles; his legacy--not just as history has told it, but as he himself intended it to be.Price: $12.99
Edition: New Ed
Published by Zondervan on 2002-02-01.
Average rating (145 reviews):
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 Rating: 9.0 |
Recent reviews:
Reviewed by anonymous on 2007-01-05: I purchased the Leader's Guide for The Jesus I Never Knew so that we would have an additional teacher's guide. At my church, two of us are team-teaching this class. I strongly suggest that anyone planning on using this guide to (read more ...)
Rating: 8.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2006-12-23: What a wonderfully written book. A worthy pursuit in life would be to know God(understament). This book will help you a great deal if that is your desire. Philip Yancey brings invaluable knowledge of Jesus to your frontdoor; now open get (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2006-11-09: Philip Yancey looks past the typical pictures of Jesus and gets to the heart of the matter. Jesus touched people! He touched sinners, the unclean and the sick. If we are to follow Jesus' example, we must be willing to get (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2006-11-03: Yancey has a gift. He is able to take a subject and look at its many facets from varied positions and by putting it 'in the light' he sets up his readers to see with new eyes the refractions beaming through (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2006-09-01: Yancey strikes again. This time he presents a very down-to-earth portrait of Jesus that forces the faithful to think more about Jesus' humanity than we are often comfortable with. Jesus was after all a real person who lived in a real (read more ...)
Rating: 8.0
