~ Your Jesus is Too Safe ~
Jesus was neither soft nor safe.
"Who do you say that I am?"
This is the question Jesus once asked his closest followers.
No question penetrates more deeply, no question cuts more closely. The answer, like the sword of truth, can unite or divide.
Before Jesus asked his disciples this question, he asked them first, "Who do people say that I am?"
The answers to this question are at least as numerous as the centuries, multiplied by each successive generation's cultural revisionists and propagandists. The Bible urges us to reckon with the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith, yet so many thinkers, past and present, press us to choose one or the other.
With a conversational style, whimsical tone (replete with occasional tongue-in-cheek footnotes, a la Dave Eggers), and solid theological foundation, Your Jesus is Too Safe fills a noticeable gap in contemporary approaches to Jesus, providing a devotional, inspirational survey of Jesus and his kingdom. With a pastor’s care and a theologian’s insight, Jared Wilson engages issues like the atonement and the nature of the kingdom of God, as well as a host of other hot topics facing the evangelical church, peeling back the cultural and religious gloss over who Jesus is, to see him anew through the bright lenses of the four Gospels. Your Jesus is Too Safe is ideal reading for a generation of Christians frustrated with the Buddy Jesus of the American McChurch but eager for a fresh encounter with the original Jesus of the revolutionary kingdom.
Your Jesus is Too Safe is neither soft nor safe. It is a table-turning book.
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