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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 232 EAN: 9780310385707 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0310385709 Label: Thomas Nelson Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 290 Publication Date: September 22, 1995 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Studio: Thomas Nelson Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: 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. Yancey is not alone in his examination of the "real" Jesus. Publishing today is replete with writers committed to setting the story "straight,quot; joining countless others who, over the past 2,000 years, have determined to discover the truth about Jesus. But where others would deconstruct and discount, Yancey disarms and discloses. We become colleagues with him as he examines the accounts of the life of Jesus. And among the things that we discover is that Jesus himself leaves us few options: either he was who he said he was or he was nuts. Philip Yancey was awarded the Gold Medallion Christian Book of the Year award for this book in 1996 by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. It's not the first, nor the last, award Yancey has won for his writing. But the writing is not necessarily the great gift of this book. Yancey allows the reader to discover, along with him, The Jesus I Never Knew. --Patricia Klein Product Description: Philip Yancey reveals the real Jesus beyond the stereotypes, revolutionizing the reader's passion for Christ. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Wonderful and insightful"The Jesus I Never Knew" by Philip Yancey is a wonderful piece of work. You can see that Yancey really researched this project thoroughly. He tries to bring to light why Jesus came here, who Jesus is, and what Jesus left behind. I'm sure you'll get a lot out of this book as I did. There is another beautiful new book on Jesus entitled "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After One Million Prayers: A Message for Everyone," by John H. Eagan. I just finished it. It's really great and deals ... Read More Rating:  - Thought Provoking readGood book - I'd recommend this to people looking to dig deeper into who Jesus really was and is. Good read and very thought provoking! Rating: - So, You THINK You Know About Jesus?Try this on for size, and see what surprises you might find about Christ. Yancey doesn't animate this, but uses a journalist's perspective. Is Jesus bigger than our expectations? Did he walk around constantly with a smile on his face, or was he a man with great concerns? Jesus came to this life and faced it from a human perspective. He knew what it was like to be lonely, and he knew what it was like to be singled out as a strange person. Yet those who came in contact with Him were never ... Read More Rating: - The Jesus I used to knowPhilip Yancey, in THE JESUS I NEVER KNEW, lets slip with a few secrets that you never learned in Sunday School (nor even, for that matter, in THE DA VINCI CODE). Example: Have you heard the one about Jesus catching a bad case of leprosy? (p. 79). [He got it from rubbing spit-and-mud on an elderly leper, neglecting then to wash his hands before lunch. Two weeks later, when the lesions appeared, Jesus healed himself using the same trusted remedy, and Presto! he was good to go.] Yancey's ... Read More Rating: - This is must-have reading for the ChristianThis is a fabulous book that I absolutely love. I have gone through it with men I was discipling in the past, and it makes a great gift to new believers or even curious inquirers to the faith. This is just a great, outside-the-box look at our Lord and I can't say enough about this book. Read it, read it again and then read it some more! 
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