"Jesus defies simplistic, effortless, undemanding explications. To be sure, Jesus often communicated his truth in simple, homely, direct ways, but his truth was anything but apparent and undemanding in the living. Common people heard Jesus gladly, not all, but enough to keep the government nervous, only to find that the simple truth Jesus taught, the life he lived, and the death he died complicated their settled and secure ideas about reality. The gospels are full of folk who confidently knew what was what - until they met Jesus. Jesus provoked an intellectual crisis in just about everybody. Their response was not, "Wow, I've just seen the Son of God," but rather, "Who is this?"--The Introduction.
- ISBN10 1426757549
- ISBN13 9781426757549
- Publish Date 19 November 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Abingdon Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 112
- Language English