God in the Flesh: What Speechless Lawyers, Kneeling Soldiers and Shocked Crowds Teach Us about Jesus

by Don Everts

Book Overview

Winner of a 2006 Logos Book Award! A Likewise book. "They were amazed at his teaching.""They fell down before him.""He touched her hand.""They left their nets."Often when we read the New Testament accounts of Jesus' life, we focus on his teachings and stories. But Don Everts draws our attention to the seemingly insignificant "stage directions" of the Gospels that describe the activity surrounding him. Everts writes, "It's significant that in the Gospels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830832874
• ISBN13: 9780830832873
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Simple - without biased dogmas

In both his books and his ministry, Don Everts breaks Christianity down to it's simple, grassroots fundamentals. He explores Jesus not as the center of a religion, but rather as an engaging individual who, by his very nature, caused inexplicable, powerful reactions of all those around him. Everts approaches Jesus not by what Jesus said in Scripture but instead he explores all the verses that Jesus didn't say. The simple accounts of the people around him. Everts calls these verses the, "stage directions." From these easily overlooked and forgotten words, Everts paints a picture of a man that simply was. Wasn't concerned with religious doctrine or appropriate religious customs. Instead we see people going out of their way to touch a simple carpenter walking down the street. Common, smelly fishermen, leaving their livelihoods to walk along his side. The most scholared religious men dumbfounded by his wisdom. Don's words remind us of what lies at the heart of true Christianity. Just a simple man that asked others to follow him.

Simple...Fresh...True...

I like the way this author explains Jesus. He explains Jesus as he really is. His writings about Jesus are simple and fresh and true. I read the first few pages of this book and it sucked me in because everything he said about Jesus was refreshing to my mind. I definitely recomend this book!