What a concept! Read the Bible and discover
for yourself who Jesus was and is. Rebecca Manley Pippert invites us to do just that
in :Uncovering the Life of Jesus: "Six Encounters with Jesus from the
Gospel of Luke:" (The GoodBook Company, 2015).
As Piper notes in the introduction,
as she finally, during her investigation of various religions, decided to read
the Bible, the Jesus she encountered was not what she expected. In fact this Jesus
was not even the Jesus she had hoped to find. She also reminds the reader that
it's important to investigate the evidence if you hope to make an informed
decision.
To help the reader, whether a
believer or not, make a decision about who Jesus is, and the role that He might
play in our lives, Piper has selected 6 passages from the Gospel of Luke,
passages which we are invited to look at with open minds and open hearts.
I liked this book. It's short, with
6 chapters, each one a biblical account or a parable that shows Jesus in a
different light. And the fun thing is that other than a brief "historical
context" at the beginning f each chapter and the "So what could this
mean for us?" at the end. Piper lets the text speak for itself.
There are a series of questions after
each passage or series of passages to help guide us on our quest and ample room
for notes. This book would make an excellent resource for a small group/bible
study as a few people struggle together to find out who Jesus really is, rather
than paint a picture of him based on the pictures that have been painted by
someone else.
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