
Jesus Behaving Badly
The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee
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Mark L. Strauss
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Mark L. Strauss
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Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they? We overlook that Jesus was:
- Judgmental - preaching hellfire far more than the apostle Paul.
- Uncompromising - telling people to hate their families.
- Chauvinistic - excluding women from leadership.
- Racist - insulting people from other ethnic groups.
- Anti-environmental - cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrifice.
- Angry - overturning tables and chasing moneychangers in the temple.
The Jesus everybody likes, says Mark Strauss, is not the Jesus found in the Gospels. He's a figure we've created in our own minds. Strauss believes that when we unpack the puzzling paradoxes of the man from Galilee, we find greater insight into his countercultural message and mission than we could ever have imagined.
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- Ree
- 09-04-24
Excellent— highly recommended
The author unwaveringly addressed many issues that cause people to call into question the validity and goodness of Christianity and that have been cumbersome to me personally in my own faith—the treatment and use of animals for example or calling the gentile woman a dog. Not every single answer was unequivocal—there’s room for debate and discussion on all of these which is why they are problematic to begin with—and there were a couple of assumptions and logic threads that felt weak to me, but those were in the minority by far. Most elements the author tackled were done so with strong reason, knowledge, source material, and support, and were incredibly helpful for anyone who cringes a little at certain points in the Bible.
Well read by the author.
Highly, highly recommended.
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- TCat
- 03-22-17
Learn without realizing it.
Excellent summation and exposition on Jesus from his friends and his words and deeds. Easy and informative listen.
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- Alicia and Jess
- 10-12-17
good read very interesting
very good gave good points and allow me to think both sides the negative and postive bif Jesus
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