A Primer on the Ethical Sayings of Jesus
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Did you know that Jesus had a great sense of humor? For example, he said, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." On another ovason His humor even appears when he is castigating the Pharisees and others for their hypocrisy. regarding the habit of judging others, he pictures a person with a log in his own eye trying to remove a mere speck from another person's eye. This book displays a drawing of "Jesus Laughing" by Ralph Kozak as well as Rembrant's famous painting of the "Head of Christ." In other sayings, of course, Jesus was utterly serious, as when he said, "Much will be required from those to whom much is given." or "The geatest among you is the servant of all." or "He who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted." or in his parable of the Good Samaritan in which he chooses an enemy of the Jews to expose the narrowness of their concept of neighbor. This book atempts to highlight the simple but profound sayings of Jesus in the four Gospels.
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Is it possible that the average church-goer does not know the "real Jesus?" Why? Because we have clouded their vision with sentimental images in Sunday school classes or perhaps warped their minds from centuries of doctrinal controversy. If so, may I have the privilage of introducing to you the "real Jesus?" He addressed most of his life-changing words not to priests and theologians but to quite ordinary people like fishermen and tax collectors. This book attempts to show Jsus as a man among men but neverthless the Man in whom the Spirit of God was fully present withort distortion or interruption. It includes chapters on the influence of Jesus on human history and culture as well as a chapter on the "Jsus Seminar."
About the Author
Elwood has had wide-ranging experience in his chosen field of Religiouus Studies. He has studied and worked in four other countries and has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Wheaton College, a Master's degree in Christian Theology from Princeton Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Philosphy of Religion from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). He is the published author of 15 other books. Doug has held teaching positions at Missouri Valley College in Marshal, MO; Silliman University, International Christian University, and St. Andrews Seminary in the Philippines; and Tunghai University and Tainan Theological College in Taiwan. Now officially retired, Doug continues to volunteer his services as neded with a charity called Little Children of the World, Inc, an independent mission he and his wife Bettie helped to found in 1987.