{"product_id":"jesus-behaving-badly-the-puzzling-paradoxes-of-the-man-from-galilee-paperback-1","title":"Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark L. Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverybody likes Jesus. Don't they?We overlook that Jesus was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJudgmental--preaching hellfire far more than the apostle Paul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncompromising--telling people to hate their families\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChauvinistic--excluding women from leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRacist--insulting people from other ethnic groups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnti-environmental--cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrifice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngry--overturning tables and chasing moneychangers in the temple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe demanded moral perfection, told people to cut off body parts, made prophecies that haven't come true, and defied religious and political authorities. While we tend to ignore this troubling behavior, the people around Jesus didn't. Some believed him so dangerous that they founda way to have him killed.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 findgreater insight into his countercultural message and mission than we could ever have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Strauss (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary San Diego. He is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eHow to Read the Bible in Changing Times\u003c\/i\u003e and commentaries on Mark's Gospel in the ZondervanExegetical Commentary Series and Expositors Bible Commentary. He is also associate editor for the NIV Study Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 223\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45868628508869,"sku":"9780830824663","price":36.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/a23eFbWbGa9780830824663.webp?v=1781389876","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/jesus-behaving-badly-the-puzzling-paradoxes-of-the-man-from-galilee-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}