Dimensions
194 x 143 x 25mm
Published to take advantage of the most holy times of the year, QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED will bring together some of the leading religious thinkers and writers of our day, along with many other bestselling writers, to tackle some of the greatest questions posed by Jesus in a thoughtful and compelling book that will have broad appeal to readers across all spectrums. QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED will feature a foreword by New York Times bestseller author and Managing Editor of TIME, Nancy Gibbs.
As a teacher, Jesus Christ put many of his lessons in the form of questions. The gospels record more than 300 of them. Some are rhetorical, needing no answer, but most were real questions posed to real people. Jesus was not just preaching, he was prompting his followers how to think, especially "how important it was to think as a Christian," writes youth pastor Jason Ostrander. "Jesus' approach with his followers was to put them in the game by seeking their responses and working with their answers right on the spot." Likewise, Christians today have an active role to play in this dialogue with Jesus, which can offer surprising lessons that resonate through the ages. Many of Jesus' questions are familiar to readers today, yet the context and the potential interpretations of such phrases will offer enlightenment to many:"You of little faith, why did you doubt?" - Matthew 14:31
But what about you? Who do you say that I am?
- Matthew 16:15
Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear?
- Mark 8:18
The questions of Jesus, several dozen chosen among several hundred, will be illuminated by an eminent array of clergy, theologians, Biblical scholars and thoughtful public figures. Each contributor will contemplate a single query of the Lord's and will provide telling context, a mixture of new and traditional interpretations of what Jesus intended, and a guide to readers in shaping their own meaningful answers. The reader will have a sense of walking and talking with Jesus: at the wedding celebration at Cana, on a hillside in Galilee, and in a room with Jesus at the Last Supper.
