. The Real Christ...
Beginning with basic Bible teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ, this book proceeds to deconstruct the popular Trinitarian view of Jesus. But it doesn't leave us with nothing in its place. It explores at great depth the character of the Lord Jesus, using close study of the Biblical text to perform a kind of archaeology of ancient personality. And it pursues to the end the cardinal point: that knowing the real Christ is the essence of true Christianity, both now and eternally.
Chapter 1 runs through basic Bible teaching concerning God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, pausing to bring out the practical import of these truths in real human life and personality. Chapter 2 makes an in-depth study of the human, historical Jesus, seeking to provide us with some realistic image of Him to whom we can relate. Chapter 3 explores in detail the parables of the Lord Jesus- they account for a large bulk of His actual teaching content. Chapter 4 and the Appendix return to theological and psychological reflection as to why it is that the Lord Jesus has been so misunderstood by His own church; there's a detailed consideration of Biblical texts which have been widely misinterpretted.
You can read the whole book online by clicking here . The book is downloadable as PDF and Word files here .
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Part 1: Some Bible Basics |
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Part 2: The Real Christ |
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Part 3: The Real And The Unreal:The Self Revelation Of Jesus In The Parables |
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Part 4: How The Real Christ Was Lost |
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4 Why The Trinity Was Accepted : 4-1 Accommodation To Paganism |
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Appendix 1: Some Wrested Scriptures |
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7 "The glory I had with you before the world was" (Jn. 17:5) |
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By Jesus Were All Things Created “Christ... In whom dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily” |
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4 “God is a Spirit” (Jn. 4:24) / "Grieve not the Spirit" (Eph. 4:30) |
13 Lord and Saviour... God and Saviour (Titus 2:13; 2 Pet. 1:1,11) |