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Surprised by Jesus: His Agenda for Changing Everything in A.D. 30 and Today is unavailable, but you can change that!

We all know who Jesus is—or think we do. We see children flock to him and gentle wisdom lovingly pour from him. We see the kindest man in the world. But these pictures are deceptively familiar. In the Gospels Jesus says and does many puzzling things—like shriveling a fig tree or telling followers to keep his miracles a secret. He is hard on his opponents, the Pharisees, but also makes extreme...

people have begun to take their mission seriously. Satan would like us to work with maximum effectiveness at a goal ten degrees off target. Satan approached Jesus with three helpful suggestions. All three began with the very dangerous word if. “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” “If you will worship me, it will all be yours.” “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.” “If you are the Son of God” can be read in two ways. It might be a cynical question, meant
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