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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...

beings fall. Jesus shows us another possibility. He used no supernatural weapons to escape temptation. At his moment of hunger and vulnerability, no miracles came. Jesus did only what lies in the power of every one of his followers. He attended to God’s Word. He worked to burn Scripture into his mind. He thought about Deuteronomy so much that he could quote it to counter Satan’s helpful suggestions. God’s Word was his food and drink, his source of sustenance. Jesus would not cut corners. Satan offered
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