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An edition of The Incomparable Christ (2002)

The Incomparable Christ

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Everyone has something to say about Jesus. Sorting through the numerous books of recent years, you may find yourself lost in a thicket of viewpoints, some troubling to faith, some puzzling to the intellect. But John Stott, one of the outstanding evangelical voices of the last half century, offers in The Incomparable Christ an enriching vision of Jesus that defies measurement. In this newly Americanized, paperback edition Stott invites you to view Jesus from four perspectives: The Original Jesus: How the New Testament witnesses to Jesus in the Gospels, Acts and the Letters; The Ecclesiastical Jesus: How the church has presented Jesus historically, from Justin Martyr, Benedict and Anselm, to Thomas à Kempis, Martin Luther and Thomas Jefferson, to Gustavo Guitiérrez, N. T. Wright, and the Edinburgh and Lausanne missionary confessions of the twentieth century; The Influential Jesus: How people from St. Francis to Tolstoy, from Gandhi to Roland Allen, from Father Damien to William Wilberforce have taken inspiration from him; The Eternal Jesus: How he continually challenges today's men and women through ten visions from the book of Revelation. This is the Jesus who is like no other--worthy of your worship, your confession and your obedience as you follow him into the future. - Publisher.

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InterVarsity Press
Language
English
Pages
264

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October 2004, InterVarsity Press
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March 2002, InterVarsity Press
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First Sentence

"How thankful we should be that in God's providence we have four gospels!"

Table of Contents

Foreword / Dr. George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury
Chairman's preface
Introduction.
The centrality of Jesus
History and theology
Part I: The original Jesus (or how the New Testament witnesses to him).
The four Gospels.
The Gospel of Matthew: Christ the fulfillment of scripture
The Gospel of Mark: Christ the suffering servant
Luke's Gospel and the Acts: Christ the Savior of the world
The Gospel and Letters of John: Christ the word made flesh
The fourfold gospel
Jesus and Paul
The thirteen letters of Paul.
A polemical letter (Galatians): Christ the liberator
The early letters (1 & 2 Thessalonians): Christ the coming judge
The major letters (Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians): Christ the Savior
The prison letters (Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon and Philippians): Christ the supreme Lord
The Pastoral Letters (1 Timothy, Titus and 2 Timothy): Christ the head of the church
Three more Jewish authors.
The letter of James: Christ the moral teacher
The letter to the Hebrews: Christ our great High Priest
The letters of Peter: Christ the exemplary sufferer
Conclusion: diversity in unity
Part II: The ecclesiastical Jesus (or how the church has presented him).
Introduction: "Another Jesus"
Christ the complete fulfilment: Justin Martyr
Christ the unique God-man: the early councils
Christ the perfect monk: St. Benedict
Christ the feudal debtor: Anselm
Christ the heavenly bridegroom: Bernard of Clairvaux
Christ the ethical exemplar: Thomas à Kempis
Christ the gracious Savior: Martin Luther
Christ the human teacher: Earnst Renan and Thomas Jefferson
Christ the tragic victim: John Mackay
Christ the social liberator: Gustavo Gutierrez
Christ the Jewish Messiah: N. T. Wright
Christ the global Lord: mission in the twentieth century
Conclusion: Authenticity versus accommodation
Part III: The influential Jesus (or how he has inspired people).
Introduction: the story of Jesus
The Bethlehem stable: Francis of Assisi
The carpenter's bench: George Lansbury
The ministry of compassion: Father Damien
The Sermon on the Mount: Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
The love for children: Thomas Barnardo
The washing of feet: Samuel Logan Brengle
The cross: Toyohiko Kagawa
The resurrection: Joni Eareckson Tada
The exaltation: Henry Martyn
The gift of the Spirit: Roland Allen
The second coming: Anthony Ashley Cooper
The last judgment: William Wilberforce
Conclusion: the radical nature of Christ's influence
Part IV: The eternal Jesus (or how he challenges us today).
Introduction: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ"
Christ claiming to be the First and the Last, and the Living One (Rev. 1)
Christ supervising his churches on earth (Rev. 2--3)
Christ sharing God's throne in heaven (Rev. 4--5)
Christ controlling the course of history (Rev. 6--7)
Christ calling the world to repentance (Rev. 8--11)
Christ overcoming the Devil and his allies (Rev. 12--13)
Christ standing on Mt. Zion with his redeemed people (Rev. 14:1--15:4)
Christ coming like a thief in the night (Rev. 15:5--19:10)
Christ riding in triumph on a white horse (Rev. 19:11--20:15)
Christ coming as the bridegroom to claim his bride (Rev. 21--22)
Epilogue (Rev. 22:6-21)
Conclusion: One book in four parts

Edition Notes

A 2002 Logos Association Best Book award winner

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
250 p.
Number of pages
264
Dimensions
8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Weight
14.1 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8185459M
ISBN 10
083083222X
ISBN 13
9780830832224
OCLC/WorldCat
56845092
Library Thing
59326
Goodreads
324690

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