New Durham Chapel

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What happens when a respected Christian journalist decides to put his preconceptions aside and take a long look at the Jesus described in the Gospels? How does the Jesus of the New Testament compare to the ''new, rediscovered' Jesus -- or even the Jesus we think we know so well? Best-selling author Phillip Yancey says, 'The Jesus I got to know in writing this book is very different from the Jesus I learned about in Sunday school. In some ways he is more comforting; in some ways more terrifying.' Yancey offers a new and different perspective on the life of Christ and his work -- his teaching, his miracles, his death and resurrection -- and ultimately, who he was and why he came. Relating the gospel events to the world we live in today, The Jesus I Never Knew gives a moving and refreshing portrait of the central figure of history. With a willingness to tackle difficult questions, Yancey looks at the radical words of this itinerant Jewish carpenter and asks whether we are taking him seriously enough in our own day and age. From the manger in Bethlehem to the cross in Jerusalem, Yancey presents a complex character who generates questions as well as answers; a disturbing and exhilarating Jesus who wants to radically transform your life and stretch your faith. The Jesus I Never Knew uncovers a Jesus who is brilliant, creative, challenging, fearless, compassionate, unpredictable, and ultimately satisfying. This honest book will help you discover a different Jesus from the flannelgraph Sunday school figure, the sweetly smiling Victorian Savior, and all the cultural cliches that have tamed Jesus and kept him in comfortable religious boxes. According to Yancey, 'No one who meets Jesus ever stays the same. In the end I found the process of writing this book to be a great act of faith-strengthening. Jesus has rocked my own preconceptions and has made me ask hard questions about why those of us who bear his name don't do a better job of following him.'

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Heth and Wenham's work is very important because it debunks the view of of marriage, divorce and remarriage that is held widely by today's Evangelical Church. The authors compellingly demonstrate how the modern evangelical consensus has it origins in the humanist Erasmus, which view was championed by the reformers as a means of overthrowing the marriage-as-sacrament position of the Roman Catholic Church. Heth and Wenham show that in following the humanist approach, the reformers depart from a biblically and historically sound understanding of divorce and remarriage. The analysis of the Fathers through the first five centuries is very decisive and difficult to refute. An excellent treatment of the porneia "exception clauses" in Matthew's Gospel is also very helpful. A must read for anyone who is wrestling with the question of divorce and remarriage.

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Easy-to-read text and scriptures discuss the importance of talking to others about Jesus through evangelistic work and missions.

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Book deals with the trials and tribulations of Jesus leading up to his crucifixion. Author lays out plainly the events.

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Retells the stories of the miracles performed by Jesus Christ, including the feeding of the five thousand and the marriage in Cana.