MORE THAN A CARPENTER book report
MORE THAN A CARPENTER by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
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More Than A Carpenter
A BOOK REPORT
LAURIE MCCARTHY
Mr. Phillip Soen
March 9, 2015
MORE THAN A CARPENTER by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
Jesus claimed to be God, and to him it was of fundamental importance that men and women believed him to be who he was. Either we believe him or we don’t.
Chapter 3, page 27
Jesus was God and the basis of his life, his work and his passion was to lead people to the inevitable conclusion that He was Lord of their life and they needed to follow Him to the Father.
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The whole question of whether Jesus was who he said he was or not in the minds of the people rests on one of the three conclusions thinking people could come to: Lord, Liar or Lunatic. Is there any other choice? Could Jesus be legend? Like a character out of science fiction or literature, Jesus could be a figment of someone’s imagination; rather than real life flesh and blood person. People in Jesus’ time most certainly had different understandings of who Jesus was, for example that He became the Son of
God when God adopted Him at His baptism (Mark’s view perhaps?) or that He became the Son of God when He was born of a virgin (which is when He came into existence, according to Luke). Jesus as liar is harder to establish because if when Jesus made his claims he knew that he was not God, then he was lying and deliberately deceiving his followers. But, if he was a liar, then he was also a hypocrite because he taught others to be honest at whatever cost. 1
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Reading the book has given me a new insight into his life and the way that he has affected the lives of the author, his son and the people who were utilized in the writing of this book. It is particularly interesting to me to consider this question of whether Jesus was lord, liar or lunatic, because I had really never considered this question. I believe it is a suitable academic
BIB 215
More Than A Carpenter
A BOOK REPORT
LAURIE MCCARTHY
Mr. Phillip Soen
March 9, 2015
MORE THAN A CARPENTER by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
Jesus claimed to be God, and to him it was of fundamental importance that men and women believed him to be who he was. Either we believe him or we don’t.
Chapter 3, page 27
Jesus was God and the basis of his life, his work and his passion was to lead people to the inevitable conclusion that He was Lord of their life and they needed to follow Him to the Father.
_________________________________
The whole question of whether Jesus was who he said he was or not in the minds of the people rests on one of the three conclusions thinking people could come to: Lord, Liar or Lunatic. Is there any other choice? Could Jesus be legend? Like a character out of science fiction or literature, Jesus could be a figment of someone’s imagination; rather than real life flesh and blood person. People in Jesus’ time most certainly had different understandings of who Jesus was, for example that He became the Son of
God when God adopted Him at His baptism (Mark’s view perhaps?) or that He became the Son of God when He was born of a virgin (which is when He came into existence, according to Luke). Jesus as liar is harder to establish because if when Jesus made his claims he knew that he was not God, then he was lying and deliberately deceiving his followers. But, if he was a liar, then he was also a hypocrite because he taught others to be honest at whatever cost. 1
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Reading the book has given me a new insight into his life and the way that he has affected the lives of the author, his son and the people who were utilized in the writing of this book. It is particularly interesting to me to consider this question of whether Jesus was lord, liar or lunatic, because I had really never considered this question. I believe it is a suitable academic