"Jesus was in terms of his influence the most important human being in history. He is also the most written about and discussed. The earliest surviving document dealing with him was circulated in the 5..."

"pondering his words. That is an excerpt from the book that I'm going to talk to you about today, which is Jesus, a biography from a believer, and it was written by Paul Johnson. So I want to immediate..."

"uh shopping centers in more than a dozen cities. But he was also a monster. He had numerous wives and concubines and sired many children. He was suspicious and cruel and he slaughtered over 40 of his ..."

"there's a couple interesting things here. One depending on the translation and this is really uh what we'll talk to a lot talk a lot about is the fact that the way to think about Jesus is think about ..."

"opinion based on his readings and studies because he says there is no means of knowing what he did. This then is what we know of Jesus's birth and childhood and what we can reasonably guess about his ..."

"so then Paul combines all the different sources and studying he did to give us an overview of Jesus. He says there's no reliable evidence of what Jesus looked like. But there are certain traits that a..."

"That is the note I left myself as I'm reading all this and then I went and actually defined it. The definition of committed, feeling dedication and loyalty to a cause, activity, or job, wholeheartedly..."

"sense that to follow his teaching was a rational thing to do. And he'll demonstrate this because there's a lot of examples like I was asking myself this question as I was reading this like why did Jes..."

"to be devoted to self transformation. He produced a series of precepts known as biatitudes which taught which he taught as a guide through life and its material problems. There's eight of them. So, I'..."

"of different pages. You can almost summarize what he's saying in two words. be kind. And an illustration of that is he was asked uh Jesus's response to this question was what is the great commandment?..."

"all mankind which they called philanthropia right and so let's go back to that a few pages later he was united to all men by love he was philanthropy the love of man incarnate, man as a whole, every s..."

""Who is my neighbor?" And so Paul Johnson writes, he told it so well and so convincingly that the good Samaritan has gone down in history and literature and in art and drama as an ideal neighbor to a ..."

"gentleness, patience, and forbearance. He was hugely intuitive. He disliked any kind of legalism or ponderous logic, preferring the flashes of instant perception and poetry, which illuminated his spee..."

"think to that degree and to the others, the study of children has much to tell. And then we get to the chapter called Jesus's new ten commandments. This is really fascinating. I'm going to give you my..."

"afterthought, without reason or logic, not expecting thanks or even repentance, not to accomplish something in the way of social or personal reform, simply for its own sake. Six, balance. Keep your he..."

"speaks about teaches us a lesson about human nature. And so in summarizing what Jesus went through during the trials, he says, "What the narratives amount to in effect and perhaps an intention is a bi..."

"If you're a Christian, then you believe that his death was followed by resurrection. the crucifixion and the resurrection being the cornerstone of the Christian faith. And that's certainly what the au..."