God in the Flesh: What Speechless Lawyers, Kneeling Soldiers and Shocked Crowds Teach Us About Jesus
IVP: How did you find yourself interested in studying the "boring" verses or stage directions of the Gospels in relation to Christ's life? What led you to write God in the Flesh?Don Everts: I began to study the Gospels slowly and in detail because I was in a very exhausting season of life. And in the midst of that there was nothing that refreshed me like staring at Jesus. I started writing the book because of how refreshing it was to have my own blurry view of Jesus brought into focus. And I finished the book because of how sad and infuriating it was to see how much our enemy relishes blurring everyone's image of Jesus these days. IVP: How does your book on Jesus stand out from other books that study him?Everts: In content I limit myself wholeheartedly to only what is found in the New Testament, and this sets this book apart from many emergent/postmodern theologies. But in form, I use a language, style and pace that come out of a postmodern posture, setting this book apart from many wonderfully orthodox books about Jesus that are simply unintelligible to postmodern ears. IVP: What encouraged you the most from the lessons you learned looking at the crowds' reactions to Jesus?Everts: I'm still reeling from seeing how many people fell at Jesus' feet. But there's something about dwelling in those descriptions of kneeling that the Gospel writers left for us that has fundamentally altered my understanding of Jesus' authority. That has been a grace to me.