Flesh-and-blood Jesus
Subtitle: learning to be fully human from the Son of Man
By: Dan Russ.
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801068300
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Example; Jesus Christ -- Humanity; Christian life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: On blind spots and spotting blindness; title: Manger wetter : coming to terms with our neediness; title: Longing to belong : finding our place in the world; title: Mother's guilt : living in the tension between a parent's will and God's will; title: The problem of authority : deciding how to respond; title: The failures of Jesus : why falling short is okay sometimes; title: In need of friends : the importance of companions for life's journey; title: The dysfunctions of Jesus's family : learning when to embrace and when to resist our own families; title: Jesus and sex : daring to see Jesus as a sexual being; title: Good and angry : passion with purpose in a world of violence; title: When Jesus questioned the Father : how doubt and fear drive us to God; title: Extreme Jesus : eschewing stereotypical spirituality; title: How should Christians die? : a lesson in the end of life; title: Scarred for life : the stories our wounds tell; title: Feasting with Jesus : learning to eat between meals.