To Know Christ JesusThis modern spiritual classic by Frank Sheed, the renowned author, publisher and lecturer, is brought back into print for the benefit of new generations of readers to develop a deeper, more profound knowledge of Jesus Christ. Sheed's concern with the Gospels is to come to know Christ as he actually lived among us, interacted with all the various people he encountered from his infancy to his passion and death--the God-man who was like us in all things except sin. Sheed has tried especially to see Our Lord in his effect upon others--seeing how they saw him, trying to see why they saw him so. There is much about Mary and Joseph in their task of bringing up a baby who was literally adorable; about John the Baptist; about Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalen; about Nicodemus; about people we meet only for a moment, like the man born blind and the owners of the drowned swine; and why the Pharisees, not only the worst of them but some of the best, would not accept Christ. Faith, doctrine, prayer, worship--all the content and consequences of Christian belief--rest on the person of Christ Jesus as recorded in the Gospels. In this classic study, Frank J. Sheed employs wide learning, theological sophistication, spiritual insight, and a lucid style to bring the reader to a personal encounter with the living Lord. To Know Christ Jesus has been justly called "one of the most satisfying studies of the Gospel ever made." Frank J. Sheed had a distinguished career as a publisher, lecturer, street-corner evangelist, and popular writer. He and his wife Maisie Ward were the founders of the publishing house Sheed & Ward. His many books include Christ in Eclipse, What Difference Does Jesus Make?, Theology and Sanity, and A Map of Life. |
Contents
THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS | |
Setting the Stage | |
Mary Conceives | |
Born in Bethlehem 5 Nazareth of Galilee | |
Joseph Mary and Jesus | |
Episode in the Temple | |
Carpenter in Nazareth 9 The Mission of John the Baptist | |
First Sending of the Twelve | |
Mainly about Bread | |
The Father and the | |
Outside Palestine | |
Transfiguration | |
Ending of the Galilean Ministry | |
At the Feast of Tabernacles | |
The Man Born Blind | |
Jesus Baptized by John | |
Duel in the Desert | |
THE PUBLIC LIFE | |
The First Disciples | |
Wedding in Cana | |
Moneychangers and Nicodemus | |
Leaving Judea for Galilee | |
The Ministry in Galilee Begins | |
Miracles and Exorcisms | |
Three Miracles | |
He Blasphemes | |
Pharisees and Sadducees | |
The Calling of the Twelve | |
The Sermon on the Mount | |
Reactions in Galilee | |
Forming the New Christians | |
The Opposition Hardens | |
Mainly in Perea 35 Return to Judea | |
Ephraim to Bethany via Jericho 37 Palms and a Fig Tree | |
Pharisees Sadducees and Herodians | |
A Chapter of Endings | |
REDEMPTION | |
The Last Supper | |
Agony and Arrest | |
Trial by Pontius Pilate | |
Priest Crucified | |
Resurrection and Ascension | |
At the Right Hand of | |
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