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  1. mojo
    Texas
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    August 4, 2010
    mojo
    Texas
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: male
    What I got from reading this book was just the simple fact that the Jesus who is preached so often today is so shallow, so small, and so uncaptivating that countless believers are enthralled with countless other things. (page 20)What I liked so much about this book wasnt so much the problems with the church (which seem to be all the rave in publishing right now) but the challenging of popularly held ideas by modern Christians.For instance: the mantra what would Jesus do. The authors here would argue that the question is in of itself flawed. A disciple of Jesus should understand that our lives are a result of being attached to the vine of Christ. So a better question is, What is Christ doing through me. (page 68)So the Christian life should not about trying to imitate Christ but about having Christ indwell within the believer and allowing Christ to work through them. The gospel is not the imitation of Christ; it is the implantation and impartation of Christ. (page 72)Much of the Christian walk becomes head knowledge. We try to learn and absorb the bible and facts about the bible. Because so much of the bible is taught like school from teachers we treat our salvation story like school and American learning. But Jesus taught in a mentor-style way, not a classroom style way. He didnt conduct lectures and test his disciples knowledge no, Jesus lived and modeled a way of living and asked his disciples to follow him.I loved this book and felt it was a great companion to Andrew Farleys Naked Gospel. I dont think there is anything more important for the Christian to grasp than their identity in Christ and the nature of His message.Or as pastor Mark Driscoll is so fond of saying, Its about Jesus.
  2. A.H.L.
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    July 12, 2010
    A.H.L.
    The two authors have penned a masterpiece. The book unveils a glorious Christ! While reading my heart was burning with a deeper desire to know the Lord. Chapter after chapter Christ is revealed from different angles. I was especially drawn to the chapter the House of Figs. May the Lord not be a guest but the master of His own domain. Is He not looking for a Bethany where He can rest His head, where He is Lord and Christ? After reading the book I felt like one of the disciples on the Emmaus road when the Lord was revealed in the breaking of bread. My heart burned with a greater appreciation of Him. So if you venture in reading Jesus Manifesto come with an open heart with no presumption or bias or ulterior motive. Approach the book in seeing Him and you will not be disappointed.
  3. Faithful Reader
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    July 8, 2010
    Faithful Reader
    In keeping with their premise, the authors reveal who Christ is on every page, either through their own writing or through a magnificent selection of quotations about Christ from authors, theologians, philosophers, preachers, hymn writers, church leaders, poets, and of course, the Bible. Their own writing is so filled with apt metaphors, striking imagery, and such a rare measure of eloquence that to read the book and not see Christ with greater clarity seems utterly impossible. There's little question that JESUS MANIFESTO is on its way to becoming a classic work on Jesus Christ --- and on the sheer foolishness of trying to live as a Christian rather than allowing Him to live through you. By restoring the headship of Christ as a living experience in the life of those who claim to follow Christ, the authors write, Christians can become the "living epistles" (or "Jesus Manifestos") through which the grace, truth and love of Christ will be manifested to the world. For those who have trouble with that concept --- those who cannot imagine that they could ever reflect even the slightest glimmer of who Jesus is --- Sweet and Viola offer an elegant and powerful argument to the contrary in a chapter titled "If God Wrote Your Biography." Read it and savor the reality of Christ in you, the hope of glory.Breathtaking, awe-inspiring, worshipful, life-changing, delightful --- all are characteristics of the book itself and of the love for Jesus that the authors have and want their readers to have. If you suffer from what Sweet and Viola call JDD (Jesus Deficit Disorder), if you long for that "first love" for Jesus that you've lost over the years, if you realize it's time to shove everything else aside --- even those virtuous "churchy" things --- for the sake of knowing Christ, then JESUS MANIFESTO is the book for you. And very likely, the book for a good many people you know.
  4. Baptist Reformation Review
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    May 26, 2010
    Baptist Reformation Review
    "Jesus Manifesto" is a milestone in Christian literature - a spiritual masterpiece. It is both timeless and timely. The book contains a breathtaking unveiling of the beauty, glory, and wonder of Christ that speaks to both the head and the heart (something that few books combine today). The style of writing blends poetry with prose and is brilliantly sprinkled with metaphor. The content is illuminating, compelling, and even prophetic. Epic, true to Scripture, faithful to the testimony of the historic church, filled with seminal insights and written with exceptional prose, this little volume is a clarion call to return to the supremacy of Jesus Christ. For all of these reasons, "Jesus Manifesto" has come along "for such a time as this."
  5. DT
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    JESUS, JESUS, JESUS
    July 4, 2017
    DT
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    It's all about Jesus! This book does a phenomenal job calling to light what so many in the Western Hemishpere are missing when it comes to the Gospel. It's time to restore Jesus to His rightful place on the throne in the hearts of men.
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