without the political biases and religious
interpretations that have muddled them for
centuries?
What if Jesus wasn’t a crazed rabble-rouser,
or merely a good teacher? What if He was
something more than anything any human being
could conjure up, more than one in a long line of
wise men?
Here is what one writer had to say about the
true Jesus: “Jesus was a perfect pattern of what
we should be. He was the strictest observer of His
Father’s law, yet He moved in perfect freedom.
He had all the fervor of the enthusiast, yet He was
calm sober, and self-possessed. He was elevated
above th e common affairs of the world, yet He did
not exclude Himself from society. He dined with
publicans and sinners, played with little children,
and took them in His arms and blessed them. He
graced the wedding feast with His presence. He
shed tears at the grave of Lazarus.
“His zeal never degenerated into passion
nor His consistency into selfish obstinacy. His
benevolence never savored of weakness nor His
sympathy of sentimentalism. He combined the
innocence and strength of the child with manly
strength, all-absorbing devotion to God with