Flesh and Blood Jesus: Learning To Be Fully Human from the Son of Man
Dan Russ
Baker Books, July 2008, 188 pp., $14.99, www.bakerbooks.com
Dan Russ’ new book, Flesh and Blood Jesus, asks questions we are too lazy to ask. Dan provides images and scenarios of Christ’s humanity that are worth pondering. Each chapter is an invitation to model Christ’s misunderstood but righteous anger, His desire for companionship, and His attitude toward death and dying.
Although Dan Russ’ exploration of Jesus’ humanity reads more like The Hall of Presidents at Disney World than The Hulk roller coaster at Islands of Adventure, it is no less appealing.
The insights, combined with the questions at the end of each chapter, provide a great study into Christ’s humanity, as well as our own. This is a deep read that gives us a break from programming books and reminds us of a divine Jesus who shows us how to be human.
