Review: The Original Jesus: Trading the Myths We Create for
the Savior Who Is
Daniel Darling
Baker Books
2015
This book is one the target audience will probably never
read. The cover is less than attractive
for starters. The back page clearly identifies
Darling with several conservative organizations that carry enough assumed baggage
to deter many readers. For those that
persevere the contents will not disappoint their expectations.
Those that most need to rethink who Jesus is generally respond
to a different style of writing and presentation in my opinion. The author may like lattes, but that’s about
as far he’ll get with many people. But, I
thought maybe I had misread him, so I tried his blog. The same “I need to correct your theology”
tone oozed from that as well.
I don’t write many reviews this negative, but this one I just
couldn’t avoid. What the author has to
say is important, but he doesn’t seem to know his audience or prefers preaching
to the choir in my opinion.
I would ask that you read this book and form your own opinion
just to give this author a fair shake.
I received this book from the publisher in return for a
review.
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