{"product_id":"its-all-about-jesus-9780595414222","title":"It's All about Jesus","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert T. Osborn\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOsborn asks, Why be a Christian? After considering some of the typical answers tradition has\u003cbr\u003eoffered, he contends that only one works: because Christianity is about truth, the truth that bears\u003cbr\u003ethe name, Jesus. It's all about Jesus-a most faithful Jewish son of God, who was called by his\u003cbr\u003eFather, the Lord God of Israel, to be the witness to the coming kingdom of God. This ministry\u003cbr\u003ebrought him into conflict with authorities and with the power of the death they wielded, thus\u003cbr\u003eraising serious questions about Jesus and his authority. His crucifixion appeared to answer the\u003cbr\u003equestion in the negative. However, there was a divine irony in the cross as revealed by the\u003cbr\u003eresurrection-namely, that the life and especially the death of Jesus was really the story of God's\u003cbr\u003evictory over death and the evil it empowers, and thus the decisive event of Jesus's messiahship.\u003cbr\u003eYet, while death is defeated and has no future it nevertheless persists, and the church, which God\u003cbr\u003ebrings into being as a result of Jesus's ministry is called to continue in the power of Jesus to fight\u003cbr\u003eagainst death, especially its manifestation in social\/political evil, as well as in personal sin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45149265395863,"sku":"9780595414222","price":1032.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780595414222.webp?v=1767295163","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/its-all-about-jesus-9780595414222","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}