The Passionate Jesus: What We Can Learn from Jesus about Love, Fear, Grief, Joy and Living Authentically
Sometimes what we already "know" about Jesus gets in the way of our really knowing him.
Many depictions of Jesus show him as a character who coolly and calmly floats above the grit and grime of human existence. He doesn't hurt, he doesn't fear, he doesn’t laugh and, most tragically, he doesn’t love very passionately. He seems not to feel at all. But a closer look at the Bible reveals something surprisingly different.
In this eye-opening spiritual study, Peter Wallace examines Jesus’s actions as well as his teachings to uncover a passionate figure who was involved, present, connected, honest and direct with others. Through Wallace’s deeply personal insights and compelling examples, you will be encouraged to model this passionate Jesus by building personal authenticity in every area of your own life, particularly in your self-acceptance and self-expression, your relationships with others and, above all, your relationship with God.
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Book details
- Author
- Peter Marsden Wallace
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Christianity
- Topics
- Jesus Christ · Christianity · spiritual study · personal authenticity · emotions of Jesus · love and grief · relationship with God · self-acceptance
- ISBN-13
- 9781594733932 (Paperback)9781683364115 (Hardcover)
About the author
THE REV. PETER MARSDEN WALLACE is an Episcopal priest, author, and media producer, and the author or editor of more than fifteen books. His recent books include The Passionate Jesus, Out of the Quiet: Responding to God’s Whispered Invitations and Living Loved: Knowing Jesus as the Lover of Your Soul.
Wallace holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism/advertising from Marshall University and a Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary, and completed courses in the Episcopal Studies program at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in June 2014.
When not writing, Wallace serves as Vicar of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in 'Aiea, Hawaii, and previously hosted and executive-produced Day1, an ecumenical radio ministry based in Atlanta, Georgia, where he also served as president of its parent organization, the Alliance for Christian Media.