Why I Follow Jesus - Softcover

Plass, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0551031123 ISBN 13: 9780551031128

Publisher: Zondervan, 2000

Synopsis

From the perennially popular Adrian Plass, this book sets down his personal thoughts on Christianity

Adrian Plass’s popularity is often put down to his refreshingly honest insight into what it means to be a Christian in today’s world. This is what makes him such a sought-after speaker around the world.

Why I follow Jesus will be an attempt by Adrian to explain why it is that a man who lived 2000 years ago and who lived for such a short time, still has meaning for someone like himself today. Why it is that he feels compelled to spend his life following the example of Jesus and trying to tell others what it means to be a follower of God.

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Review

Plass is a man of not inconsiderable stature. As one of the church's best-loved raconteurs, the gentle giant who used to smoke 60 a day and still gets depressed (despite, and sometimes because of, his faith) has a way of pulling down the pillars of Christian subculture like a modern-day Samson.

Nowadays, it's no good trying to force an A-Z of Christianity down an agnostic's throat like a spoonful of medicine; for starters most of us, Christian or no, don't consider the church best placed to be writing the prescriptions anymore. But what about Jesus? Surely we can't blame him for everything done in his name?

Plass thinks not, hence the title of--and the reason behind--this book, more of an after-dinner chat than theological treatise. "I follow Jesus because he's less narrow and boring about salvation than an awful lot of his followers," he suggests. In this collection of laugh-out-loud witticisms, stories and anecdotes, he explains movingly why he remains proud to call himself a follower.

For believers, he offers encouragement and challenge; for sceptics, an oft-compelling personal account of struggle and joy. "I follow Jesus because he offers hope for the future," he explains--reason enough, surely, for anyone to give faith a chance. Most important, Plass is disarmingly honest. In closing, he admits: "I follow Jesus for reasons that are almost impossible to explain". In a Christian world of ready-made answers, that alone is enough to shake the foundations. --Brian Draper

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What they say about Adrian Plass:

‘Another fabulous opportunity to enjoy the unique, wonderful and funny world that is Adrian Plass.’
Baptist Times

‘Plass is an expert at cutting pomposity down to size... He can have you laughing and wincing in the space of one sentence.’
Woman Alive

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0551031123
• ISBN 13: 9780551031128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142