To Know Christ Jesus by F. J. Sheed
A Great And Wonderful Book!
This modern spiritual classic by Frank Sheed, the renowned author,
publisher and lecturer, is brought back into print for the benefit of new
generations of readers to develop a deeper, more profound knowledge of
Jesus Christ. Sheeds concern with the Gospels is to come to know Christ
as he actually lived among us, interacted with all the various people he
encountered from his infancy to his passion and death--the God-man who
was like us in all things except sin. Sheed has tried especially to see Our
Lord in his effect upon others--seeing how they saw him, trying to see why
they saw him so. There is much about Mary and Joseph in their task of
bringing up a baby who was literally adorable; about John the Baptist;
about Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalen; about Nicodemus; about
people we meet only for a moment, like the man born blind and the owners
of the drowned swine; and why the Pharisees, not only the worst of them
but some of the best, would not accept Christ.
Personal Review: To Know Christ Jesus by F. J. Sheed
The primary duty - and hopefully, the primary desire - of every Christian is
"to know Christ Jesus." The Gospels are the principal, and only divinely

inspired, means in which one can encounter Christ in written form. Yet, for
all their beauty and simplicity, the Gospels can be distant from our own
time and culture, both in the style in which they were written, and the
setting in which they are based. Famed Catholic apologist Frank Sheed's
classic "To Know Christ Jesus" bridges this gap masterfully, allowing the
reader to transport himself back to the time of Christ and understand more
fully the life of the Lord.
Sheed does something that has fallen out of favor in modern times: bring
the four Gospels together into one carefully woven narrative. It is true that
when doing a scholarly study of the Gospels, one must address the
differences found in the four Gospels. Issues such as the Mark-Q
hypothesis or the differences between the synoptic Gospels and John's
Gospel are ignored in this book, as they should be: Sheed's purpose is not
scholarly, but primarily devotional. He desires for his reader to encounter
Christ directly and come to know him better. Sheed writes in modern novel
form the life of Christ based on the best sources available and he does this
with great success, as the end result is readable, informative, and faithful
to the Gospel accounts.
Buy "To Know Christ Jesus" for any friend or family member who would
like to get to know Christ better - be assured that if they read this book,
that will happen!
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