101 Amazing Truths About Jesus That You Probably Didn't Know

Mark Littleton

• Publisher: Howard Books
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN:
  9781416554592
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Reference

No one has influenced history like Jesus Christ, yet so many know so little about this amazing man. Do you know... -- Jesus paid taxes?
-- His parents almost divorced?
-- Some of his ancestors were less than desirable characters?
-- Sometimes even his followers didn't believe him?
-- If Jesus was really born on December 25? Are you ready to... -- Expand your knowledge beyond the stories you heard in Sunday school?
-- Find truths that will compel you to love him more?
-- Understand his words and find the secret of true happiness?
-- Discover the joy in seeing others through his eyes? Let this captivating book introduce you to the most creative, thought-provoking person in history... JESUS!

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Our purpose at Howard Books is to:
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1: Jesus created ALL things
• 2: Jesus’s life was FORETOLD by prophecies
• 3: Jesus was TARGETED by Satan from the beginning
• 4: Jesus’s life was ACCURATELY recorded by eyewitnesses and inspired biographers
• 5: Jesus’s family tree INCLUDED murderers, sexual deviants, and genocidal maniacs
• 6: Jesus truly was born of a VIRGIN
• 7: Jesus’s mother, Mary, felt the need to CONFIRM her call to bear God’s Son
• 8: Other miraculous births support the TRUTH of Jesus’s miraculous birth
• 9: Jesus’s parents were almost DIVORCED
• 10: A Roman emperor played an IMPORTANT role in Jesus’s birth
• 11: Jesus may NOT have been born in a stable
• 12: Jesus’s birth probably was not announced by SINGING angels
• 13: Jesus’s birth held SPECIAL significance for the shepherds
• 14: Jesus’s birth date was not DECEMBER 25, AD 0
• 15: PERSIAN kingmakers declared Jesus king
• 16: Jesus received THREE gifts from the wise men
• 17: Insecure LEADERS wanted to kill Jesus—even as a baby
• 18: Jesus is the REASON for Xmas (and other historic symbols)
• 19: Jesus came from the WRONG side of the tracks
• 20: Jesus had REAL brothers and sisters
• 21: Jesus’s parents DIDN’T understand him
• 22: Jesus “LEARNED” obedience
• 23: Jesus knew what it was like to LOSE someone he loved
• 24: The carpenter’s son grew up to be a SHEPHERD
• 25: No one knows what Jesus LOOKED like…on the outside
• 26: Jesus chose some followers who seemed SLOW to catch on
• 27: Jesus passed God’s test DURING Satan’s temptations
• 28: Jesus aced his test by QUOTING from the Book
• 29: Jesus knows what we’re going through: he was TEMPTED as we are
• 30: Jesus was PERFECT
• 31: Jesus’s NEIGHBORS tried to throw him off a cliff
• 32: Jesus used UNUSUAL methods and criteria in choosing his disciples
• 33: Jesus was a great FISHING guide
• 34: Demons PUBLICLY revealed Jesus’s secret identity
• 35: Jesus couldn’t stop PEOPLE from talking
• 36: Jesus EMBRACED sinners
• 37: Jesus brought CHANGE to the tax collectors
• 38: Jesus violated the laws of his day, but NOT God’s laws
• 39: Jesus was God in the FLESH
• 40: Jesus was one AMAZING preacher
• 41: Even Jesus NEEDED to pray
• 42: Jesus sometimes got angry—and SHOWED it
• 43: Jesus championed WOMEN’S rights too
• 44: Jesus’s MIRACLES can’t be explained away
• 45: Jesus NEVER made a spectacle of miracles
• 46: Sometimes Jesus’s disciples DISAPPOINTED him
• 47: Jesus RESCUED a lame man at a pool
• 48: Jesus healed even when he WASN’T trying
• 49: Jesus had a soft spot in his heart for CHILDREN
• 50: Jesus was accused of being the DEVIL himself
• 51: Jesus’s FAMILY thought he was nuts
• 52: Jesus warned of an “UNFORGIVABLE” sin
• 53: Jesus doesn’t fault a guy who DOUBTS
• 54: Jesus is ASTONISHED by genuine faith
• 55: Jesus could have been a great Jewish mother: he was always FEEDING people
• 56: Jesus walked on water, but he had a hard time TEACHING Peter how to do the same
• 57: Even Jesus PAID taxes
• 58: Jesus SPAT on a blind man
• 59: Jesus’s enemies laid MANY traps
• 60: Jesus found WAYS to win in unwinnable situations
• 61: Jesus saw through phony questions and gave REAL answers
• 62: Jesus reduced all of the Law to TWO commandments
• 63: Jesus didn’t get sidetracked by CONTROVERSY—even when it was about him
• 64: Jesus put MUD in a blind man’s eyes
• 65: Jesus refuted the concept of KARMA
• 66: Jesus faced down SEVERAL murderous mobs
• 67: Jesus let a good friend DIE
• 68: Jesus ENDANGERED people’s lives
• 69: Jesus called some RELIGIOUS leaders sons of the devil
• 70: Jesus had powerful SECRET disciples
• 71: Jesus’s BLUNTNESS made people squirm
• 72: Jesus had a sense of HUMOR
• 73: Jesus knew how to have FUN
• 74: Jesus was ACCUSED of being a real party boy
• 75: Jesus ENTERED Jerusalem as Messiah and King
• 76: Jesus was the most popular man in Israel—and the most HATED
• 77: Jesus gave Judas every POSSIBLE chance
• 78: Jesus knew his FRIENDS would deny and abandon him
• 79: Jesus REDEEMS even our failures
• 80: Jesus heard VOICES from heaven
• 81: Jesus SANG
• 82: Jesus probably DANCED
• 83: Jesus was SOLD for the price of a slave
• 84: Jesus DIDN’T want to suffer and die
• 85: Jesus was jerked around at his SO-CALLED trial
• 86: Jesus was judged NOT guilty…and executed anyway
• 87: Jesus’s blood is on all OUR hands
• 88: Jesus FULFILLED precise details of prophecy as he died
• 89: Jesus’s REASON for living was to die
• 90: Jesus gave eternal life to the THIEF on the cross
• 91: As he was dying, Jesus FORGAVE those who were killing him
• 92: Jesus WILLED his mother to a disciple
• 93: On the cross, Jesus was FORSAKEN by God
• 94: Jesus used a ROMAN prison term from the cross
• 95: Jesus preached AFTER he died
• 96: Jesus turned fishermen into SHEPHERDS
• 97: Jesus DIDN’T condemn the doubter but embraced him
• 98: Jesus lives IN our hearts
• 99: Jesus PREPARED believers for his Second Coming
• 100: Jesus has made SURE we get there
• 101: Jesus will come back to the MOUNT OF OLIVES