Getting Jesus Wrong: Giving Up Spiritual Vitamins and Checklist Christianity

Jesus is not a life coach, a movement leader, a cultural visionary, or a blessing dispenser - but we often treat him like He is. We get burned out on some caricature of Jesus (a caricature that often bears an uncanny resemblance to ourselves) and become mired in anxiety, pride or despair.

In this book, Matt Johnson presents the biblical Christ in contrast to the many false saviours that are around us - reassuring us that this Jesus delivers on the hope He promises.

"What kind of 'Jesus' do you believe in? Is He the Jesus you and others around you have imagined for your own life stories? Or is he the radical Savior-King who messes up your life and saves you - really saves you, not only from His judgment but from yourself? This is a fun book to read. More than that, it's spot-on, filled with the Bible's central message."

- Michael Horton, Professor of Theology, Westminster Seminary California