Jesus: An Interview Across Time

A psychiatrist looks at his humanity

The perfect companion book to Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ.

As Mike McManus, syndicated religion and ethics columnist, noted, "When we ask who was this man Jesus, no one has answered the question better than Dr. Hodges in Jesus: An Interview Across Time. In this fascinating and enlightening work, Andrew Hodges conducts an imaginary interview with the most influential person in history, Jesus Christ."

A psychiatrist and a Christian, Hodges draws on his professional background and a profound knowledge of Scripture to interview Jesus on a fascinating variety of the most provocative and challenging topics from his life and teachings - questions we would all like to ask including those about his human development.

• Was your childhood difficult?
• When did you realize that you were the Messiah?
• If you were fully God and omniscient, how could you have been a man?
• What kind of parents were Mary and Joseph?
• Did you really live off the Scriptures as you claimed?
• Were you really tempted by Satan?
• Did you dread the crucifixion your entire life?
• What were your disciples like?
• Why did you perform your first miracle at a wedding?
• Did your miracles have an effect on you?

Jesus' candid answers to these and many other questions give readers an unparalleled look into the formative events and personality of Jesus, the man. Hodges explores the key happenings and people in Jesus' life particularly in light of the messianic prophecies: his development, his courageous parents, his community, his experience as a searching 12 year old in the Temple astounding the scholars, his messianic awareness, the long wait in obscurity, his teacher the Holy Spirit, his Baptism, the Temptation by Satan, John the Baptist, the disciples, his miracles, the Transfiguration, the Pharisees, Palm Sunday, the memorable Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, his trials and crucifixion, and finally the resurrection.

Hodges takes you through the crucifixion in a powerful step-by-step way and explores the mind of Christ during the event in ways many feel is unsurpassed. This interview with Jesus is clearly the perfect companion to Gibson's The Passion

Not only does the author take you inside the mind of Christ which the movie seemingly begs for, but offers the missing context for Jesus' life critics claim Gibson omits. The author reveals a truly human Christ who experienced and overcome every form of human suffering.

Additionally, the fascinating and diverse personality of Christ comes alive—brilliant, bold, shrewd, confident, street wise, gentle, shocking, determined, unpredictable, obedient, and above all loving. New insights into his intense father-son relationship with God demonstrate how his heavenly father constantly prepared him for his mission at key steps along the way—particularly by leaving him messages in the most holy book in the world (The Old Testament Scriptures). And we see how Jesus incorporated his father's personality.

Rooting his speculation in the Old and New Testaments, the author attempts to make Jesus personal while authenticating his marvelous atonement. From this "first-hand" account of Jesus Christ's remarkable life emerges a truly human portrait of Jesus - both as man and God. Moving and unforgettable, Jesus: An Interview Across Time adds an exciting powerful new dimension to the greatest story ever told. In many ways, it's like meeting Jesus the man for the first time.