The Book of Jesus: A Treasury of the Greatest Stories and Writings about Christ

by Calvin Miller (Editor)

Written in the style of the bestselling The Book of Virtues, this essential volume for the modern Christian offers an all-embracing collection of the best stories, poems, essays, and songs about the life of Jesus Christ.

who he was. Jesus as they saw him / William Barclay --
He could have been highbrow and uppity / Max Lucado --
No God but these / John Bannister Tabb --
He was everybody, only a little taller / Herbert C. Gabhart --
John the Baptist's testimony about Jesus / Clarence Jordan --
Enoch's witness from the Apocrypha / William Barclay --
About this time lived Jesus / Flavius Josephus --
The mystery of Christ / Elton Trueblood --
There is a man / Jean-Baptiste-Henri Lacordaire --
This your greatest gift / John Baillie --
Our beloved physician / Charles H. Spurgeon --
I believe / Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky --
The good shepherd / Billy Graham --
The great name / Pere Didon --
A symposium on Jesus' identity / John Blanchard --
Christ is good / A.E. Garvie --
A gathering of angels / Calvin Miller --
That night / Author Unknown --
His greatness / Blaise Pascal --
Christ in Galilee / Andrew Martin Fairbairn --
The bogus description of Christ / Edgar Johnson Goodspeed --
The death of Christ / John R.W. Stott --
I know men / Napoleon Bonaparte --
All things to all men / Giles Fletcher --
Jesus who fascinates and the Christ who saves / C.S. Lewis --
Jesus came preaching / George A. Buttrick --
What are we to make of Christ? / C.S. Lewis --
God is a poet / Frederick Buechner --
He was himself / George A. Buttrick --
The trinity / Billy Graham --
Ragman / Walter Wangerin --
The son of man came eating and drinking / I.F. --
Loving the disguised Christ / Mother Teresa of Calcutta --
Trapped between person and idea / Earl Palmer --
Is Jesus Real? / Lois A. Cheney --
The Prince of peace / William Jennings Bryan --
The grand inquisitor / Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky --
Nature of man / Karl Rahner --
Yeshua / Sholem Asch --
Child Jesus / John Oxenham --
What was Jesus? / Dr. R.J. Campbell. his birth. Some questions for Joseph / Max Lucado --
The wonderful teacher / Elijah P. Brown --
The shepherd's field / Jean-Baptiste-Henri Lacordaire --
Twenty-five questions for Mary / Max Lucado --
The Christ of Bethlehem is the messiah / Alfred Edersheim --
Christmas day sermon / Martin Luther --
I have a room / Sir Matthew Hale --
God came near / Max Lucado --
Jesus' birth / Clarence Jordan --
The Christ of Christmas / Pam Whitley --
The birth / Gene Edwards --
The virgin birth is nothing compared to incarnation / Madeleine L'Engle --
An advent monologue / Walter Wangerin --
Christmas / Saint Augustine of Hippo --
The singer / Calvin Miller --
The flight into Egypt / Thomas Merton --
Bethlehem / Alfred Edersheim --
The lamb / William Blake --
Herod's suspicions / Richard Crashaw --
December 25 ... or thereabout / Alfred Edersheim --
a tale of the Christ / Lew Wallace --
Joseph's song (Joseph, a witness) / Michael Card --
Genealogy of Jesus / Saint Matthew --
Born to be king / Henry Gariepy --
Jouney of the Maji / T.S. Eliot --
In the bleak mid-winter / Christina Rossetti --
How Herod ended up / Alfred Edersheim --
The holy birth / Jim Bishop --
They hymn / John Milton --
Away in a manger / James R. Murray --
A Christmas prayer for the home / Henry Van Dyke --
The bird of dawning / William Shakespeare --
The Coventry carol / Author Unknown --
Meditation / Ken Gire --
What of those silent years between Bethlehem and the beginning of his public ministry? / Alfred Edershem --
The birth of Jesus / Henry Van Dyke --
Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella / Author Unknown --
Hark! The herald angels sing / Charles Wesley --
Virgil's star / Virgil --
Ave Maria gratia plena / Oscar Wilde --
A hymn on the nativity of my savior / Ben Jonson --
The meaning of miracle / Calvin Miller --
Why the Maji might have followed the star / Ethelbert Stauffer --
Ode on the morning of Christ's nativity / John Milton. his friendship with us all. Friends to the death / Max Lucado --
The grand sect / Elton Trueblood --
On meeting Christ / Saint Augustine of Hippo --
Jesus teaches Nicodemus / Clarence Jordan --
The centurion / Richard Crashaw --
I have called you friends / Robert South --
Keep our cool because / Bernard Bangley --
What it means to be a disciple / C.S. Lewis --
The children's Jesus / J.C. Carlile --
Friendship / George A. Buttrick --
Unto the hills / Billy Graham --
In the name of Jesus / Soren Kierkegaard --
Letter from Jesus / Author Unknown --
Jesus' love of children / Harry Emerson Fosdick --
If I had a voice / Lois A. Cheney --
Knowing Christ in the quiet place / Richard Baxter --
Longing to be with Christ / William Cowper --
Life together / Dietrich Bonhoeffer --
No hurry / Calvin Miller --
How the great guest came / Edwin Markham --
His mercy and love / Charlres Dickens --
Sometimes, ...

Genres: Christian, Christianity, Theology, Reference, Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Non Fiction

574 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1996

About the author

Calvin Miller has written over 40 books of popular theology and inspiration. A former pastor, he is professor of preaching and pastoral ministry at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. He and his wife, Joyce, have two grown children.

Reviews

[Michael Audas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miller's research for this book is absolutely incredible. The different perspectives and sources he cites bring his subject, Jesus, into light in ways that would take years to find on the reader's own. Definitely a keeper of a resource.

[Mark AntiSlave · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great collection of writings about Jesus by female and male authors from a broad swarth of Christianity.

[Cassandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pastor's commonplace. Quotes and poetry from a huge range of authors: Joy Davidman to Billy Graham. Some real gems, but many that were less so for me.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Book of Jesus is a 'treasury of the greatest stories and writings about Christ' compiled by Calvin Miller. There are ten divisions in The Book of Jesus: Jesus: Who He Was; Jesus: His Birth; Jesus: His Friendship With Us All; Jesus: His Becoming One Of Us; Jesus: His Miracles; Jesus: His Teachings; Jesus: His Cross; Jesus: His Resurrection; Jesus: His Continuing Reign; Jesus His Second Coming.

The selections come from a LARGE VARIETY of sources. Some names will likely be familiar to you: Max Lucado, Charles Spurgeon, Billy Graham, C.S. Lewis, John Stott, Martin Luther, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, etc. Other names will probably be as new to you as they were to me: Elton Trueblood, John Baillie, Elijah P. Brown, Clarence Jordan, Lois A. Cheney, Herbert C. Gabhart, etc.

The treasury includes scripture itself (in various translations), poems, essays, stories, devotions, prayers. Not every author is evangelical; not every author is Christian.

Quotes:

There is between Christianity and whatever other religions the distance of infinity. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

Christianity is a rescue religion. ~ John R.W. Stott

The birth of Jesus is the sunrise of the Bible. ~Henry Van Dyke

The best way to deal with sin is not to attempt reform but to adore the Savior. ~ Calvin Miller

You cannot make your own cross, but unbelief is a master carpenter at cross-making. You do not choose your own cross, but self-will would try to be your lord and master. Your cross is prepared and appointed by divine love. Accept it cheerfully. You are to carry your cross without raising trivial objections. ~ Charles Spurgeon

You can carry it because the Man of Sorrows knows its weight. Take up your cross, and by the power of the Spirit of God you will soon be in love with it. ~ Charles Spurgeon

To be a Christian is to be reborn, and free, and unafraid, and immortally young. ~ Joy Davidman

This Christ of Christmas is the Creator, mighty and strong. This Christ of Christmas is our Shepherd. He desires to lead us through paths of righteousness. This Christ of Christmas desires to set us apart to walk in holiness, because He is our God. This Christ of Christmas is our healer; body, soul, and spirit. This Christ of Christmas is more than enough to meet our needs in every situation. ~ Pam Whitley

[James Mayuga · Rating 2 out of 5]

This books is a collection of quotations about Jesus from various people past and present from all different theological/political/religious backgrounds and points of views. Because of that, it's not distinctively Christian. Or Christian of a particular theological tradition (which isn't always a bad thing). Even among the Christian quotes, only a few are great. I can imagine non-Christians or new Christians reading this book and getting mixed ideas of who Jesus was and is historically, Biblically and theologically. Admittedly, there are a few quotes that are gems among pebbles, or wheat among chaff in the book. But there are better books you can mine for nuggets of gold that reveal and shine forth the true Glory of Christ. There's too much pyrite ("fool's gold") in this book for me to recommend it.

[Jeff Noble]

BOOK OF JESUS : A Treasury of the Greatest Stories and Writings About Christ by Calvin Miller (?)

[Tammy Larson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very real tresury! <3

[Kevin Casto · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazingly wonderful book to draw you closer to Jesus! A great devotional book!!

[Amanda Almeida · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was about 50/50 on the writings chosen. But overall the book was good.