Samuel Parkison – The Unvarnished Jesus

How and why is the Lord Jesus Christ beautiful? In what ways is God beauty itself?

Brent talks with Samuel Parkison about his new Christian Focus book called ‘The Unvarnished Jesus: The Beauty of Christ and his Ugly Rivals’.

Samuel is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates.  He’s the author of several books. 

• (0:47) The beauty of Christ;
• (6:00) God as beauty;
• (9:00) What we learn from the Incarnation;
• (11:00) Jesus and atonement;
• (16:00) Substitutionary atonement;
• (18:00) How the Resurrection demonstrates the beauty of Christ;
• (22:00) How the beauty of Christ transforms the world;
• (25:35) The ugly rivals.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.christianfocus.com/products/3207/the-unvarnished-jesus/info-sheet

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