{"product_id":"outdoing-jesus-9780802874405","title":"Outdoing Jesus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it sacrilegious to claim that ordinary people can do greater works than Jesus?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e?\u003ci\u003eVery truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these\u003c\/i\u003e? (John 14:12).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking these words of Jesus seriously,\u003ci\u003eOutdoing Jesus\u003c\/i\u003eshows how the seven actions of Jesus that the Gospel of John singles out as special ?signs? challenge us to live into a greater future. When Jesus asserts that his followers ?will do even greater things than these,? he is calling for us to extend his miracles for the benefit of all of humanity. Only a master teacher wants students to do greater than their master!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoug Pagitt uses the works and teachings of Jesus as lenses through which we see what the kingdom of God would look like if it were ?at hand.? We see how developments in humanities, medicine, science, technology, philanthropy, structural design, and social justice are bringing about the agenda of God for the world; and how we can participate.\u003ci\u003eOutdoing Jesus\u003c\/i\u003eis not only insightful biblical theology but a robust call to dare great things in pursuit of human flourishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083645165911,"sku":"9780802874405","price":11.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/outdoing-jesus-9780802874405","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}