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We applaud men for doing good things.We enshrine God for doing great things.But what about a man who does God things?One thing is certain. We can't ignore him. If these moments are factual, if the claim of Christ is actual, then he was, at once, man and God.The single most significant person who ever lived. Forget MVP. He is the entire league. The head of the parade? Hardly. No one else shares the street. Who comes close? Humanity's best and brightest fade like dime-store rubies next to him.Dismiss him? We can't. Resist him? Equally difficult. Why would we want to?Don't we need a God-man Savior? A just-God Jesus could make us, but not understand us. A just-man Jesus could love us, but never save us. But a God-man Jesus?Near enough to touch. Strong enough to trust. A next door Savior.

We applaud men for doing good things.We enshrine God for doing great things.But what about a man who does God things?One thing is certain. We can't ignore him. If these moments are factual, if the claim of Christ is actual, then he was, at once, man and God.The single most significant person who ever lived. Forget MVP. He is the entire league. The head of the parade? Hardly. No one else shares the street. Who comes close? Humanity's best and brightest fade like dime-store rubies next to him.Dismiss him? We can't. Resist him? Equally difficult. Why would we want to?Don't we need a God-man Savior? A just-God Jesus could make us, but not understand us. A just-man Jesus could love us, but never save us. But a God-man Jesus?Near enough to touch. Strong enough to trust. A next door Savior.

We applaud men for doing good things.We enshrine God for doing great things.But what about a man who does God things?One thing is certain. We can't ignore him. If these moments are factual, if the claim of Christ is actual, then he was, at once, man and God.The single most significant person who ever lived. Forget MVP. He is the entire league. The head of the parade? Hardly. No one else shares the street. Who comes close? Humanity's best and brightest fade like dime-store rubies next to him.Dismiss him? We can't. Resist him? Equally difficult. Why would we want to?Don't we need a God-man Savior? A just-God Jesus could make us, but not understand us. A just-man Jesus could love us, but never save us. But a God-man Jesus?Near enough to touch. Strong enough to trust. A next door Savior.

We applaud men for doing good things.We enshrine God for doing great things.But what about a man who does God things?One thing is certain. We can't ignore him. If these moments are factual, if the claim of Christ is actual, then he was, at once, man and God.The single most significant person who ever lived. Forget MVP. He is the entire league. The head of the parade? Hardly. No one else shares the street. Who comes close? Humanity's best and brightest fade like dime-store rubies next to him.Dismiss him? We can't. Resist him? Equally difficult. Why would we want to?Don't we need a God-man Savior? A just-God Jesus could make us, but not understand us. A just-man Jesus could love us, but never save us. But a God-man Jesus?Near enough to touch. Strong enough to trust. A next door Savior.

Adapted from master storyteller and award-winning children's author Max Lucado's popular adult book Next Door Savior, this book deals with the entire life of Christ, from His birth to His death and resurrection, showing His nature as both God and man. Through Scripture and anecdote, teens meet a Jesus who is intimately acquainted with all kinds of people. This is a Jesus who got his hands dirty, his feet wet, and his heart involved. His very presence transformed lives. Throughout the book are slice-of-life stories that illustrate the focus of each chapter in terms that youth can relate to.

We applaud men for doing good things.We enshrine God for doing great things.But what about a man who does God things?One thing is certain. We can't ignore him. If these moments are factual, if the claim of Christ is actual, then he was, at once, man and God.The single most significant person who ever lived. Forget MVP. He is the entire league. The head of the parade? Hardly. No one else shares the street. Who comes close? Humanity's best and brightest fade like dime-store rubies next to him.Dismiss him? We can't. Resist him? Equally difficult. Why would we want to?Don't we need a God-man Savior? A just-God Jesus could make us, but not understand us. A just-man Jesus could love us, but never save us. But a God-man Jesus?Near enough to touch. Strong enough to trust. A next door Savior.

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorJesus. Holy or human? According to the Bible he was - and is - both. Fully God and fully man. Our next door Savior. The Christ of your galaxies is the Christ of your Mondays. The universe's Commander in Chief knows your name. With sleepless attention and endless devotion, he listens. There is no person he won't touch. No place he won't go to find you. For even though he is in heaven, he never left the neighborhood.

Adapted from master storyteller and award-winning children's author Max Lucado's popular adult book Next Door Savior, this book deals with the entire life of Christ, from His birth to His death and resurrection, showing His nature as both God and man. Through Scripture and anecdote, teens meet a Jesus who is intimately acquainted with all kinds of people. This is a Jesus who got his hands dirty, his feet wet, and his heart involved. His very presence transformed lives. Throughout the book are slice-of-life stories that illustrate the focus of each chapter in terms that youth can relate to.