Youth in Contemporary Europe - 9780415878173

"The Lord Jesus Christ is far beyond what most of us could ever dream or imagine. His greatness, His beauty, and His splendor are unknown to many Christians today. This is why a fresh look at Him---a fresh Christology---is so vital. To put it in a sentence: To faithfully represent Jesus in our time requires re-presenting Him. And that's what we are attempting to do in this book.

We believe that if people will catch hold of the vision that's contained herein, they will find the confidence needed to face an uncertain future.

The book you hold in your hands provides an alternative path that is neither left nor right, but forward. It will lead you to exploration rather than fortification. It is our conviction that we can only cut a path to such future exploration when we take Christ as our All, our `North Star' or `Southern Cross.'

Put another way, Jesus is God's perfect pitch---the divine tuning fork to the eternal. Every tuning fork needs to be struck to be heard. The striking of the eternal, unchanging tuning fork of heaven took place when a young virgin gave birth to God's only Son in an obscure village in first-century Israel. It struck again on a never-forgotten Friday with the pounding of six-inch nails. The fork struck a third time---on the third day---when a meek and lowly Nazarene split a tomb wide open and came forth in resurrection life.

Heaven's tuning fork continues to strike today. But whenever we Christians fail to hear it, we lose our way."---from the Introduction