Finding the real Jesus means dropping old mental idols and getting informed by the social sciences. Recently, this blog has exposed several popular American idols. These culturally congenial Jesuses are American inventions and devotional distortions—identity thefts all. The fakes include “the Intellectual Sage,” “the Great One,” “the Alien Lifeform from Planet Kitsch,” and Jesus as “the Progressive Liberator and Rebel.” Today we go about finding the real deal Jesus. Someone commented to me, “Stop telling us who Jesus isn’t, and start... Read more