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Why We Don’t Start With Jesus: What do you think it takes to get to heaven—and what does that road actually look like? - Couverture souple

Wittenborn, Mark A.

 
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Synopsis

Why We Don't Start With Jesus
A Journey of Formation from Knowledge to Living

What if many people don't reject Jesus because they've examined Him... but because they've never understood why they need Him?

Most conversations about faith begin with the answer.

"Believe in Jesus."

The answer is true.

But what happens when an answer arrives before a person understands the question it is answering?

Throughout Scripture, God often prepares the heart before revealing the fullness of His answer. Jesus asked questions before giving answers. Nathan first told David a story before confronting his sin. Paul reasoned differently in Jewish synagogues than he did on Mars Hill. The gospel never changed, but the path leading people to recognize their need for it often did.

Today, many people know the name of Jesus while possessing little understanding of the biblical framework that gives His life, death, and resurrection their meaning. We frequently begin conversations where we hope people will finish. We offer the cure before the illness is understood. We speak of salvation before the need for a Savior has become personal.

This book proposes neither a different gospel nor a different Savior.

It proposes a different starting point for understanding.

Rather than beginning with conclusions, Why We Don't Start With Jesus invites readers to walk the same journey that Scripture so often reveals—a journey from inherited assumptions to examined convictions, from information to formation, from recognition to response, and ultimately to Christ Himself.

Inside you'll explore:

• Why answers given too early often become information instead of transformation.

• Why agreement is not the same as truth.

• How assumptions quietly shape what we believe.

• Why responsibility changes everything.

• Why Christ is not introduced at the end of the journey but recognized for who He has always been.

• How genuine faith produces a lifetime of formation rather than a single moment of decision.

This book is written for believers who desire to communicate the gospel more faithfully, for seekers asking honest questions, and for anyone who has ever wondered why biblical truth often seems difficult for modern people to receive.

It is not about making Christianity easier.

It is about making the journey toward Christ more understandable.

Jesus is, and always will be, the only way to the Father.

The destination never changes.

Wisdom simply considers where the journey needs to begin.

Part of The Formation Series

The Formation Series explores different subjects through a common purpose: becoming more like Christ through truth faithfully lived. Each volume is a different door leading into the same house, helping readers move beyond information toward genuine biblical formation.

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