Quickly now, without thinking about what’s the “right” answer, tell me this: How do you react to Jesus? Suppose you hear a bit of his teaching or some of his life story. What’s your knee-jerk response?

 

For me, it depends on the context. But I do recognize some basic tendencies I have. And they’re remarkably like the reactions that people in the Bible had to Jesus.

 

A good example is the time Jesus healed a man who was born blind. The healing itself was simple. Jesus put mud on the man’s eyes, told him to wash it off, and he could see. But ..."