...so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians chapter 3 verses 17-19

"When we explore the great religious tradtions of the world, we come across many great figures who impressed their contemporaries with the other-centeredness of their way of life. THey lived lives of exemplary courage, compassion and sacrifice. But such people made no grand claims for themselves other than to be pointers to the truth. We also come across many people who make great self-centered claims, but these claims do not impress us for very long. Julius Caesar, Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin and Pol Pot have disappeared into the mists of history, but their brutality and self-aggrandizement seem to fit quite naturally with the megolomaniacal claims they made about thmselves. But here Jesus stands out as different. You can search the religious traditions of humankind--indeed I would go further and invite you to search all the great literature of humankind--and you will not come across one like Jesus, who makes seemingly the most arrogant claims concerning himself and lives in the most humble and selfless manner conceivable. Jesus of Nazareth simply blows our imagination." --The Scandal of Jesus by Vinoth Ramachandra (I have 4 copies that i bought from last semester. I dunno why it took me so long to start, but I just read it (It's a little 3.5" x 5"(I measured) 31 page (I counted) booklet) and it's got some real compelling stuff in so short a little thing :) This doesn't center on the doctrine of Christianity, but instead focuses more on Jesus the person and the scandal of this life and its events. If you've ever wondered or are just curious about what makes this Jesus person so different from other poeple and other faiths, this is a cool short and sweet logic-filled booklet. :) Just let me know!) aimfang@uclink.berkeley.edu p.s. free delivery or even shipping, wow what a a great deal!