The Divine Inquiry

Questions Jesus Asked to Change Your Life

Sanford Zensen

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781666759426
  9781666759433
• eBook ISBN:
  9781666759440
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

Jesus had a lot to say about the way we live out our daily lives. In the process, he asks a lot of questions that are insightful, penetrating, and thought-provoking, all demanding an honest appraisal of oneself and an appropriate, life-changing response. He asks the same questions today. For example, Why are you so afraid? What do you want me to do for you? What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? This book explores a sampling of the questions Jesus asked, as he walked the streets of the ancient world. Every divine inquiry was/is designed to confront, convict, challenge, conform, and/or comfort (cf John 16:7-13) His listeners. His intention has always been the same - to give us a fresh, new set of eyes with which to assess our individual lives, address areas of personal weakness, encourage spiritual and emotional maturity, and press us to apply practical life-principles that actually work in everyday living. His purpose is discipleship, Christlikeness. His objective is to move us to consider the deepest of truths regarding the person I am, the person I could be, and the person I must be.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Dedication
• The Barren Fig Tree
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: How Life Was Meant to Be Lived: Christlikeness
• Chapter 2: The Most Important Question of All
• Chapter 3: Dancing in the Rain
• Chapter 4: You Get What You Settle For
• Chapter 5: The Opportunity of a Lifetime
• Chapter 6: For the Love of God
• Chapter 7: All in or Not at All—A Life of Sacrifice and Service
• Chapter 8: Fitting into God’s Plans for Your Life
• Chapter 9: What Only God Can Do
• Chapter 10: Taking Hold of the Power of God
• Conclusion
• About the Author
• Notes