The Man Nobody Knows

Barton was one of the giants of the fledgling advertising industry when he wrote this portrait of Jesus to counteract what he experienced as a sentimentalized distortion of the presentation in the four Gospels. His take on Jesus is well-summarized by setting a quotation from the Gospel of Luke at th......more

Almost done. Radical. Nothing religious. Gives a deeper and different insight to what you come across in your Church and Faith formation classes. A realistic and stronger view of the man that is Jesus.......more

Bruce Barton, an advertising executive, wrote this book of Jesus' life from an entirely human point of view. He wanted to show the world that Jesus was not some effeminate leader, as is often taught in Sunday School, but that he was a man's man. This was written in the 1920s when muscular Christiani......more

I anticipate hating this book. I came to it from reading about it in “Manipulating the Masses.” I thought the book was going to be some crazy health and wealth version of Jesus. There were one or two moments where I thought the book might turn, but it didn’t. The author seems to take an approach tha......more

An absolutely fascinating version of the life and message of Jesus, written by the well-known advertising executive Bruce Barton. Written in 1925, Barton's Jesus is a manly executive, who provides leadership, a clear message, and business sense. I'm very interested in the many biographies that have......more