The Personality of Jesus: Meeting the Man the Church Forgets

In the centuries since Jesus’ life, death, and ascension, Christians have tended to focus on defining Jesus’ nature (Nicaea, Chalcedon), salvific work, or moral teachings. In his excellent NYC talk, our own Todd Brewer — an immensely gifted writer and New Testament scholar — asks a different question: What was Jesus like? Todd focuses on three traits: Jesus was humorous, playful, and type-B. In doing so, he draws out aspects of Jesus’ personality that the four Gospels reveal but our culture has obscured. Highly, highly recommend for anyone interested in what Jesus (and therefore God!) is like.