posted at 08/06/09 - 10:27 PM

Why did Jesus' family think he was out of his mind and try to restrain him? (Mark 3:21 NIV)
Why did many of his contemporaries think he was raving mad? (John 10:20)
Why did Festus think Paul was going insane? (Acts 26:24)
Was Plato's idea of "divine madness" (Phaedrus) fulfilled in the Christ, as were the Hebrew concepts of prophet, priest and king in the Messiah?
How do you answer C.S. Lewis' challenge, that Christ must either be taken at his word (that he is the Son of God) or be dismissed as a madman? ("Mere Christianity")
Why are so many of our own "wise" men today (we call them scientists) writing best-selling books with the express purpose of convincing us that the Christian gospel, and all who believe it, are evidently products of delusional thinking, and clinically insane? (Richard Dawkins, "The God Delusion"; Christopher Hitchens, "God Is Not Great"; Sam Harris, "Letter to a Christian Nation", etc.)
Do these questions need answers? If you think they do, read "The Gospel According to Jerry: Confessions of a Fool for Christ". You will find some surprising answers, whether or not you find them convincing.