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As Tim Stafford writes, Jesus has become “deceptively familiar....

As Tim Stafford writes, Jesus has become “deceptively familiar. People think they know all about him, so they never look at him. When they finally do, they are surprised at what they find. Jesus may seem to be a stranger, even though they have grown up in his company.

Quoted in James Merritt, 52 Weeks with Jesus, Harvest House Publishers. Source Material from Tim Stafford, Surprised by Jesus: His Agenda for Changing Everything in A.D. 30 and Today (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006), 10.