Founders: #332 Jesus

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What I learned from reading Jesus: A Biography from a Believer by Paul Johnson. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- (3:00) Churchill by Paul Johnson. (Founders #225) Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson. (Founders #252) Mozart: A Life by Paul Johnson. (Founders #240) Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle by Paul Johnson. (Founders #226) (10:00) Jesus was: -observant -detail oriented -maintained intense eye contact -confident -decisive -charismatic -gifted communicator (11:00) The most important step when starting anything new is recruiting the people who are going to help you on your mission. (12:00) No prophet is acceptable in his hometown. (16:00) Jesus emphasized the importance of humility, gentleness, non aggression. The importance of the pursuit of justice and righteousness. He encourages acts of compassion and forgiveness towards others. He focuses on inner purity, sincerity, and a genuine heart. He commends those who work towards reconciliation, harmony, and peace. (17:00) Some of Jesus’s maxims: Love your enemies. If someone slaps you on one

[00:00:00] Jesus was, in terms of his influence, the most important human being in history. He is also the most written about and discussed. The earliest surviving document dealing with him was circulated in the 50s of the 1st century AD. Within a half a century of his death, four biographies, written in Greek, had been published and all have come down to us, meaning they survived. Since then, entire books about him have been published in growing quantity and in all languages. Today, there are over 100,000 printed biographies of Jesus in English alone. The religion which commemorates Jesus'…

Founders: #332 Jesus

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