Are all religions the same? Sure, they may look different, but don’t all religions essentially teach you how to be a good person and make the world a better place?

In his book God Among Sages: Why Jesus Is Not Just Another Religious Leader, Kenneth R. Samples seeks to answer these questions. Samples examines the lives and teachings of five major figures, Jesus, Krishna, the Buddha, Confucius, and Mohammad, to see how they compare. Are there similarities? How are they different? And do the differences matter?

The book is broken up into three sections. The first section focuses on Jesus. In this section, Samples does a masterful job in describing – and defending – who Jesus is and what Christianity teaches about him. The pages are loaded with Scriptural data to demonstrate what Christianity teaches about its founder. He reviews all of the divine attributes we assign to God and shows how Jesus possessed all of them. He demonstrates that Christianity has always taught that Jesus is God, and he uses the historic creeds to show how this hasn’t changed over time.

Honestly, the book is worth the price for the first section alone. It’s a very concise, well-articulated defense of who Jesus is. Every Christian needs to know this stuff!

The second section of the book provides a comprehensive overview of the world’s major religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Islam. In each chapter, Ken talks about the lives of the men who founded them, their major teachings, common ground between them and Christianity, how much they differ, and how Christians can engage with their friends from these various worldviews.

The final part of the book discusses the view known as pluralism. This is the “all roads lead to Heaven” view. Another popular fable about pluralism is the Parable of the Elephant And The Blind Man. In this section, Ken shows that pluralism can’t be true because each worldview makes specific claims about reality that differ from those of the others.

The book wraps up with the logical conclusion that Jesus is categorically different than any other religious leader in history. None of these other men claimed to be anything other than human. Jesus’ claims were much different. Yes, Jesus gave us wonderful moral teachings that were meant to set humanity on a course of flourishing. But he didn’t stop there. Jesus was different.

If you’ve ever wanted to take a class on the world’s religions, then look no further. If you’ve ever wanted to know what Christianity teaches about who Jesus was, this book is for you. And if you’ve ever wondered if all religions are the same, get this book right now!

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