Matt Mikalatos liked Jesus a lot. In fact, he couldn’t believe how much they had in common. They shared the same likes, dislikes, beliefs, and opinions. (Though Jesus did have better hair.) So imagine Matt’s astonishment when he finds out that the guy he knows as Jesus . . . isn’t. He’s an Imaginary Jesus: a comfortable, convenient imitation Matt has created in his own image. The real Jesus is still out there somewhere . . . and Matt is determined to find him.
In this hilarious, fast-paced, sort-of-true story hailed as “Monty Python meets C. S. Lewis,” Matt embarks on an incredible chase to find the real Jesus and ask him the one question that his Imaginary Jesus has never been able to answer. It’s a wild spiritual adventure like nothing you’ve ever read before . . . and it might bring you face-to-face with an imposter in your own life. This new edition now contains a discussion guide, an interview with the author, and other bonus features! (Previously published as Imaginary Jesus.)
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Startling, contemporary, meaningful. . . . Mixing questions of suffering and free will with a nexus of weirdness.
by Publishers Weekly
Think Monty Python meets C. S. Lewis
by Relevant Magazine
Matt Mikalatos’s imagination is, simply put, miraculous.
by A. J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically
Matt Mikalatos has an incredible gift. . . . While this book is hilarious, it will also cause you to stop dead in your tracks and evaluate what you really believe.
by Pete Wilson, author of Plan B and pastor of Cross Point Church in Nashville
Matt Mikalatos liked Jesus a lot. In fact, he couldn’t believe how much they had in common. They shared the same likes, dislikes, beliefs, and opinions. (Though Jesus did have better hair.) So imagine Matt’s astonishment when he finds out that the guy he knows as Jesus . . . isn’t. He’s an Imaginary Jesus: a comfortable, convenient imitation Matt has created in his own image. The real Jesus is still out there somewhere . . . and Matt is determined to find him.
In this hilarious, fast-paced, sort-of-true story hailed as “Monty Python meets C. S. Lewis,” Matt embarks on an incredible chase to find the real Jesus and ask him the one question that his Imaginary Jesus has never been able to answer. It’s a wild spiritual adventure like nothing you’ve ever read before . . . and it might bring you face-to-face with an imposter in your own life. This new edition now contains a discussion guide, an interview with the author, and other bonus features! (Previously published as Imaginary Jesus.)
Liz G.
My Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos was an entertaining book to read, but sometimes I wondered if it was being blasphemous or heretical. I was very glad that I read the book to the end because it gave me a lot of food for thought (about whether I was worshiping a Jesus I created in my image).