Will the real Jesus please stand up?
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How do we stop projecting our own image onto Jesus and learn to see him as he truly is?
Jonty Allcock, pastor of Globe Church and author of More of Jesus: 50 Truths to Turn Your Heart to Praise, speaks to Esther Higham about where we often misunderstand Christ’s love, what we can learn from his 30 years of obscurity, and why it’s dangerous to co-opt Jesus for our own political agendas.
Released on 6 Jan 2026
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