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Cultural conceptions of Jesus today present a man who is virtually unrecognizable. He is not known, above all, for whom he loves or how he loves. In contrast to this misconfiguration, the Jesus of the Gospels is far more beautiful, and loves more broadly and deeply, than many have imagined. The humble, suffering love of Jesus is uncanny, radiantly beautiful, and in the end transformative. There is nothing like it across the religious landscape or current ideological offerings. In Jesus the Stranger, Ken Collins invites the listener to see Jesus in a new way.

Imagine what it would be like to welcome a stranger when the world seems so closed off and untrusting. What if that stranger turned out to be someone important—maybe even the most important person you could serve? Holy Stranger revisits the story of our very own Lord and Savior, who even in his womb was knocking on doors looking for someone to welcome him and his family. Not long after Jesus is born, his family must flee from Bethlehem to Egypt in order to avoid an evil king. In this way, Jesus and his family become strangers, or immigrants and refugees.