Real Mary: Why Protestant Christians Can Embrace the Mother of Jesus

Would you like to meet the real Mary of Nazareth? The real Mary was an unmarried pregnant teenage girl in first-century Palestine. She was a woman of courage humility spirit and resolve and her response to the angel Gabriel shifted the tectonic plates of history. Popular biblical scholar Scot McKnight explores the contours of Marys life from the moment she learned of Gods plan for the Messiah to the culmination of Christs ministry on earth. Dismantling the myths and challenging our prejudices the author introduces us to a woman who is a model for faith and who points us to her son.