From award-winning author Diana Butler Bass comes a refreshing take on the comprehensive, multi-faceted nature of Jesus. Stemming from the question she gets asked more than any other: "how can you still be a Christian?" this book will be her answer. Diana is not alone, it's a question that many Christians are asking themselves as their disappointment and disillusionment with the Christian church causes them to leave churches, but unable to leave their faith behind. In Freeing Jesus, Diana challenges the idea that Jesus can only fulfill one role in our life— as Savior, or teacher, for example—and asks us to instead consider a life where Jesus grows with us and helps us through life’s challenges in several roles: as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. This is an invitation to leave the Jesus wars behind and rediscover the Jesuses we have known and the Jesuses who want to run free with us beyond the walls we have built around him.