A Conversation With Jesus... on Religion

A Conversation with Jesus

by David R. Helm

Nicodemus was a religious man. He knew the religious law inside out and made sure he kept to it – he even taught it to others. He was confident that his religion would save him; after all, he was a good person.   But then he met Jesus.   According to Jesus his best attempts at living the moral life wouldn’t save him. But if religion won’t make us right with God, what will? Jesus gave Nicodemus an answer, but what does it mean?

64 pages, Hardcover

Published May 10, 2019

About the author

David R. Helm, along with Arthur Jackson, serves as Lead Pastor of the Hyde Park Congregation of Holy Trinity Church Chicago. David is Chairman of The Charles Simeon Trust, a ministry devoted to equipping men in expository preaching.

A graduate of Wheaton College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, David is ordained in the PCA and serves on the council of The Gospel Coalition. He authored I, II Peter and Jude in Crossway’s Preaching the Word series, and contributed to Preach the Word:Essays in Expository Preaching in Honor of Kent Hughes. In addition, David has written The Big Picture Story Bible, One to One Bible Reading and The Genesis Factor (the latter with Jon Dennis). His forthcoming book on preaching is titled Expositional Preaching: How we speak God's Word Today which will be released in April of 2014.

David and his wife, Lisa, have five children (Noah, Joanna, who is married to Ben Panner, Baxter, Silas and Mariah) and reside in the Hyde Park neighborhood.

Reviews

[Steve Campbell]

This little booklet imaginatively relates Nicodemus's encounter with Jesus in John 3:1-15 and draws the reader into the story personally. I always imagined that Nicodemus came to Jesus under the cover of darkness because he was fearful of being detected by his fellow Pharisees, but Helm convincingly asserts that Nicodemus came to Jesus confidently, perhaps to give Jesus a pointer or two on religion. Don't let the brevity of this book fool you. It is packed with deep spiritual truths that one would do well to reflect upon.

[David Dunlap]

The discussion on religion that takes place in this fine slim book is between Nicodemus and Jesus. The most striking aspect of the book (to my way of thinking) is the author's suggestion that, far from sneaking to see the popular new rabbi as a "shy seeker," Nicodemus -- as a prominent member of the Jewish community -- actually came to Jesus to assist him in his understanding! I found this a quite thought-provoking little book...