November 26, 2025

Susy Flory and Scott Johanningsmeier – Jesus Was

25 minutes

Have you ever wondered what Jesus was like? Not long ago New York Times Bestselling author Susy Flory sat down and wrote a three word post on a popular social media outlet that started with ‘Jesus Was…’ The simple post sparked a lively conversation and turned into one post a day for 30 days. Now there’s a book published by Kregel and edited by Susy Flory and Scott Johanningsmeier called ‘Jesus Was: Not What We Expected but Better Than We Imagined’.

Susy is a New York Times bestselling author and she directs West Coast Christian writers and is the founder of Everything Memoir.

Scott is a bivocational pastor at Elizabeth Baptist Church in Southern Indiana.

(1:00) The social media post;

(4:10) The book;

(6:00) Letting go of stale images of Jesus;

(7:20) Non-violence;

(9:30) Jesus – ‘new’;

(10:50) Jesus the God-human;

(12:45) Jesus the winemaker;

(14:40) Jesus’ kindness;

(16:25) The gentleness of Jesus;

(18:30) Subversive Jesus.

Links mentioned in this episode:

susyflory.com

scottjohanningsmeier.substack.com

amazon.com/Jesus-Was-Expected-Better-Imagined/dp/0825449561

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