“I’d like to sketch out seven things that many Christians may not know about their Lord,” writes author Frank Viola. “My book , Jesus: A Theography written with Leonard Sweet, contains many more which I believe you will enjoy.”

Viola is a popular conference speaker and the bestselling author of numerous books on the deeper Christian life, including Epic Jesus, Revise Us Again, From Eternity to Here and Jesus Manifesto. His blog, "Beyond Evangelical," is rated as one of the most popular in Christian circles today.  “The Old Testament points forward to Him,” he writes. “The New Testament points back to Him. But all Scripture points to Him, as Jesus said in John 5:39.”

Here are some of Sweet and Viola’s surprising facts about Jesus: