Bruce Barton the Mna Nobody Knows
Who was this man that nobody knew? Jesus! But everyone knows who Jesus was. Jesus was the Savior of all mankind; he is the man that is portrayed in the paintings, a flabby looking guy, weak and very peaceful. So wait, is this a different Jesus in a different part of the world? Was it another man named Jesus? What do you know about Jesus that I do not? These are all questions that Bruce Barton answers in his book. In the beginning of Barton’s book, he describes what he thought of Jesus and what the world view of Jesus was at the time. Bruce Barton as a child saw Jesus as “the lamb of God”, but he did not understand what that meant, to him it sounded more like “Mary’s little lamb”. (3)Bruce Barton did not look at Jesus as he did to Daniel, who stood off the lions, or David who landed a stone in the forehead of Goliath, or even Moses who brought the Hebrews out of slavery. (3) To him these three men were heroes, winners, survivors, Jesus was just “a pale young man with flabby forearms and a sad expression”. (3) Bruce soon realized that Jesus was none of those measly things; Jesus was the strong, a great person, and the founder of modern business, and if any business man would want to succeed in life he must follow in the footsteps of Jesus. There are many themes in Bruce Barton’s book the man nobody knows, but the ultimate theme of the book is a guide on how to become the ultimate business leader. There are some key areas that will be described in this essay, how to lead, methods on doing so, and how to keep the business running. The dominant theme in Bruce Barton’s book is business. In my opinion I believe Barton wrote this book as a guide for future business leaders. In his opening paragraph he describes how “a big man takes a firmer hold” (6) when the day is late. Any person can be in tip top shape in the morning, but it takes a true leader to be on top of his game in the late afternoon. Barton again describes this type of leader from a saying that napoleon said