In the appendix of Michael Frost's great little book, "Surprise The World: The Five Habits of Highly Missional People," he has a list of great books about Jesus, as well as great films about Jesus. I think they are both quite good, and I want to list them here for future reference - especially the films.
GREAT BOOKS ABOUT JESUS
- The Jesus I Never Knew - Philip Yancy
- The Challenge of Jesus - N.T. Wright
- The Life: A Portrait of Jesus - J. John
- Following Jesus: A Non-Religious Guidebook for the Spiritually Hungry - Dave Roberts
- Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith - Rob Bell
- A Spectator's Guide to Jesus - John Dickson
- God in the Flesh - Don Everts
- Mealtime Habits of the Messiah - Conrad Gempf
- The Jesus of Suburbia: Have We Tamed the Son of God to Fit Our Lifestyle? - Mike Erre
- Paradoxy: Coming to Grips with the Contradiction of Jesus - Tom Taylor
- Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes - Kenneth Bailey
GREAT FILMS ABOUT JESUS
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- Godspell (1973)
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (6-hr miniseries)
- Jesus of Montreal (1989)
- The Passion of the Christ (2004)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
- The Nativity Story (2006)
I can only vouch for a few of these, but look forward to checking out some more.
