2002 previously published as will the real jesus please stand up this book is simple without being simplistic and doctrinally rich without sounding dull and dry best of all it persuasively presents the truth about jesus christ in such a coherent way that nobody who reads it can possibly miss its message dr john blanchard is an internationally known christian author teacher and conference speaker nearly fifteen million copies of his publications are in print in some forty languages he received an award for his bestselling book does god believe in atheists as the best uk christian book for 2001