Counterfeit Christs

Finding the Real Jesus among the Impostors

By: Trent Horn

Narrated by: Trent Horn

Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?”

Turns out that today, as back then, this question has a lot of different answers. So many groups want to appropriate Jesus—tweaking his identity until he looks and sounds like one of them.

But then you no longer have the Lord, says Trent Horn (Why We’re Catholic). You have an impostor.

In Counterfeit Christs, Trent looks at eighteen phony versions of Jesus that we encounter today. Some are the creation of non-Christians: like skeptics who dismiss Jesus as a fictional composite of ancient myths, secular humanists who think he was just a Nice Man, or adherents of other religions who claim him as a prophet or guru in their own tradition.

Others stem from Christian or quasi-Christian theology gone so far wrong that its founder is no longer recognizable. Think of the greed-affirming Jesus of “prosperity gospel” preachers or the sects that strip Christ of his divinity.

And of course there are enthusiasts for ideological causes who make him a model Marxist (or Democrat or Republican), or enlist him as a convenient spokesman for “tolerance” of the thing they want to do or promote.

In all these examples and more, the authentic Jesus of Scripture and Tradition is obscured by a pale imitator, and so is the saving power of his wisdom and grace. Listen to Counterfeit Christs, then, and be able to recognize the fakes when you see them, explain why they’re phony, and make a case for the full truth and beauty of who Jesus is: the Christ, son of the living God (Matt. 16:16).

©2019 Catholic Answers Press (P)2024 Trent Horn

Trent is the best

First with why we are Catholic and this are my favorite Trent books he has written it in an educational and creative way.

Discerning the cults; knowing the difference between doctrines of demons vs God's Word

A nicely organized and well explained review of various belief systems and how they vary from orthodoxy. Understanding how there are many false christs is important to know and this book reading will help those seeking clarity and truth. Knowing the difference between doctrines of demons vs God's Word Is essential Christian learning and this will help with that endeavor. t's a good defense of the faith.

A fantastic read

Trent does an amazing job carefully refuting many false ideas of Christ and he does so with charity and truth. I recommend this book to everyone!

Direct and Honest

I love how Trent not only defends his argument and defense for the one true Jesus Christ but also bring up the counter arguments. This was an easy listening and I wanted to hear more to better understand why people change the image of Jesus for their agenda. I recommend this book for its direct and honest analysis.

great book!

Love Trent's books, and I was so happy to learn another of his books became available as an audibook! I will continue to buy every single one that does. Hopefully next is Confusion in the Kingdom or Devil's Advocate, or What the Saints Never Said!