▁Jesus , ▁Bomb s , ▁& ▁Ice ▁C ream . ▁Co inc iding ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁September ▁ 1 1 ▁attacks , ▁the ▁show ▁called ▁for ▁the ▁military ▁budget ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁be ▁decre ased . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Sec ular ▁media ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁called ▁Jesus ▁for ▁President ▁" the ▁must - read ▁election - year ▁book ▁for ▁Christian ▁Americans " ▁and ▁an ▁" ent ertain ing ▁yet ▁provoc ative ▁tour ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ' s ▁social ▁and ▁economic ▁order ▁[ that ] ▁makes ▁even ▁the ▁most ▁ab stru se ▁Lev it ical ▁laws ▁come ▁alive ▁for ▁our ▁era ." ▁In ▁a ▁Library ▁Journal ▁review , ▁George ▁West er l und ▁recomm ends ▁that ▁large ▁libraries ▁purchase ▁Jesus ▁for ▁President , ▁writing ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁is ▁a ▁good ▁read ▁even ▁for ▁readers ▁who ▁the olog ically ▁or ▁philosoph ically ▁differ ▁from ▁Cla ib or ne ▁and ▁Haw . ▁Susan ▁Campbell ▁wrote ▁about ▁the ▁book ▁and ▁the ▁tour ▁in ▁the ▁Hart ford ▁Cour ant , ▁calling ▁the ▁book ▁" bare - kn uck le " ▁and ▁" de cept ively ▁deep ". ▁ ▁Christian ▁media ▁ ▁British ▁Bapt ist ▁minister ▁Steve ▁Chal ke ▁called ▁it ▁" a ▁radical ▁manif esto ▁to ▁aw aken ▁the ▁Christian ▁political ▁imagination ▁[ to ] ▁what ▁the ▁Church ▁could ▁look ▁like ▁if ▁it ▁placed ▁its ▁faith ▁in ▁Jesus ▁instead ▁of ▁Ca esar ." ▁Chal ke ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁trans c ends ▁questions ▁of ▁voting ▁and