I don’t know of any scripture that supports a claim that the Romans killed Jesus over taxes. That’s what O’Reilly is claiming.
There certainly must have been many motivations involved, both worldly and spiritual, in Christ’s death. However, nowhere does it state or imply the Romans killed Jesus over taxes, and even if so, it misses the far larger and more important spiritual reason for Christ’s sacrifice, propitiation for our sins.
Well that’s where I’d need to see more details to say more about the book, but ultimately if we see Bill in person making out the Cross ministry of Christ to be less than it really was, we need to firmly correct that. Book or no book. Because God’s grace is awesome and God will not brook us treating it lightly.
“I don’t know of any scripture that supports a claim that the Romans killed Jesus over taxes. That’s what O’Reilly is claiming.”
The Sanhedrin claimed that Jesus opposed Jews paying taxes to Caesar but there is no evidence that Pilate or any other Roman believed their accusation.
In Luke 22 the Sanhedrin find Jesus guilty of blasphemy and they want him put to death, something they haven’t the power to do.
In Luke 23 the Sanhedrin approach Pilate and tell him that Jesus was promoting sedition by forbidding Jews to pay taxes to Caesar.
Pilate questions Jesus and isn’t impressed by the Sanhedrin’s accusations. He sends Jesus to Herod for more questioning, and when Jesus returns Pilate intends to release him. But the Sanhedrin demand that Jesus be crucified and Pilate eventually gives in to their demands.