The Incomparable Jesus

• “This book reminds me why I am proud to be a Christian.” — Dee Benson, Chief Judge, U.S. Federal District Court of Utah
• “A call for a radical discipleship that transcends theological and even ecclesiastical boundaries.” — Jeffrey Needle, Association for Mormon Letters

Distilled from his personal experiences in teaching Jesus to the hard-to-reach, this professional educator has produced a tender testament to the incomparable Jesus. It describes a Savior who walked with him through the halls of the county jail where he served as chaplain, succoring those in need. In this slim volume, Palmer sensitively shares his understanding of what it means to know Jesus by doing his works. He lists the qualities of divine character attested to by the Apostles Peter and Paul, and also those that Jesus revealed about himself in his masterful Sermon on the Mount, particularly in the beatitudes.With reverence Palmer shares personal spiritual experiences that were life-changing assurances of Jesus’s love for him—a love poured out unstintingly in equally life-changing blessings on prisoners whose crimes had not stopped short of sexual abuse and murder. Reading this book offers a deeper understanding of the Savior’s mercy, a stronger sense of his love, and a deeper commitment to follow him.

Grant H. Palmer (M.A., American history, Brigham Young University) is a three-time director of LDS Institutes of Religion in California and Utah, a former instructor at the Church College of New Zealand, and an LDS seminary teacher at two Utah locations. During the last thirteen years of a thirty-four year teaching career with the Church Educational System, he served as a chaplain and the LDS Institute director at the Salt Lake County Jail. He has been active in the Mormon History and John Whitmer Historical Associations and on the board of directors of the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association. His extensive church service includes being a Temple Officiator, a High Councillor, and served in the High Priest Group, and as president of the Elders Quorum, Sunday School, and Young Men. He especially enjoyed teaching the gospel doctrine class and being the high priest instructor in his ward for many years. Now retired, his hobby is pigeon fancying. He has four children and ten grandchildren. He and his wife live in Sandy, Utah.