Traditional ways of thinking about the teachings of Jesus are often bound to one system of thought or another. Such ways of thinking are typically greater expressions of society's thinking (whether in the church or in the world) than what Jesus taught. Jesus is Not Safe concerns some such ways, ways that a thoughtful disciple of Jesus needs to challenge.

Wang Bin Yu has been a professor, missionary, and pastor. He has authored various works for scholarship and popular readers, the most recent of which is Jesus is Not Safe. He now lives in China.