The Deity of Christ (Theology in Community)
Overview
The biblical teaching on the deity of Christ is a precious truth, foundational to Christianity. It has been called “the most distinctively Christian doctrine of all”—one that must be taught and retaught.
With this in mind, the contributors to The Deity of Christ have collaborated to develop a theology of Christ’s divinity across multiple disciplines. Combining first-rate evangelical scholarship with rich application, their work examines this central doctrine from contemporary, historical, biblical, systematic, apologetic, and missional perspectives.
This accessible volume guides readers to the significance of Christ’s deity across the Old and New Testaments, in Johannine literature, in popular culture and church history, and among cults and world religions. With its keen theological insight and straightforward application, this volume will give pastors, students, and educated readers a clear and useful treatment of the deity of Christ
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- Grounds content in both Old and New Testaments
- Develops a theology of Christ’s divinity across multiple disciplines
- Provides content accessible to pastors, students, and laypeople alike
- “The Deity of Christ Today” by Stephen J. Nichols
- “The Deity of Christ and the Old Testament” by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
- “The Deity of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels” by Stephen J. Wellum
- “The Deity of Christ in John’s Gospel” by Andreas J. Köstenberger
- “The Deity of Christ in the Apostolic Witness” by Stephen J. Wellum
- “The Deity of Christ in John’s Letters and the Book of Revelation” by Andreas J. Köstenberger
- “The Deity of Christ in Church History” by Gerald Bray
- “Toward a Systematic Theology of the Deity of Christ” by Robert A. Peterson
- “The Deity of Christ and the Cults” by Alan W. Gomes
- “The Deity of Christ for Missions, World Religions, and Pluralism” by J. Nelson Jennings
Top Highlights
“Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse” (Page 110)
“It is imperative, as noted above, that we set Jesus’ teaching and healing ministry within the larger context of the inauguration of the kingdom.” (Page 73)
“The Jesus of subjective experience will never rise to the level of the full complexity of the Jesus of Scripture.” (Page 33)
“In light of his confession, we see how profoundly rhetorical Peter’s question is: ‘Lord, to whom shall we go?’ Why would we go to the Jesus of culture, American or otherwise? Why would we go to the Jesus of our subjective experience? We should only go to the Jesus of sacred Scripture, God incarnate, who lived and died and rose again and is now seated in power at the Father’s right hand.” (Page 38)
“Views of Christ err when they deny or limit the humanity of Christ, deny or limit the deity of Christ, or confuse how the two natures come together. Since all christological heresies trace back to one (or more) of these three errors, Nicaea and Chalcedon provide the boundaries to keep us from such errors.” (Page 34)
This is a well-crafted, faithfully biblical, meticulously worked out study of the deity of Christ that brings us from the Old Testament through the New Testament, and into the modern world. This is a superb study.
—David F. Wells, distinguished senior research professor, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Title: The Deity of Christ
- Authors: Christopher W. Morgan, Robert A. Peterson
- Series: Theology in Community
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Jesus Christ › Divinity
- Resource ID: LLS:DEITYOFCHRIST
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T18:23:53Z
Christopher W. Morgan is professor of theology and dean of the School of Christian Ministries at California Baptist University. He holds a PhD from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary and is the author and editor of several books including Hell under Fire.
Robert A. Peterson holds a PhD from Drew University and is professor of systematic theology at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the author and editor of numerous books including Calvin and the Atonement.
