Robert M. Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komoszewski
Foreword by Michael F. Bird
Kregel, 2024
Intending at first to produce an updated version of their book Putting Jesus in His Place, Rob Bowman and Ed Komoszewski agreed something more was needed. The literature on Christology had doubled since their book was published in 2007, and the growing influence of Unitarian, progressive Christian, skeptical, and other approaches demanded a systematic response. The result is a new book, The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense.
More than a defense of divine Christology as an interpretation of the New Testament teachings, it is a comprehensive case for believing that the historical person of Jesus of Nazareth really was God incarnate, lived a sinless life, performed astonishing miracles, and conquered death by his death and resurrection. The book engages 21st-century scholarship on all these matters, while making its arguments accessible to non-scholars.
The Incarnate Christ and His Critics may be purchased in hardcover, Kindle, Audiobook, and Logos book formats:
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Here are some things Christian scholars are saying about The Incarnate Christ and His Critics:
“Only once in a generation or so do we come across a theological work that makes such a compelling argument that it renders virtually all other treatments on the topic obsolete. Such is the case with The Incarnate Christ and His Critics. It is clearly the finest defense of our Savior’s deity in the twenty-first century and perhaps in all of Christian history.”—Daniel B. Wallace
“This book is a gift to the body of Christ! In a spiritual climate in which the deity of Jesus is challenged from all sides, The Incarnate Christ and His Critics is the definitive and comprehensive rebuttal to all attacks against this cardinal doctrine of the Christian faith.”—Alisa Childers
“What really sets apart this book—beyond its more comprehensive coverage and exegetical rigor—is the depth with which it engages charitably but critically with views that oppose traditional orthodox Christology (e.g., from higher critics, Muslims, Mormons, Jehovah’s
Witnesses, Unitarians, and so forth). This evenhanded treatment of diverse perspectives makes this volume not only a go-to textbook but a very valuable apologetics guide.”—Gregory R. Lanier
“In this panoramic book, Bowman and Komoszewski marshal the full range of arguments that have convinced scholars that the New Testament and, indeed, the primitive Christian church out of which it came believed firmly in the full deity of Jesus Christ.”—William Lane Craig
These are just a few examples. Others who have endorsed the book include Natasha Crain, Douglas Groothuis, Sean McDowell, J. Warner Wallace, and David Wood. Click here to get a free PDF excerpt with all the endorsements, the table of contents, Michael F. Bird’s Foreword, and the Introduction.