Understanding Jesus

By Alister E. McGrath

Book Overview

This work is simply an attempt to explain the Christian understanding of the identity and significance of Jesus Christ, and its consequences. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310298113
• ISBN13: 9780310298113
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

All Theology is Christology

One learns more and more who peers into Scripture that all theology truly is Christology. Get your Christology wrong and it will truly filter into all of one's other doctrinal beliefs. Always being a McGrath fan, I read this as well. Part of series of books he writes to laymen, not meant to be a scholarly treatment of the subject, but yet McGrath in his brilliance doesn't dumb it down either. His Christology to be praised centers around the cross where it should, witness this quote: "First, the cross must be allowed to function as the foundation and the criterion of the church's understanding of its identity and its mission." Where he falls short of correct Biblical Christology however is in the area of decision about Christ. Here he teeters on the verge of free-will, yet possibly not quite. One is not sure reading some his comments on this topic. Thus, the four stars. Would recommend another two volumes that are definitely five star on cross and Christ, for the layperson: "The Spirituality of the Cross" by Gene Edward Veith, Jr. and for the pastor/advanced layperson: "Christology" by David P. Scaer.