What Is the Incarnation?

Basics of the Faith

by William B. Evans

It's something we celebrate every Christmas, but the truths of the incarnation should impact our lives every day. Evans explores Christ becoming man from many perspectives, reviews objections, and provides satisfying biblical answers and explanations.

Genres: Theology

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2013

Reviews

[Glenn Crouch · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good little booklet, that introduces the reader to the Incarnation. It contains a very good, brief history of the church’s struggle to best explain what we understand about Jesus from the Scriptures, and does a fair, though brief, handling of Councils and Heresies.

In the latter part of the book, the Author argues for the distinctively Reformed understanding of a number of issues - thus as a Lutheran Pastor, I would disagree with his conclusions about what the Scriptures teach here.

What is really lacking is a page or two for further reading - this would’ve made this an excellent little book to get people started on Christology.

[Jonathan Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great quick intro to a super complex topic. I had no idea just how, this book’s overview is well done. I do not agree that it has too much in it or that there is too much about heresies or history because that is how theology is refined. And like the author said “ground to powder.” I recommend this book for everyone

[Mark A Powell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here, Evans provides a historical theology of Christ’s dual nature as fully man and fully God. Though this survey is sound, the casual reader will likely get muddled in the steady stream of ancient names, councils, heresies, and Christological buzzwords. In a series designed to answer basic questions in accessible ways, this strikes wide of the mark. Perhaps a tighter focus on the doxological implications of the incarnation would have offered readers more points of connection.