A current, comprehensive, and clear defense of the deity of Christ. The central theological claim of Christianity, that Jesus is God incarnate, finds eager detractors across a wide spectrum--from scholars who interpret Jesus as a prophet, angel, or guru to adherents of progressive Christianity and non-Christian religions and philosophies. Yet thorough biblical scholarship strongly supports the historic Christian teaching on the deity of Christ. Authors Robert M. Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komoszewski follow the approach of their landmark 2007 study on the same topic, Putting Jesus in His Place. They focus on five pillars of New Testament teaching, using the acronym HANDS, and demonstrate what both Jesus and the earliest believers recognized, namely, that Jesus shares in the H onors that are due God - A ttributes of God - N ames of God - D eeds that God does - S eat of God’s eternal throne The Incarnate Christ and His Critics engages objections to the divine identity of Jesus from Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, progressive Christians, Muslims, Unitarians, and others. Bowman and Komoszewski show how biblical scholarship cannot reasonably ignore the enduring, wide-ranging, and positive case for the deity of Christ. "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 . The industrial-strength exegesis in this volume provides a solid foundation on which the edifice is built. The years of assiduous labor that went into its production, the integrity, almost superhuman comprehensiveness, and penetrating persuasiveness of its arguments (no straw-men here!), the clarity of its case, the charity of its interactions, and the obvious devotion of these two scholars put The Incarnate Christ and His Critics in a league of its own. Accolades from all quarters have labeled this book ‘masterful,’ ‘compelling,’ ‘remarkable,’ ‘exhaustive,’ ‘monumental,’ ‘magisterial,’ and the like. It is all of these things and more. And what ties it all together is the spiritual force of Bowman and Komoszewski’s magnum opus. This publication peels back the curtain of the Holy of Holies just enough to give us a peek into the brilliant splendor of the Lord Christ who shares the throne with God the Father. There is only one book I know of that can almost rival this one: Bowman and Komoszewski’s earlier offering, Putting Jesus in His Place . But this latest volume is on a new plane. It is clearly the finest defense of our Savior’s deity in the 21st century and perhaps in all of Christian history." -- Daniel B. Wallace ― Senior Research Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary CEO and Executive Director, Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts Published On: 2024-05-10 "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. I hope every Christian will add this to their library as a resource they can turn to again and again whenever they encounter objections to the clear teaching of Scripture that Jesus is God." -- Alisa Childers ― Author, Another Gospel? (on progressive Christianity); Live Your Truth and Other Lies Host, The Alisa Childers Podcast Published On: 2024-05-10 "Some authors write long books because they enjoy putting words on a page (or screen). Some authors write long books because the subject demands a careful consideration of complex questions. The Incarnate Christ and His Critics belongs to the second category. The claims of Jesus and about Jesus have been controversial since the first century, and more often than not it was not cranks but well-intentioned and even pious scholars who questioned the classic Christian conviction that when Christians speak of God, they speak of Jesus Messiah at the same time. The subject of Jesus’ divine dignity touches on the foundations of Christian faith and practice and thus deserved to be treated in a long, comprehensive, carefully argued volume. Robert Bowman and Ed Komoszewski have written an important book which deserves to be read and studied by scholars, pastors, students, and indeed everybody who cares about what the New Testament texts say about Jesus specifically and about Christian doctrine more generally." -- Eckhard J. Schnabel ― Mary F. Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Published On: 2024-05-10 "One might not think that unitarianism represents much of a threat to Christian theology today. But that would be a grave mistake. As Bowman and Komoszewski show, there are a wide variety of unitarian theologies today that challenge Christian belief, preeminently Islam, t