God the Son incarnate : the doctrine of Christ / Stephen J. Wellum.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part one : Epistemological warrant for Christology today. Introduction to Part 1 -- Contemporary Christology -- "Biblical" epistemology for Christology -- Summary of Part 1 -- Part two : Biblical warrant for Christology today. Introduction to Part 2 -- The authoritative structure of the biblical storyline -- The identity of Jesus from the storyline of scripture -- The deity of Christ : God the Son from eternity -- The humanity of Christ : God the Son incarnate -- Summary of Part 2 -- Part three : Ecclesiological warrant for Christology today. Introduction to Part 3 -- Ante-Nicene Christology : the need for orthodoxy -- Christology from Nicaea to Chalcedon : the emergence of orthodoxy -- Post-Chalcedonian Christology : the establishment of orthodoxy -- Summary of Part 3 -- Part four : a warranted Christology for today. Introduction to Part 4 -- Contemporary challenges to orthodox Christology : Kenoticism : a middle way? -- Evangelical Christology Kenotic influences -- Evangelicals and Kenotic Christologies : a "new" and "better" way? -- Christological formulation : the orthodox identity of Jesus Christ -- Defending the theology of God the Son incarnate -- Conclusion.

Nothing is more important than what a person believes about Jesus Christ. To understand Christ correctly is to understand the very heart of God, Scripture, and the gospel. To get to the core of this belief, this latest volume in the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series lays out a systematic summary of Christology from philosophical, biblical, and historical perspectives -- concluding that Jesus Christ is God the Son incarnate, both fully divine and fully human. Readers will learn to better know, love, trust, and obey Christ -- unashamed to proclaim him as the only Lord and Savior. - Publisher.