Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

  • Apple
  • Android
  • Windows Phone
  • Android

To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number.
Download to your computer
Kindle Cloud Reader
Facebook Twitter Pinterest <Embed>
  • List Price: $21.99
  • Save: $4.84 (22%)
FREE Shipping on orders with at least $25 of books.
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.
The Incarnation of God: T... has been added to your Cart
Want it tomorrow, Aug. 17? Order within and choose this date at checkout.
Ship to:
Select a shipping address:
To see addresses, please
or
Please enter a valid US zip code.
or
+ $3.99 shipping
Used: Like New | Details
Sold by SuperBookDeals--
Condition: Used: Like New
Comment: Unread copy in perfect condition.

Sorry, there was a problem.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again.

Sorry, there was a problem.

List unavailable.
Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon
Flip to back Flip to front
Listen Playing... Paused   You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more
See all 3 images

The Incarnation of God: The Mystery of the Gospel as the Foundation of Evangelical Theology Paperback – March 31, 2015

by John Clark (Author), Marcus Peter Johnson (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 15 customer reviews
See all 2 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions
Price
New from Used from
Kindle
"Please retry"
$16.13
— —
Paperback
"Please retry"
$17.15
$11.84 $15.37
Jesus Speaks: Learning to Recognize and Respond to the Lord's Voice by Leonard Sweet
Jesus Speaks
The exciting new release from Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola. Learn more
$17.15 FREE Shipping on orders with at least $25 of books. In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.
click to open popover

Frequently Bought Together

  • The Incarnation of God: The Mystery of the Gospel as the Foundation of Evangelical Theology
  • +
  • One with Christ: An Evangelical Theology of Salvation
Total price: $32.42
Buy the selected items together
If you buy a new print edition of this book (or purchased one in the past), you can buy the Kindle edition for only $2.99 (Save 77%). Print edition purchase must be sold by Amazon. Learn more.
For thousands of qualifying books, your past, present, and future print-edition purchases now lets you buy the Kindle edition for $2.99 or less. (Textbooks available for $9.99 or less.)
  • Thousands of books are eligible, including current and former best sellers.
  • Look for the Kindle MatchBook icon on print and Kindle book detail pages of qualifying books. You can also see more Kindle MatchBook titles here or look up all of your Kindle MatchBook titles here.
  • Read the Kindle edition on any Kindle device or with a free Kindle Reading App.
  • Print edition must be purchased new and sold by Amazon.com.
  • Gifting of the Kindle edition at the Kindle MatchBook price is not available.
Learn more about Kindle MatchBook.
The latest book club pick from Oprah
"The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead is a magnificent novel chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. See more

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Crossway; 1 edition (March 31, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1433541874
  • ISBN-13: 978-1433541872
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customer Reviews

Top Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic work on the doctrine of the incarnation
By Jimmy on August 18, 2015
Format: Paperback
Recently, I received a review copy of The Incarnation of God by John Clark and Marcus Johnson from Crossway. I had been looking forward to reading this work and was not dissapointed!

Often when the doctrine of Christology is presented, the focus is on the deity of Christ in relation to his obedience, death, and resurrection. Even looking at the modern church calendar, much focus is given to Easter and the time leading up. It’s no surprise when Clark and Johnson write:

“Modern Christians routinely find themselves in a subtle state of malaise regarding the enfleshment of God in the person of Jesus Christ, in that their ongoing affirmation of this essential feature of Christian orthodoxy is coupled with an ever-increasing vagueness as to its significance and implications.” (pg. 46)

It is this important doctrine that Johnson and Clark seek to reintroduce to the modern church; a truth that has implications for ones own spiritual formation and discipleship. A doctrine that impacts how one lives their life. Looking to Jesus, we see what it means to be truly human.

“Because we have been consecrated in body and soul by Christ’s consecration of his body and soul for us, we are to render what Calvin called the “finest worship of God.” This worship entails prayer, praise, faith, obedience, service to our neighbor, and mutual love, care, and intercession for fellow believers—a comprehensive self-offering in grateful response for Christ’s once-for-all self-offering for us.” (Pg. 326-27)

An issue within the modern church has been the lack of proper study and teaching on the doctrine of the incarnation. With a lack of instruction, individuals default to believe whatever makes the most sense to them. I myself had fallen into this trap.Read more ›
Comment 5 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
5.0 out of 5 starsOne of the best I've read on Christology
By Matthew J Sullivan on March 30, 2015
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
Christology is my favorite subject to study, and has been for years. It began with John Owen and moved on to Calvin, Edwards, Warfield, and so on. I'm always looking for books in this field, and it seems rare to find in contemporary authors the theological richness, intellectual stimulation, and heart-moving expression that the old authors possessed. But this volume was a wonderful surprise to me. It is thorough, and it's expression is beautiful and very admirable. At the same time it is lucid and accessible for theologians at all stages of life. Above all, it is a well-needed display of the Incarnation of our Lord and the glorious results of it in the avenues Evangelical theology. The chapter on Jesus as the Mediator of "the knowledge of God" (as well as "salvation") was so refreshing, and it seems it is needed in the church today. If you've taken Systematic Theology courses, don't assume that this book would be a repeat for you. In my opinion this goes deeper, and does better than a lot of Christology today.
I think this book can bring sweet fruit to the ministry of any pastor and theologian, as well as make Jesus more glorious to them personally. If you love to study and meditate on Jesus, and if you are often hungry for the richness you find in the older authors, I would recommend this book. As of this point in my life, I personally would put this next to Torrance, Calvin, and Owen on this essential subject of the Person of Christ and it's bearings on our redemption.
Comment 4 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
5.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful Theology on our Glorious Savior
By E. J. Boston on March 30, 2015
Format: Paperback
Superlatives have an unfortunate prevalence in too many Christian sermons and books: “This is the most” whatever. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard misplaced ‘greatest’ and ‘worst’ and ‘most needed’ and ‘biggest cause’ phrases attached to silly and nearly neutral issues—and if not neutral, leastwise secondary, tertiary, or implicative ideas. And so when authors Clark and Marcus describe the doctrine of Christ’s incarnation as the Foundation of Evangelical Theology, you might expect some rolling of eyes or tongue-biting grunts of semi-affirmation. After all, how can the incarnation supplant ‘the cross and crucifixion of Christ’?! Or even the resurrection: isn’t foundation the honor Paul accords to resurrection in I Corinthians 15?... or is it? After all, isn’t Paul’s argument concerned with bodily resurrection for all the saints?

Well, fortunately for you, Clark and Marcus have handled this disagreements with tact and love in their case for the Incarnation of God as The Foundation of Evangelical Theology—released tomorrow in their Crossway book by that title.

The preface describes the full context and impetus for this book as well as its intended audience, but suffice it for this review to quote their thesis:

The incarnation of God, therefore, is the supreme mystery at the center of our Christian confession, and no less at the center of all reality. Consequently, all conceptions of reality that fail to see and savor that all things hold together in Christ, and the he is preeminent in all things, can never be anything but abstract conceptions of virtual realities—that is, invariable hollow and ultimately vacuous concepts pulled away from reality.

[This book is]…noncomprehensive and nonexhasustive….Read more ›
Comment 6 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
5.0 out of 5 starsAre we tricked into believing that Christ left heaven and became a mere mortal so that we can have a good example of how to live
By Don Haflich on January 6, 2016
Format: Paperback
Many of us know the story of the little baby Jesus born in a manger in Bethlehem some cold winter night without hardship or struggle. Angels singing praises in heavenly chorus while shepherds and wise men bow before the incarnate king. Is that what really happened though? Has our modern culture reduced Christ to a mere deity who became a man, if even that? Are we tricked into believing that Christ left heaven and became a mere mortal so that we can have a good example of how to live life? These questions and more are expounded for us in The Incarnation of God: The Mystery of the Gospel as the Foundation of Evangelical Theology.

This ground-breaking volume begins with a Preface compelling the reader to delve further into the mustérion that is Christ and his gospel. Drawing from a deep fountain of learned men, the authors begin with a simple quote from John Williamson Nevin:

"The incarnation is the key that unlocks the sense of all God's revelations. It is the key that unlocks the sens of all God's works, and brings to light the true meaning of the universe....The incarnation forms thus the greatest central fact of the world."

It is from this foundation the authors build a masterfully crafted house. The confession of Christ in the flesh is certainly one shrouded in debate and at the same time continues to be a foundational aspect of orthodox Christianity. "The supreme mystery that the Word became flesh, that God, int he person of Jesus Christ, participates unreservedly in the same human nature that we ourselves possess, is at the very center of the Christian faith", state the authors as they begin to tie the threads of the birth, life,death, resurrection, ascension, and session of Christ together.Read more ›
Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse

Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Excellent Read. Highly Recommended

Published 6 months ago by Douglas
5.0 out of 5 starsA full throated confession of Jesus Christ in a climate of chaos.

Too often works of theology begin in some other place than God, and unsurprisingly have precious little import for Christian life and witness. This is no such work. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Caleb York
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat book. Bleeds reformed theology and articulates the incarnation...

Great book. Bleeds reformed theology and articulates the incarnation of Jesus Christ. The incarnation itself still a mystery, but Dr. Clark and Dr. Read more

Published 8 months ago by joey
3.0 out of 5 starsGreat but flawed

The authors give at times a brilliant definition to underexamined aspects of the incarnation. Following Torrance, they unfortunately attribute Adam's fallen nature to Jesus, albeit... Read more

Published 8 months ago by Dr. Robert L. Burris
5.0 out of 5 starsClark and Johnson beautifully answer the question

With precision, clarity, and accessibility, Clark and Johnson beautifully answer the question: Who is Jesus Christ and why does he matter? Read more

Published 11 months ago by C&L Douglas
5.0 out of 5 starsEvangelical Theology at its Finest

This work may yet prove to be the most important theological study for evangelicals today. Tragically, there are many ways in which the Church forgets herself without knowing it;... Read more

Published 12 months ago by Creighton
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Its a great book. It will make you think!

Published 13 months ago by edna
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Work on an oft-neglected topic!

This work is, overall, a treasure trove of theological expertise and a skillful exposition which makes the familiar strange. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Matt
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Discourse

An excellent discourse on the doctrine of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. A beautifully written and inspiring treatise. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Andre R. Hill
4.0 out of 5 starsCrossway has really been on a role with great books recently

Crossway has really been on a role with great books recently. The latest that I had the pleasure of reviewing is no different. Read more

Published 15 months ago by ReformedArsenal

Set up an Amazon Giveaway

The Incarnation of God: The Mystery of the Gospel as the Foundation of Evangelical Theology
Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway
This item: The Incarnation of God: The Mystery of the Gospel as the Foundation of Evangelical Theology
Set up a giveaway

There's a problem loading this menu right now.

Learn more about Amazon Prime.

Pages with Related Products. See and discover other items: christology, bibles zondervan