Best Books on Christology
Christology is the study of the person and work of Jesus Christ, confessing him as fully God and fully man, united forever in one person without confusion or division. Reformed theology grounds the whole of redemption in the incarnate, crucified, and risen Christ, who fulfills the offices of prophet, priest, and king on behalf of his people.
Start Here
basic
Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
Top pickDane Ortlund · 2020
Opens up Christ's own tender heart toward sinners and sufferers in warm, accessible prose.
Who Is Jesus?
R.C. Sproul · 2009
A short, clear introduction to the biblical portrait of Christ for new believers.
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
John Piper · 2004
Devotional chapters that help readers treasure Christ's glory, not just study it.
The Incomparable Christ
John Stott · 2001
Traces the biblical, historical, and eternal Christ in accessible, pastoral chapters.
Jesus the Son of God
D.A. Carson · 2012
A short, careful study of a title for Christ often misunderstood today.
Go Deeper
intermediate
Knowing Christ
Top pickMark Jones · 2015
Rich, Puritan-flavored reflections on the person of Christ for growing believers.
Christ Alone: The Uniqueness of Jesus as Savior
Stephen Wellum · 2017
Shows why the Reformers' solus Christus still matters against modern pluralism.
The Glory of Christ
John Owen · 2021
Owen's mature Puritan meditation on beholding and being changed by Christ's glory.
The Work of Christ
Robert Letham · 1993
Organizes Christ's saving work around his offices of prophet, priest, and king.
The Person of Christ
Donald Macleod · 1998
Traces the doctrine of Christ's person from Arianism to modern kenotic debates.
For Study
advanced
God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ
Top pickStephen Wellum · 2016
A rigorous evangelical systematic defense of the classic doctrine of Christ.
Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 3: Sin and Salvation in Christ
Herman Bavinck · 2006
Bavinck's classic Dutch Reformed dogmatics volume on Christ and redemption.
The Deity of Christ
Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds. · 2011
Scholarly essays defending Christ's deity biblically, historically, and apologetically.
Jesus and the God of Israel
Richard J. Bauckham · 2008
Landmark academic study of how early Christians included Jesus in Israel's God.
The Word Became Flesh: A Contemporary Incarnational Christology
Millard Erickson · 1991
Thorough academic defense of Chalcedonian Christology against modern revisions.
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