An extremely well-balanced examination of several New Testament scenes where critics disagree about whether or not Jesus claimed to be God.

The book walks effectively in the space between academic analysis and writing for the intelligent lay person. I knew many of the arguments but the unpicking of how Jesus may have been perceived at His trial was very helpful. We need to remember, it's not about how we read it but how His contemporaries heard it.

I felt the rebuttals of critical refutations were mostly fair. What came out clearly was how much critics didn't want to acknowledge some quite reasonable logic. They just don't want Jesus to have made those claims. A wonderful line was created when it was asked: Who else heard Jesus' trial? Everyone else there - and they probably talked about it privately and publically!

I say to them - Julius Caesar never fought the gallic wars! (Prove that he did with a 1000 year later manuscript buddy!)

Well worth reading although it's not a book on all apologetic subjects.

The book is written in a friendly chatty style which helped me with engaging with a meaty topic. The book is set out almost as a journey, looking at the examples of Christ Jesus as the son of God. There is useful and interesting evidence of the Greco-Roman world giving the context of Jesus as flesh and blood walking the earth. The linking of real events and the evidence of life in the first century to scripture is fascinating and well put together. Jesus as a healer and miracle worker is explored in some depth. There is a level of repetition in the book, however some meaty content told in a charming and easy to understand way,