What does it mean to call Jesus “Christ,” and what difference does it make to answer that question correctly? That question is what lies at the heart of a new book by Kyle Idleman and Mark Moore: The Missing Messiah: The Jesus We Can No Longer Ignore. Their concern is that we have “created a personalized Savior who exists primarily to meet our individual needs, bless our lives, and guarantee our spots in heaven,” and in doing so we have “domesticated a revolutionary claim” about who Jesus really is (page 3). Idleman and Moore set out to correct this by helping us understand what the title “Christ” actually means, why we have a hard time appreciating its significance today, and what difference it will make when we get this right. In this review, New Testament theologian John Whittaker explores the book’s summary, strengths, a critique, and key takeaways.
We are not in a normal moment. We are in a civilizational shift. The ground beneath Christianity in America is moving. Biblical literacy is fading. Confidence in biblical truth is […]
