• Jersey boys reaching out
• The Commentary
  King James and vulnerable girls
• Alex Mitchell, 1947-2010
  Obituary
• Corporate church?
• Leading man
  An interview with John Stevens, Director of FIEC
• Top tips for managing money as a student
  A godly approach to starting good financial habits
• Farmers under fire?
  On balancing good farming practice and animal rights
• Special needs Sunday School
• A world safe for diversity?
• You gotta have faith
  A look at evangelism and faith
• Monthly arts and media column
  Eleanor drools over Jamie Oliver's latest cookbook
• Unapologetic Christianity
  Careful journalism
• The Music Exchange
  A musician's evangelistic responsibility
• Monthly youth leaders column
  Leaving...
• Ernest Lloyd, 1913-2010
  Obituary
• John Bendor-Samuel, 1929-2011
  Obituary
• Our glorious and eternal good news!
  An abbreviated version of Lindsay Brown's closing address to the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation

other articles

• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• Keys to happy teenagers
• The King's Speech
• The Narnia Code
• The future church - How ten trends are revolutionising the Catholic Church
• Get a grip! - How Old Testament saints dealt with tough times
• Selections from Wise Counsel - John Newton's letters to John Ryland Jr
• Keeping God's earth - The global environment in biblical perspective
• The God who is there - Finding your place in God's story
• Remaking a broken world - The heart of the Bible story
• Every word counts
• The Anglosphere's broken covenant
• The faith we confess - An exposition of the 39 Articles
• Washed and waiting - Reflections on Christian faithfulness and homosexuality
• Joyful in hope - Finding God in extremes
• Reclaiming Genesis
• For the sake of the gospel - Philippians simply explained
• The shepherd leader - Achieving effective shepherding in your church
• The path not chosen - Bereavement pack
• Who is this Jesus?
• A time to live - The case against assisted suicide
• Martin Luther - A very short introduction
• Gulliver's travels

Deity of Christ

WHO IS THIS JESUS?
By E.M. Hicham
Evangelical Press. 126 pages. £5.99
ISBN 978-0-85234-718-8

Written by a Moroccan Christian with two Muslim-orientated publications to his credit, this book focuses principally on the deity of Christ.

The introduction describes briefly how Jesus is viewed by Mormons, JWs, Buddhists, Muslims and others. It ends with an invitation to consider the evidence and ‘decide whether Jesus really is God’. Reasons for accepting Christ’s deity are drawn from a variety of biblical and non-biblical sources. Appendix 1 answers the most common objections to this crucial doctrine, though not always as clearly as might be expected.

One chapter shows the impact Jesus has made on people’s lives; and the last two chapters are essentially evangelistic, concentrating on Christ’s saving work and why it was necessary. Appendix 2 contains a list of OT Messianic prophecies and their NT fulfilment.

With its somewhat unusual content, this book seems tailor-made for anyone who regards Jesus’ identity and role in history as a live issue.

A work of this nature needs to maintain high standards of accuracy and precision, so that nobody can pick holes and thereby evade the real issues. Regrettably, however, there are a number of flaws. Here is an example: under the heading, ‘The prophet David’ are quotations from three psalms, but David wrote only one of them.

The book has been read by a friend who frequently engages with Muslims. He sees it as a very useful tool. It could also be given to serious seekers or new believers who genuinely desire to know the real Jesus.

Derek Bigg,
Haywards Heath Evangelical Free Church, W. Sussex