And, you see, it's easy for Christians in the post-Enlightenment world to say, "Was Jesus God or wasn't He God?" "Yeah, I think He was God," and we put a check by that box and we kind of pat ourselves on the back, "We are orthodox Christians, we're not like those reductionists."
But unless you say that Jesus is the One in and through Whom the Living God launched His kingdom project on a surprised and unready world, then you are hiding behind orthodox doctrine in order to escape the REAL challenge of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
- N. T. Wright, Simply Jesus
It is one thing to say that Jesus is God. It is quite another to say that Jesus is the Word who became flesh and made His dwelling among us, and that we have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).
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