In the book, "A Christian's Pocket Guide to Jesus Christ", Mark Jones carefully spells out, in 76 pages, the person and work of Jesus Christ - Christology. Christology is also the discussion about the divine and human nature of Jesus Christ. He unpacks the historical and theological view on this subject. Surely, Jones treatment on Christology on this book may be tiny, since it is an introduction, yet it contains treasure.
He provides different views (Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed) on Christology, and he is a proponent of the Reformed view. He hammers down his argument through the support of Scripture as a whole - he carefully performs exegesis - and the works of John Owen and Thomas Goodwin and etc. - the Puritans. His writing and theology do resemble the works of the Puritans, so you might have to re-read it a couple of times in order to grasp what Jones is talking about.
Here are some questions that the book answers (I still have to ponder and carefully think about them):
1.) Did Jesus have one or two wills?
2.) Did Jesus need to pray?
3.) Did Joseph have to teach Jesus how to be a carpenter?
4.) Did Jesus need to have faith?
5.) Was it possible for Jesus to sin?
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