Public resource. Has the Christmas period sparked your curiosity in Jesus? A crucified Messiah was nowhere in the script of Israelite redemptive history, so how exactly did a man born in a manger and crucified on a cross come to be known as the Christ? On these pages of Beyond Belief, Dr Andrew Boakye explains how Christianity developed its notion of the Messiah, especially examining the works of Paul, and asks how this all raises questions for the church today.
