the christian religion is not an otherworldly eternal doctrine about the nature of deity or a polite philosophical discussion about the relation of spirit to matter instead it is the historical unfolding of gods covenantal involvement in this world the culmination of which is gods coming into this world in the person of jesus christfar as the curse if found is a retelling of the biblical story of gods unfolding covenant from creation to new creation readers are led to wonder anew at the redemptive work of god in our own history in our own human flesh pastors students and those interested in biblical theology are among the many that will gain fresh insight into the biblical story of redemption