Why is the Incarnation important? I’ve contributed an abbreviated answer to this question as part of a symposium here at Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Why-the-Incarnation-Matters?offset=1&max=1 Check out the responses and chime in.  Here is the rather longer version of the answer I gave: From the beginning Christians have affirmed that Jesus is both fully God and fully human. [...]