Description:
Who are you, really?
Many people in the church today face an identity crisis. But the Apostle Paul had no question about what it meant to be a Christian: he was "in Christ." Recovering this New Testament phrase is the key to understanding our identity and enjoying all the blessings of salvation.
In this book, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson introduces the defining reality of the Christian life--our union with Christ. As we embrace the transformative truth of being "in Him," we can live out of the fullness of joy, purpose, and assurance that the gospel brings.
Brief description:
Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He previously served as senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C., and he has written numerous books, including The Whole Christ, In Christ Alone, Devoted to God, Some Pastors and Teachers, In the Year of Our Lord, and Maturity.
Review Quotes:
"It is sometimes said that preachers come to have only one sermon. When kindly expressed, this is far from being a criticism! On the contrary, the meaning is not that the preacher simply says the same thing every time you hear him; it is that he is always saying different things via the same things: his deepest convictions about what it means to know and love the triune God. I know I speak for many in saying that one of the richest blessings of Sinclair Ferguson's ministry is the extent to which he has been captivated and shaped by the doctrine of union with Christ. For him, it is as much a meta-affection as a metanarrative; it is evident in the foundations as much as the structures of his thought; it overflows in his writing as much as in his preaching; it nourishes us in person as much as from the pulpit. So here is a delightful book on a glorious doctrine that Sinclair cannot preach and write about enough. May God use it to grant us all life-changing sight of what it means to belong to Jesus forever."
--Dr. David Gibson