
The Whole Christ
Sinclair B. Ferguson(Author)
Crossway Books (Publisher)
Published on 31. January 2016
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4335-4800-0 (ISBN)
Description
Since the days of the early church, Christians have wrestled with the relationship between law and gospel. If, as the apostle Paul says, salvation is by grace and the law cannot save, what relevance does the law have for Christians today?
By revisiting the Marrow Controversy-a famous but largely forgotten eighteenth-century debate related to the proper relationship between God's grace and our works-Sinclair B. Ferguson sheds light on this central issue and why it still matters today. In doing so, he explains how our understanding of the relationship between law and gospel determines our approach to evangelism, our pursuit of sanctification, and even our understanding of God himself.
Ferguson shows us that the antidote to the poison of legalism on the one hand and antinomianism on the other is one and the same: the life-giving gospel of Jesus Christ, in whom we are simultaneously justified by faith, freed for good works, and assured of salvation.
By revisiting the Marrow Controversy-a famous but largely forgotten eighteenth-century debate related to the proper relationship between God's grace and our works-Sinclair B. Ferguson sheds light on this central issue and why it still matters today. In doing so, he explains how our understanding of the relationship between law and gospel determines our approach to evangelism, our pursuit of sanctification, and even our understanding of God himself.
Ferguson shows us that the antidote to the poison of legalism on the one hand and antinomianism on the other is one and the same: the life-giving gospel of Jesus Christ, in whom we are simultaneously justified by faith, freed for good works, and assured of salvation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wheaton, IL
United States
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4335-4800-0 (9781433548000)
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Sinclair B. Ferguson
The Whole Christ
Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance-Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters
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01/2016
Crossway
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Persons
Sinclair B. Ferguson (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and the former senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina. He is the author of several books, including By Grace Alone and Lessons from the Upper Room. Sinclair and his wife, Dorothy, have four grown children.
Content
How a Marrow Grew
Grace in the Gospel
Preparation, Distortion, Poison
Danger! Legalism
The Order of Grace
Suspicious Symptoms
Faces of Antinomianism
Causes and Cures
The Marrow of Assurance
How Assurance of Christ becomes Assurance of Salvation
"Hindrances Strew All the Way"
Conclusion
Appendix: Thomas Boston on Faith
Grace in the Gospel
Preparation, Distortion, Poison
Danger! Legalism
The Order of Grace
Suspicious Symptoms
Faces of Antinomianism
Causes and Cures
The Marrow of Assurance
How Assurance of Christ becomes Assurance of Salvation
"Hindrances Strew All the Way"
Conclusion
Appendix: Thomas Boston on Faith