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The Whole Christ

Legalism, Antinomianism & Gospel Assurance - Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters

Sinclair B Ferguson

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The Whole Christ

Legalism, Antinomianism & Gospel Assurance - Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters

Sinclair B Ferguson

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Since the days of the early church, Christians have wrestled with the relationship between the 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.

  • Title

    The Whole Christ

  • Author(s)

    Sinclair B Ferguson

  • ISBN

    9781433548000

  • Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Crossway

  • Audience

    Adults, Church Leaders

  • Pages

    256

  • Published

    31/01/2016

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Sinclair B Ferguson

Sinclair B Ferguson

Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, vice-chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is author of many books and also hosts a podcast called Things Unseen.

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The Whole Christ

Dont let the long subtitle put you off this really great book by Ferguson. You might not know what the Marrow controversy was but the truth expounded on in this book will build you up tremendously. The gospel and gospel assurance are brilliantly presented here. I'd give it six stars if I could

Gary Brown

better than a bacon sandwich

Dont let the long subtitle put you off this really great book by Ferguson. You might not know what the Marrow controversy was but the truth expounded on in this book will build you up tremendously. The gospel and gospel assurance are brilliantly presented here. I'd give it six stars if I could

Gary Brown

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