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Union with Christ is wonderful

Union with Christ is a much-neglected doctrine, but Clive Bowsher shows what tremendous practical implications it has. Jesus wants to know his people because he loves us. A lot of profound thinking has gone into a short book of eight chapters, all based around the “You will” promises of Jesus from John’s Gospel: He (Jesus) Reaches Out; He Relates; He Befriends; He Comes Close; He Partners; He Makes Alive; He Fathers; and He Invites. The emphasis of the book is that is a reality that can be experienced now by Christians, as Heaven breaks into earth. The author’s autobiographical inserts bring show it being lived out amid the ups and downs of life. So, far from being an arcane doctrine, union with Christ allows the believer to know Jesus and to grow in relationship with him. The short chapters foster slow meditative reading and will encourage any Christian in their walk with God.

Stephen

Wonderful!

This is probably my favourite book of 2023. It is a book that I have wanted to be available for years. This is a short, accessible, biblical, theologically rich, experiential book on communion with Christ. This little rocket of a book takes us through the nine “You will” promises of Jesus in Johns Gospel. It is beautifully written, with some honest, autobiographical accounts, that encourages and invites us into intimacy with God. Wonderful.

Jonathan