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Known by God: A Biblical Theology of Personal Identity

Known by God: A Biblical Theology of Personal Identity - Paperback

by Brian S. Rosner
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Availability:In StockContributor:Brian S. Rosner, Jonathan Lunde (Editor)Series:Biblical Theology for LifePublish date:2017-09-12Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zondervan AcademicISBN-13:9780310499824ISBN-10:310499828UPC:9780310499824Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Biblical Studies, Christian LivingBook Topic:Anthropology, Calling & VocationSize:9.00 x 7.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCXP1JW3NZ

What does the Bible say about your sense of self?

In the past, an individual's identity was more predictable than it is now. Today, personal identity is a do-it-yourself project. Constructing a stable and satisfying sense of self is hard amidst relationship breakdowns, the pace and rhetoric of modern life, the rise of social media, social mobility, and so on. Ours is a day of identity angst.

Who are you? What defines you? What makes you you?

In Known by God, Rosner argues that rather than knowing ourselves, being known by God is the key to personal identity. He explores three biblical angles on the question of personal identity:

  • Being made in the image of God.
  • Being known by God.
  • Being in Christ.

At the center of a biblical understanding of personal identity is sonship: God gives us our identity as a parent who knows his child. Being known by him as his child gives our fleeting lives significance, provokes in us needed humility, supplies cheering comfort when things go wrong, and offers clear moral direction for living.

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Part of the Biblical Theology for Life series, this practical and insightful book will help you ground your longing to be known and the security of your identity on the solid foundation of biblical understanding and reflection.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Zondervan AcademicISBN-13:9780310499824ISBN-10:310499828UPC:9780310499824Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Biblical Studies, Christian LivingBook Topic:Anthropology, Calling & VocationSize:9.00 x 7.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCXP1JW3NZ
Lunde, Jonathan: - Jonathan Lunde (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is associate professor of biblical and theological studies at Talbot School of Theology of Biola University. He is coeditor (with Kenneth Berding) of Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament and has contributed articles to The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels and the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Jon and his wife, Pamela, have three children and reside in Brea, California.Rosner, Brian S.: - Brian S. Rosner is Principal of Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia https: //www.ridley.edu.au/. Previously he taught at the University of Aberdeen and Moore Theological College. He holds degrees from Sydney University and Dallas Theological Seminary and has a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Brian is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, the Pillar commentary on 1 Corinthians (with Roy E. Ciampa), The Consolations of Theology, Greed as Idolatry and Paul and the Law. He is married to Natalie and has four children, a son-in-law and one grandchild.
Publisher: Zondervan Academic

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Brian S. Rosner, Jonathan Lunde (Editor)

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