is indeed one of the great mysteries that lies at the heart of Christian confession, and it is thoroughly evangelical.24 So, reasons for the general absence of union with Christ in evangelical soteriology are manifold, and the true cause is very difficult to identify. But no matter which of these reasons (or combination of reasons) best explains this deficiency, Augustus Strong’s words still ring true nearly a century after he wrote them: “[T]he majority of Christians much more frequently think of