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Changed into His Likeness: A Biblical Theology of Personal Transformation is unavailable, but you can change that!

When it comes to the Christian life, what exactly can we expect with regard to personal transformation? Gary Millar addresses this most basic question. He explores the nature of gospel-shaped change, exposing the dangers of both promising too much and expecting too little. The central part of his study focuses on ‘life in the middle’—between the change that is brought about when we become...

The relationship we have with the Father, in the Spirit through our union with the Son is by definition a transformative one, as we increasingly display his ‘family likeness’. The fact that we are united to Christ means that this can never be reduced to mere similarity of behaviour, but goes to the very core of our being. In union with him we share in his holiness (both definitively or positionally and progressively). Being united with Christ by faith alters our situation entirely. Personal transformation
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