The faith-shaped life

The Christian life is a faith-shaped life. Faith is the instrument that unites us to Christ, but it is also the reality that shapes how we live in union with Christ. From beginning to end the Christian lives by faith. The life of faith is not easy. The Christian is engaged in an unrelenting warfare with the world, the flesh and the devil. Every step forward will be contested. The one thing that will keep the believer on track and pressing on is moment by moment trust in God, in his word, in the goodness and perfection of his purposes, and in his exceedingly great and precious promises. ‘This is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith’ (1 John 5:4). The chapters are intentionally brief and packed with biblical teaching to encourage and challenge both younger and older Christians; and above all to point us relentlessly to Jesus Christ ‘the founder and perfecter of our faith’.

Publisher: Banner of Truth
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781848712492

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Ian Hamilton was previously minister of Cambridge Presbyterian Church (1999-2016). He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1979 and became the minister of Loudoun Church of Scotland, Newmilns, Ayrshire in the same year, serving there for almost twenty years. Ian teaches at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in South Carolina, where he also serves on the Seminary Board. He is married to Joan, and they have four children and five granddaughters. Ian Hamilton is a Trustee of the Banner of Truth Trust and has preached at conferences around the world.

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