The Whole Christ -Ferguson, Sinclair B. - 9781433548000
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  • Publisher: Crossway/Good News Publishers
  • Publication Date: January 2016
  • ISBN: FFERGUSIBWHOLECHRISTLEGALISMA9781433548000

The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance

Ferguson, Sinclair B.

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Since the days of the early church, Christians have wrestled with the relationship between the law and gospel. If, as the apostle Paul says, salvation is by grace and the law cannot save, what relevance does the law have for Christians today?

By revisiting the Marrow Controversy—a famous but largely forgotten eighteenth–century debate related to the proper relationship between God's grace and our works—Sinclair B. Ferguson sheds light on this central issue and why it still matters today. In doing so, he explains how our understanding of the relationship between law and gospel determines our approach to evangelism, our pursuit of sanctification, and even our understanding of God himself.

Ferguson shows us that the antidote to the poison of legalism on the one hand and antinomianism on the other is one and the same: the life–giving gospel of Jesus Christ, in whom we are simultaneously justified by faith, freed for good works, and assured of salvation.


Listen to compilation of lectures on The Marrow Controversy by Dr. Sinclair Ferguson
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Sinclair B. Ferguson is Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, and former pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC. Sinclair received his PhD from the University of Aberdeen. Sinclair and his wife, Dorothy, have four grown children.

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Since the days of the early church, Christians have wrestled with the relationship between the law and gospel. If, as the apostle Paul says, salvation is by grace and the law cannot save, what relevance does the law have for Christians today?

By revisiting the Marrow Controversy—a famous but largely forgotten eighteenth–century debate related to the proper relationship between God's grace and our works—Sinclair B. Ferguson sheds light on this central issue and why it still matters today. In doing so, he explains how our understanding of the relationship between law and gospel determines our approach to evangelism, our pursuit of sanctification, and even our understanding of God himself.

Ferguson shows us that the antidote to the poison of legalism on the one hand and antinomianism on the other is one and the same: the life–giving gospel of Jesus Christ, in whom we are simultaneously justified by faith, freed for good works, and assured of salvation.


Listen to compilation of lectures on The Marrow Controversy by Dr. Sinclair Ferguson
Source: Sermon Audio

See These Related Titles

Sinclair B. Ferguson headshot

Sinclair B. Ferguson is Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, and former pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC. Sinclair received his PhD from the University of Aberdeen. Sinclair and his wife, Dorothy, have four grown children.

  • Cover Type:
  • 256 Pages
  • Publisher: Crossway/Good News Publishers
  • Publication Date: January 2016
  • ISBN: FFERGUSIBWHOLECHRISTLEGALISMA9781433548000