{"product_id":"changed-into-his-likeness-a-biblical-theology-of-personal-transformation-volume-55-9780830871162","title":"Changed Into His Likeness: A Biblical Theology of Personal Transformation Volume 55","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiblical Foundations Book Awards Runner Up and Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen it comes to the Christian life, what exactly can we expect with regard to personal transformation?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary Millar addresses this most basic question in this NSBT volume. After surveying some contemporary psychological approaches to the issue of change and discussions of biblical anthropology, 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 Christians and the final change in which we will be raised with Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillar presents a case for reading the \"character studies\" of major Old Testament figures from Noah to Solomon as depicting a declension throughout their lives and their innate sinfulness and lack of change. This problem is resolved in the establishment of a new covenant, which promises both individual and corporate transformation in the power of the Spirit. This transformation is presented in the New Testament as a rich and complex process, which cannot be contained or adequately described by one set of images. Transformation is real, deep-rooted and far-reaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn developing an integrated biblical theology of transformation, Millar draws on the contributions of key thinkers, including Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, Edwards, Owen, Newton, James K. A. Smith and the Biblical Counselling movement. He concludes with a careful synthesis, charting a middle way between the errors of over-realized and under-realized eschatology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. Gary Millar is principal of Queensland Theological College, Australia. Previously he served as a minister in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. His books include \u003ci\u003eNow Choose Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCalling on the Name of the Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, and commentaries on Deuteronomy, Kings, and 2 Corinthians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eD. A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482446729490,"sku":"9780830871162","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_34a8d0f6-d8d4-4b03-862a-6d158c463b82.jpg?v=1730345839","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/changed-into-his-likeness-a-biblical-theology-of-personal-transformation-volume-55-9780830871162","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}