{"product_id":"who-do-you-think-you-are-finding-your-true-identity-in-christ-9781400207718","title":"Who Do You Think You Are?: Finding Your True Identity in Christ","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePastor Mark Driscoll answers the one question you need to ask: Who am I in Christ?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing a Christian can be like driving in a foreign city. You try living on the straight and narrow but instead take a wrong turn onto the wide avenue of sin and temptation. In the process, you become discouraged and condemned, limping along in your faith--or giving up altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this isn't the real Christian life. You can make a U-turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePastor Mark Driscoll knows that underlying our struggles in life is the issue of our identity. \"The fundamental problem we have in this world,\" he says, \"is that we don't understand who we truly are--children of God made in his image--and define ourselves by any number of things other than Jesus. Only by knowing our false identity apart from Christ in comparison to our true identity in him can we finally deal with and overcome the issues in our lives.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho are you in Christ? Among other things: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou are a saint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou are blessed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou are saved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou are afflicted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou are heard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou aren't what's been done to you but what Jesus has done for you. You aren't what you do but what Jesus has done. What you do doesn't determine who you are. Rather, who you are in Christ determines what you do. These are fundamental truths that Pastor Mark explores in depth throughout \u003cem\u003eWho Do You Think You Are? Finding Your True Identity in Christ.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDriscoll, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMark Driscoll is one of the 50 most influential pastors in America, and the founder of Mars Hill Church in Seattle (www.marshillchurch.org), the Paradox Theater, and the Acts 29 Network which has planted scores of churches. Mark is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Radical Reformission\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eReaching Out Without Selling Out\u003c\/em\u003e. He speaks extensively around the country, has lectured at a number of seminaries, and has had wide media exposure ranging from NPR's \u003cem\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/em\u003e to the \u003cem\u003e700 Club\u003c\/em\u003e, and from \u003cem\u003eLeadership Journal\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. He's a staff religion writer for the \u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e. Along with his wife and children, Mark lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334395629842,"sku":"9781400207718","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_539b846d-4c74-4194-946b-3ea01598999b.jpg?v=1727888910","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/who-do-you-think-you-are-finding-your-true-identity-in-christ-9781400207718","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}