The Faith-Shaped Life (Hamilton)

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Hamilton, Ian

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160

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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’.

Contents

Getting Started
Faith: An Overused and Much Misunderstood Word
The Holy Trinity: Faith’s Constant Delight
The Catholicity of Faith
Specks and Logs: Faith and Judging Others
Faith and Christian Unity
Faith and Disappointment
The Anchor that Keeps Faith Steadfast
What Faith Looks Like
The Brotherliness of Faith
Faith and Joy
Faith in the Dark
Faith’s Great Delight
The Sweet Words that Nourish Faith
The Aroma of Faith
Faith’s Great Sorrow
The Humble Wisdom of Faith
Loving One Another: the Family Character of Faith
Where Faith Always Looks
Faith at Work
What Faith Sees
Faith’s Highest Privilege
Faith, the Protestant Watchword
Faith’s Present Experience
Faith’s Great Comfort
What Faith Aspires To
Faith’s Present Ache
The Tenderness of Faith
Faith’s Submissiveness
Dealing With Our Past: Trusting God
Faith in a Post-modern World
The Humbling Fact that Pervades the Life of Faith
Faith and Numbers
The Lips of the Faithful
Controversy and Faith
The Legacy that Faith Bequeaths
The Reminder that Faith Always Needs
Jesus Christ: Faith’s Obsession
Faith’s Supreme Interest
Faith’s Unsettling Obsessiveness
Faith’s Assurance: ‘Nothing So Ill but Christ Will Compensate’
Thinking Faith: The Logic of Redemption
Faith’s Constant Companion

About the Author

Ian Hamilton is the pastor of Cambridge Presbyterian Church, England. He is the author of Let's Study the Letters of John which is also published by the Trust.