Because He Loves Me on Trackback Thursday

“In your pursuit of godliness, have you left Jesus behind?” In Because He Loves Me, Elyse Fitzpatrick unpacks how God’s love displayed in the gospel makes Christians increasingly more like the One who has lavished his love on them. Elyse points readers to their true identity as God’s beloved child and teaches them how to become who they already are, without legalism or lawlessness.

“We’re all living on this side of the fall, clothing ourselves with fig-leaf, false identities in a vain effort to make ourselves more presentable. We sew and sew, but just can’t seem to get it right. So we give up sewing for a while, and then we begin all over again. We don’t want people to see us as we are because we are both proud and ashamed; we’re too proud to admit our sin; we’re too ashamed to say we still need a Savior. We aren’t seeing ourselves as we are. We’ve forgotten his love and the gospel and our true identity.” (pp 48).

Here’s a reminder of how Trackback Thursday works: Simply link to the blog post from your blog, leave a comment on Crossway’s Facebook Page, or re-tweet Trackback Thursday on Twitter @Crosswaybooks. Winners are picked on Friday morning.

Note: Trackback Thursday and its administrators will be breaking for Christmas Eve (12/24) and New Years Eve (12/31). We’ll see you on January 7, 2010! May you have a worshipful Christmas and New Year!