How does Jesus' resurrection empower individuals and churches? Popular Christian blogger and teacher Adrian Warnock explores the doctrinal, experiential, and evangelistic implications of the doctrine of the resurrection.
Unlike the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement, which has been attacked (and vigorously defended) in recent years, the doctrine of the resurrection has sparked relatively little discussion. Pastors certainly preach on the resurrection and apologists do write books defending the doctrine. But few books examine the massive implications of Jesus' literal, bodily resurrection from the dead for believers and churches.
In Raised with Christ, author Adrian Warnock addresses this gap, laying out the doctrinal, experiential, and evangelistic implications of a risen and reigning Christ. He takes his cue from the preaching of the apostles; in Acts, every recorded sermon focuses on both the death and the resurrection of Jesus. Warnock stresses that Christians who faithfully proclaim the death and resurrection of Jesus and work out the implications of that message in vibrant, grace-filled churches will be empowered to reach a world that lives in death's dark shadow.