Hope and Holiness
How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Moody Publishers
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
No amount of rules, software filters, or accountability talks can bring the healing we need. The war against sexual immorality—which begins in our minds and hearts—cannot be won by trying harder to modify our behavior. This will always leave us feeling defeated and discouraged. But we can win victory by knowing our identity in Christ. We gain clarity and power through the Holy Spirit to overcome sexual temptation as we truly grasp the gospel—what God has done for us and in us. And it's necessary to have the gospel regularly preached to us and to regularly preach the gospel to ourselves in order to experience consistent victory. In Hope and Holiness, author John Fonville shows that the gospel, not practical steps or more self-discipline, is God's provision for the power to live a life of sexual purity. And it is available to every Christian. With a shepherding heart and theological acumen, Fonville answers essential questions for all who desire to honor God with their minds, hearts, and bodies: Who are we? What is the body? and Who is God? Fonville sets us on a desperately needed joyful path of renewed strength and faith-filled purity.
Endorsements (21)
“Confronting the proverbial elephant in the evangelical room, John Fonville takes a fresh look at 1 Corinthians 6:9–20 to help Christians who struggle with sexual sin. In so doing, he eschews tired traditional exhortations to simply try harder at self-shaming and self-denial as the way to biblical purity. Instead, Fonville shows how the apostle Paul applied the law-gospel distinction to the rampant sexual immorality among the saints of God in Corinth. For while the law tells us how to live, only the gospel empowers us to do so. Consequently, Paul reminded his readers whom God had already made them to be in Christ. As a deeply experienced pastor, Fonville wisely does the same. He urges his readers to constantly remind themselves of that foundational gospel truth, which is the root of all Christian holiness: only God's love for sinners will inspire sinners to love God more than sin.”
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