Ferguson is Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. In addition to being Senior Minister, Dr. He has served as an editor with the Banner of Truth Trust and worked as a minister at St George's-Tron Church, Glasgow. from the University of Aberdeen and has been an minister in the Church of Scotland since 1971. Sinclair Ferguson (born 1948) is a Scottish theologian known in Reformed Christian circles for his teaching, writing, and editorial work. THEOLOGY: Confessional Presbyterian, Covenantal, Monergistic, 5-point Calvinist, Amillennialist Biographical Sketchĭr. Donald Alexander, Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1988. Sinclair Ferguson, ' Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification', Ed. It is seeing oneself in this context that enables the individual Christian to grow in true holiness." Rather than view Christians first and foremost in the microcosmic context of their own progress, the Reformed doctrine first of all sets them in the macrocosm of God's activity in redemptive history. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of holiness or sanctification, but in what God has done in Christ, and for us in union with him. This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. We share in his death (we were baptized into his death), in his resurrection (we are resurrected with Christ), in his ascension (we have been raised with him), in his heavenly session (we sit with him in heavenly places, so that our life is hidden with Christ in God), and we will share in his promised return (when Christ, who is our life, appears, we also will appear with him in glory) (Rom. "Union with Christ in his death and resurrection is the element of union which Paul most extensively expounds.if we are united to Christ, then we are united to him at all points of his activity on our behalf.
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