Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of our Identity in Christ

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2018

Overview

Who am I? It’s a question we all ask ourselves at some point. Depending on the season we focus our identity on our job performance, marital status, personality type, or social network, among other options. However, there’s a larger question to consider. Who does the Bible tell me I am in Christ? From the wisdom and perspective of insightful authors-including Jen Wilkin, Hannah Anderson, and Jen Pollock Michel-we’ll seek to answer this question by: Exposing our false notions of identity; Understanding the biblical truth of our identity in Christ; and Reflecting on what it looks like to live in our new (and true) identity. In 10 chapters we’ll cover everything from our identity as children of God to citizens of heaven. At the end of each chapter, study questions will facilitate group discussion as you consider this glorious truth with your friends. Join us as we explore how knowing who we are in Christ changes every aspect of our lives.

Key Features

• Explores our false notions of identity.
• Helps to understand the biblical truth of our identity in Christ.
• Guides to reflect on what it looks like to live in our new (and true) identity.

Contents

• Introduction Who Am I?
• Chapter 1 Free: Rescued by Grace
• Chapter 2 Reflection: Made in God’s Image
• Chapter 3 Child: Beloved by the Father
• Chapter 4 Saint: Redeemed by the Son
• Chapter 5 Fruitful: Filled with the Holy Spirit
• Chapter 6 Member: Connected to the Church
• Chapter 7 Beautiful: Clothed in Splendor
• Chapter 8 Servant: Reaping a Reward
• Chapter 9 Worshiper: Shining Brightly in the Darkness
• Chapter 10 Citizen: Longing for Home

Praise for Identity Theft

I hear all the time that women want to study their identity in Christ. Now there is a book that provides a winsome, biblical, relatable guide for that study! Every chapter in this book is a winner. I can’t wait to recommend it!

—Nancy Guthrie, author of Even Better Than Eden: Nine Ways the Bible’s Story Changes Everything About Your Story

Questions about identity swirl around and in us these days, in the public square, in our churches, and in our homes. The women who have written this book have applied theological truth to the longings and lies in our current cultural moment. A combination of truth and beauty that will make your heart soar.

—Trevin Wax, Director for Bibles and Reference at Lifeway Christian Resources, author of This Is Our Time and Eschatological Discipleship

To know and to live into our identity is essential for both our own well-being and the well-being of the church. With compelling insights and biblical teaching, the essays collected here, written by some of wisest women I know, point out the subtle and significant ways true identity can be lost— and found.

—Karen Swallow Prior, author of On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books and Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More— Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist

Product Details

• Title: Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of Who We Are in Christ
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 141
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christian life; Identity (Psychology) › Religious aspects--Christianity; Self-actualization (Psychology) › Religious aspects--Christianity; Self-perception › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9780692134665, 0692134662
• Resource ID: LLS:DNTTYTHFTDCHRST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-21T19:30:21Z

About The Gospel Coalition

Brian J. Tabb (PhD, London Theological Seminary) is academic dean at Bethlehem College & Seminary and an elder of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also serves as managing editor for Themelios, published by the Gospel Coalition, and is the author of Suffering in Ancient Worldview.

D.A. Carson is a research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has been at Trinity since 1978. Carson came to Trinity from the faculty of Northwest Baptist Theological Seminary in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he also served for two years as academic dean. He has served as an assistant pastor and pastor and has done itinerant ministry in Canada and the United Kingdom. Carson received a bachelor of science in chemistry from McGill University, the master of divinity from Central Baptist Seminary in Toronto, and the doctor of philosophy in New Testament from the University of Cambridge. Carson is an active guest lecturer in academic and church settings around the world. He holds membership on the Council for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Carson has also written many books that have garnered international acclaim, including his award-winning title The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism.

Daniel Strange is academic vice president and lecturer in culture, religion, and public theology at Oak Hill College, London. He is the author or coauthor of several other books, including The Possibility of Salvation Among the Unevangelised: An Analysis of Inclusivism in Recent Evangelical Theology.