{"product_id":"friendship-with-christ-john-a-vissers-9781540969781","title":"Friendship with Christ: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Account","description":"Friendship has the capacity to elevate our lives and make us better people. It plays an important role in our moral development, spiritual growth, and personal flourishing. This is true of friendship between humans, and it is also true of friendship with God in Christ. What did friendship with Christ mean for Christians in ages past, and what can it mean for us today?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFriendship with Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, John Vissers offers a robust biblical, historical, and theological study of friendship with God in Christ. Rooted in the \"friendship teaching\" of John 15, this book draws on the threefold office of Christ as prophet, priest, and king to develop a theology of divine friendship against the backdrop of the biblical record and historical tradition. Friendship with Christ, Vissers argues, is a theological truth and experience that continues to provide consolation and hope in a secular age and a suffering world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by Hans Boersma, this book shows that friendship with Christ has been central to the experience of the providential love of God throughout the church's history and that it still matters today. \u003ci\u003eFriendship with Christ\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to professors and students of theology, Christology, and spiritual formation, as well as to pastors and church leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John A. Vissers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1540969789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540969781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baker Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"John A. Vissers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446947393791,"sku":"9781540969781","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_faf1c556-e8a7-44f0-be02-c01a2aa2bed3.jpg?v=1777227794","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/friendship-with-christ-john-a-vissers-9781540969781","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}