{"product_id":"sinner-saint-michael-horton-9781964419152","title":"Sinner Saint: A Surprising Primer to the Christian Life","description":"Few mysteries of the faith are so perplexing as the ongoing presence of sin in the life of the believer. On the one hand, Christians are no longer slaves to sin. On the other hand we find ourselves rocked by it, daily battling conflicting impulses and neuroses, caught in the middle of a cosmic tug-of-war between good and evil desires. What are we to make of this? Whatever we may believe theologically, practically speaking, the struggle is universal. The honest truth is that we're not as good as we would like to be. In other words, the answer to the question \"Could I be better?\" is always a resounding yes. Various answers to this problem have been posited throughout the history of the church: Insufficient faith. Lack of willpower. Incomplete sanctification. All such answers, however, envision a kind of progress where we shed our old \"sinner\" and experience a kind of metamorphosis into the new \"saint.\" But does such an explanation actually jive with what we experience? Does such an operative principle play out consistently in the lives of the great heroes of the faith? And, most importantly, does it actually align with the full counsel of God? What if there were another option, a way of understanding ourselves that shunned simplistic \"either-or\" explanations for a more honest \"both-and\"? What if there were a way of being real about our failures yet insisting that, in Christ, they don't define us? Welcome to the reformation doctrine of the \u003ci\u003esimul, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere we find ourselves sinful \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e righteous, broken \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eredeemed, and-above all-unconditionally loved by the God who overlooks our shortcomings on account of his Son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Horton, Luke Kjolhaug\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1964419158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781964419152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517 Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 4.96w x 0.47d","brand":"Michael Horton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838445277439,"sku":"9781964419152","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46d2fa09-6b05-420c-89f3-c09c677bcb10.jpg?v=1746589856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sinner-saint-michael-horton-9781964419152","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}