Notes and References

The image shown here is from God’s Great Embrace: Discovering Deeper Intimacy with Jesus (Port Orchard, Washington: Ark House, 2022). It is referred to as “Figure 1” in the audiobook and is found on page 33 of the paperback.

Bibliographical notes and references found in the print edition of God’s Great Embrace correspond to the following timestamps in the audiobook.

1. Chapter 1  |  1:22 – 1:30
I’ve long since lost the article describing Luther’s understanding of salvation as a “wonderful” or “joyous exchange.” However, there are plenty of books that note this concept in Luther’s theology. For example, Robert Kolb and Charles P. Arand, The Genius of Luther’s Theology: A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008), 46.

2. Chapter 1  |  3:51 – 3:55
See Martin Luther, “The Freedom of a Christian, 1520,” in Luther’s Works: Career of the Reformer: I, edited by Harold J. Grimm, general editor Helmut T. Lehmann; translated by W.A. Lambert, revised by Harold J. Grimm (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1957), volume 31, pages 351–352; Martin Luther, “Two Kinds of Righteousness, 1519” in Luther’s Works: Career of the Reformer: I, edited by Harold J. Grimm, general editor Helmut T. Lehmann; translated by Lowell J. Satre (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1957), volume 31, page 297.

3. Chapter 2  |  3:09 – 3:16
See Bruce Demarest, The Cross and Salvation: The Doctrine of Salvation (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 1997), 313.

4. Chapter 2  |  6:31 – 6:49
Albert Schweitzer, The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1998), 3.

5. Chapter 2  |  7:00 – 7:40
James S. Stewart, A Man in Christ: The Vital Elements of St. Paul’s Religion (Vancouver, British Columbia: Regent College, 2002), 147.

6. Chapter 2  |  7:41 – 7:52
Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2015), 108.

7. Chapter 2  |  7:53 – 7:57
See Martyn Lloyd-Jones, God the Holy Spirit (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 1997), 102–103.

8. Chapter 2  |  8:03 – 8:19
Sinclair B. Ferguson, The Christian Life: A Doctrinal Introduction (Edinburgh, Scotland: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1981), 97.

9. Chapter 2  |  9:02 – 9:08
See John Murray, Redemption: Accomplished and Applied (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1955), 161.

10. Chapter 2  |  9:17 – 9:37
See Sinclair B. Ferguson, The Holy Spirit (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 1996), 108.

11. Chapter 2  |  13:31 – 13:39
Daniel Montgomery and Timothy Paul Jones, PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014), 97.

12. Chapter 4  |  1:13 – 1:20
Sinclair B. Ferguson, By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me (Sanford, Florida: Reformation Trust, 2010), 102.

13. Chapter 4  |  8:26 – 8:40
See W.A. Criswell, Expository Sermons on Revelation: Volume Two (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1963), 183–184.

14. Chapter 6  |  13:12 – 13:25
Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2015), 148.

15. Chapter 7  |  2:05 – 2:12
See J. I. Packer, Knowing God (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973), 182.

16. Chapter 8  |  1:47 – 2:10
Bernard of Clairvaux, “Sermon 8, The Holy Spirit: The Kiss of the Mouth,” in The Works of Bernard of Clairvaux, Volume Two: Song of Songs I, Cistercian Fathers Series: Number Four, edited by M. Basil Pennington; translated by Kilian Walsh (Trappist, Kentucky: A Cistercian Publications title published by Liturgical Press, 1971), 46.

17. Chapter 9  |  0:04 – 0:39
See Robert Graves, Greek Myths (London: Penguin, 1981), 63–64.

18. Chapter 11  |  0:04 – 1:55
See Robert Harvey, Best-Loved Hymn Stories (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1963), 158–160; Kenneth W. Osbeck, 101 Hymn Stories (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1982), 126–128.

19. Chapter 12  |  10:31 – 10:38
Martin Luther, “Scholia: Chapter Four” in Luther’s Works: Lectures on Romans, edited by Hilton C. Oswald; translated by Jacob A. O. Preus (Saint Louis, Missouri: Concordia Publishing House, 1972), volume 25, page 260.

20. Chapter 13  |  0:47 – 0:57
See John R. W. Stott, Men Made New: An Exposition of Romans 5–8 (Leicester, U.K.: InterVarsity, 1966), 36.

21. Chapter 13  |  1:15 – 1:22
It’s worth noting a popular misunderstanding of Paul’s key phrase of Romans 6, “died to sin.” Unfortunately, some see “died to sin” in the context of sanctification rather than justification. As John Stott explains, the misinterpretation goes something like this: A person who has “died to sin” is unresponsive to it. That is, they’re as unresponsive to the temptation of sin as a corpse is to physical stimulus. But as Stott himself points out in detail, there are good reasons why this interpretation cannot be correct. For example, our own personal experience ought to be proof enough that our sinful nature is still alive and kicking. What’s more, if we’re unresponsive or insensitive to sin, if we have no desire or inclination to sin because we’ve died to it, then Paul’s concluding exhortations that we not sin are completely unnecessary (Rom. 6:12–14)—and so is every other passage of Scripture exhorting us not to sin. Contextually, the “unresponsive to sin” explanation makes no sense. See John R. W. Stott, Men Made New: An Exposition of Romans 5–8 (Leicester, U.K.: InterVarsity, 1966), 37–41; John R. W. Stott, The Message of Romans (Leicester, U.K.: InterVarsity, 1994), 169–171.

22. Chapter 13  |  1:31 – 1:42
See John R. W. Stott, Men Made New: An Exposition of Romans 5–8 (Leicester, U.K.: InterVarsity, 1966), 30–52; John R. W. Stott, The Message of Romans (Leicester, U.K.: InterVarsity, 1994), 168–182.

23. Chapter 13  |  5:00 – 5:28
See Martin Luther, “To Jerome Weller. July, 1530,” in Luther: Letters of Spiritual Counsel, Library of Christian Classics edition, translated and edited by Theodore G. Tappert (Vancouver, British Columbia: Regent College, 1960), 86–87.

24. Chapter 14  |  0:41 – 3:37
For insightful explanations of Romans 6:1–14 see John R. W. Stott, Men Made New: An Exposition of Romans 5–8 (Leicester, U.K.: InterVarsity, 1966), 30–52 (the biography illustration I describe is from pages 49–50); John R. W. Stott, The Message of Romans (Leicester, U.K.: InterVarsity Press, 1994), 168–182; Sinclair B. Ferguson, By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me (Sanford, Florida: Reformation Trust, 2010), chapter 7.

25. Chapter 14  |  3:45 – 3:59
See John R. W. Stott, Men Made New: An Exposition of Romans 5–8 (Leicester, U.K.: InterVarsity, 1966), 50, 56.

26. Chapter 14  |  5:28 – 5:42
See John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Library of Christian Classics edition, edited by John T. McNeill, translated by Ford Lewis Battles (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1960), III.xvi.1; John Calvin, Calvin’s Commentaries: The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, edited by David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, translated by John W. Fraser (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1960), 46.

27. Chapter 16  |  2:29 – 2:38
Mark Twain, Mark Twain Speaking, edited by Paul Fatout (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1976), 284.

28. Chapter 16  |  11:30 – 11:48
See John Piper, Future Grace: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God (Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2012), 3.

29. Chapter 17  |  2:31 – 2:48
Quotations from J. Hudson Taylor in this chapter are from “The Exchanged Life,” a letter from Taylor in Chinkiang, China, dated 17 October 1869, to his sister Amelia Broomhall in England. This letter is reproduced in Taylor’s biography, written by his son Howard and daughter-in-law Geraldine. See Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor, Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission: The Growth of a Work of God (London: China Inland Mission, 1927), 173–177.

30. Chapter 17  |  11:10 – 11:20
Lewis B. Smedes, Union with Christ: A Biblical View of the New Life in Jesus Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983), 58.

31. Chapter 17  |  11:21 – 11:35
John R. W. Stott, Life in Christ: A Guide for Daily Living (London: Monarch, 2003), 125.

32. Chapter 18  |  5:11 – 6:11
John R. W. Stott, Basic Christianity (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008), 123.

33. Chapter 19  |  6:12 – 6:17
C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980), 123.

34. Chapter 20  |  2:41 – 3:01
See John Piper, Future Grace: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God (Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2012), 287.

35. Chapter 20  |  24:35 – 24:49
John R. W. Stott, Men Made New: An Exposition of Romans 5–8 (Leicester, U.K.: InterVarsity, 1966), 15.

36. Questions for Reflection and Discussion  |  1:21 – 1:27
See Robert Kolb and Charles P. Arand, The Genius of Luther’s Theology: A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008), 46.

37. Questions for Reflection and Discussion  |  1:28 – 1:31
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Library of Christian Classics edition, edited by John T. McNeill, translated by Ford Lewis Battles (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1960), IV.xvii.2.