If you haven’t already heard the news, Jerry Bridges passed into eternity yesterday (March 6, 2016). Below is a brief summary of his life and ministry.
Yesterday Jerry Bridges passed into eternity. Mr. Bridges worked for Navigators for more than 50 years. He also published more than 20 books.
Justin Taylor shares his thoughts on Mr. Bridges’s legacy.
The pursuit of holiness and godliness with an emphasis on transforming grace. He believed that trusting God not only involved believing what he had done for us in the past, but that the gospel empowers daily faith and is transformative for all of life.
You can go here for Challies review of one of Mr. Bridges most popular books, The pursuit of Holiness.
Ligonier interviewed Mr. Bridges on The Pursuit of Holiness.
John Piper interviews Mr. Bridges here.
Tony Reinke interviews Mr. Bridges. Mr. Bridges shares five important truths for younger believers.
Justin Taylor tells us In 2014, Jerry published a memoir of his life, tracing the providential hand of God through his own story: God Took Me by the Hand: A Story of God’s Unusual Providence (NavPress, 2014). He closes the work with seven spiritual lessons he learned in his six decades of the Christian life.
- The Bible is meant to be applied to specific life situations.
- All who trust in Christ as Savior are united to Him in a loving way just as the branches are united to the vine.
- The pursuit of holiness and godly character is neither by self-effort nor simply letting Christ “live His life through you.”
- The sudden understanding of the doctrine of election was a watershed event for me that significantly affected my entire Christian life.
- The representative union of Christ and the believer means that all that Christ did in both His perfect obedience and His death for our sins is credited to us.
- The gospel is not just for unbelievers in their coming to Christ.
- We are dependent on the Holy Spirit to apply the life of Christ to our lives.
Rest in the peace of Christ, Mr. Bridges!
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