I admit that I often focus on the Cross of Christ but neglect the importance of the resurrection and I thank Mr. Warnock for penning this reminder. The book is filled with many personal examples, quotes from theologians (young/old, dead/alive) and practical applications for the resurrection. Check out the book I do not think you will be disappointed.

From Mark. D. Kuykendall

Later today, Wednesday 27 January, at 1:00 PM Eastern time (6:00 PM UK time, 10:00 AM Pacific time) you can tune in to your radio or an online live stream at WMUZ 103.5 FM when Adrian will be interviewed by Bob Dutko about the resurrection.

We especially welcome Newfrontiers visitors from the weekend’s Together At Butlins conference and from Prayer and Fasting. At both events speakers kindly recommended Raised With Christ and the book was available. If you didn’t manage to pick up a copy, Newfrontiers Resources are offering a special pre-launch price.

Today, around 100 leaders from churches across the North of England and Scotland will gather to hear Adrian Warnock speak on the resurrection. Prayers for the event would be gratefully received.

Some of them will probably visit this site afterwards, so a special welcome to you!

Do also take a look at Adrian’s blog adrianwarnock.com, feel free to contact Adrian as he would love to hear your thoughts and comments about the vital subject of the implications of the resurrection for us today.

If you want to order copies of Raised With Christ, then the Newfrontiers Resources page has a good deal on at the moment.

Ed Stetzer has already shared an endorsement of Raised With Christ.  Today he posted an interview about Raised With Christ.  Adrian will be dropping by there today to answer your questions. Here is what Ed said in his introduction:

Do we need another book written on the resurrection? Well, let’s be honest. How many books have you read on this most central doctrine of our faith? Not only is this a book that needed to be written, it is a book you need to read.

via Adrian Warnock and The Resurrection – EdStetzer.com.

Several different electronic editions are now available to order.  If you have a Kindle, you can now order a copy for immediate delivery.  There is now a Kindle for iPhone application so you can buy and read Kindle books without paying for a dedicated reader.

Logos Bible Software continues to offer Raised With Christ on their pre-publication list, although the nature of that system is that there is no guarantee when or if they will actually produce it. Logos also have an iPhone app which functions as a pretty good reader for their electronic books.

For blackberrys and other PDAs, a Mobipocket version is already shipping.

I think Warnock’s concern is a legitimate one, and I’m looking forward to getting a copy of the book. There are a myriad of theological implications in the resurrection, and it is good to recognize that the work of Christ, and the gospel itself, is incomplete without it.

via New Book: Raised With Christ – jakebelder.com.

UK readers still have to wait a few more weeks before the official launch of Raised With Christ. In the meantime, why not whet your appetite for reading about the much-neglected subject of the resurrection of Jesus by getting a copy of Sam Allberry’s Lifted: Experiencing the Resurrection Life. Here is what Adrian Warnock had to say about it:

It is extraordinary that there are relatively few books that focus on the vital implications of Jesus’ resurrection. This book helps to plug that gap with a much needed introduction to what the resurrection has accomplished for us. Sam Allberry peppers good teaching with engaging illustrations which make this a very helpful book for everyone who wants to re-examine this truth.

A recording of Adrian Warnock’s recent live interview is now available to download.  In the interview Kevin gave Adrian the award for the “strangest comment I have heard on Knowing The Truth all year,” but agreed with the comment! Listen to find out more.

We note here at Monergism Books that there are many books out there on the theology of the cross and how it relates to our lives, but very few works on the theological and pastoral implications of our union with Christ in his resurrection –. We are delighted to see more interest in this subject.

via Facebook | Monergism Books.

Normally eBay is associated with bargains, right?  Not in this case. Someone has listed ten copies of RWC for more than the cover price.

Presumably this is for people who are struggling to find the book elsewhere.  It does go to show that in this Internet age you need to be careful where you buy. Price is one factor, but it is not the only one.  For example:

• Buying from a physical local Christian bookshop helps to ensure they do not disappear from our towns, and makes it more likely that the book you like will be stocked there in the future.
• Buying direct from a publisher who is a non-profit like Crossway means that more of the profit is channeled  into their ministry and to the author.

Knowing The Truth with Pastor Kevin Boling is a live, call-in radio program.  Adrian Warnock will be interviewed about Raised With Christ on THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2010 1:00 PM Eastern time (6:00 PM UK time, 10:00 AM Pacific time.)

You can listen live online, wherever you are in the world, as well as via your radio on Christian Talk 660 if you live in the southeast area of the USA.

You’re invited to join the conversation.  Simply call 1.888.660.9535 between 1-2:00 PM EST or tweet.

More information about the webcast.

In the sidebar of this site there are a number of ways to order Raised With Christ. From time to time we will highlight one of these. Newfrontiers Resources is one of few based in the UK. They are offering a special pre-order deal at a significantly lower price and will ship copies anywhere in the world once they have arrived in England at the beginning of February.

Adrian Warnock is part of the leadership team of a Newfrontiers church, so you may also find a number of other useful resources there if you want to read more books by writers with a similar background.  As well as being available online, early copies of Raised With Christ will be available to purchase at the following UK events in January:

• Newfrontiers North Regional Training Day January 21
• Together At Butlins January 22-24
• Prayer And Fasting January 26

Dan Marles, in sharing this quote, wasn’t talking about Raised With Christ, but he was talking about the wonderful effects that Christ’s resurrection has on us:

“‘Spirituality’ is as successful as materialism in feeding our narcissism.” [Michael Horton] We can be religious and still be ruthlessly self-centered. What is really needed is not more spiritual self-help tricks but, rather, to be buried and raised with Christ and TRANSFORMED by Christ. The Gospel doesn’t involve spirituality or religion as much as it involves a death and rebirth. Are you being transformed?

via Dan Marles Blog.

“Warnock draws upon Scripture and a wealth of scholarship, although the book is written for the layperson. Readers will be interested in knowing that he draws upon and cites Richard Gaffin a few times in the book. Warnock calls for us to consider not only the cross, but also the resurrection and what that means for both redemptive history and the application of redemption.”

from Feeding on Christ » Blog Archive » New Books by Piper and Warnock

We intend to link to as many reviews and comments about this book as possible.  Today, Pastoral Musings wrote:

Having enjoyed Warnock’s blog, I felt sure that I would enjoy his book. Little did I know that treat that I was in for. Not only does he quote from Piper, MacArthur, and J.I. Packer, but the ghosts of the apostles, Puritans, Jonathan Edwards, and especially that of Lloyd-Jones walk through the pages of Raised With Christ. So, too, does the Spirit of the risen Savior, Jesus Christ.

Warnock has not only been faithful to the Scriptures, but he has passionately presented his case for the need to recover a sound doctrine of the resurrection. READ MORE

Warnock contends that we have neglected the resurrection in our preaching, teaching, and daily living, and I fear that he is correct.

Rhys joined a video webconference yesterday and afterwards said:

From my own experiences in the reformed evangelical world I was bought up in here in Wales I saw that Easter Sunday, the day when we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, was somewhat relegated to second position of importance behind Good Friday the day we remember the death of Christ on the Cross. Perhaps this becomes even more apparent when we look at David Bebbington’s summary of classic evangelicalism: biblicism, a particular regard for the Bible (e.g. all spiritual truth is to be found in its pages); crucicentrism, a focus on the atoning work of Christ on the cross; conversionism, the belief that human beings need to be converted and activism, the belief that the gospel needs to be expressed in effort. Emphasis is put on the Cross and no mention, in Bebbington’s summary at least, to the resurrection . . . READ MORE

Finally, Jason Reid said:

Adrian Warnock has written a book about the Resurrection, which on its own is not surprising from a committed reformed Christian. What makes Adrian’s book both challenging and a unique contribution to the evangelical community, is that it wrestles with what this actually means to us as we live out our daily lives. . .READ MORE

We are delighted to announce the official release of Raised With Christ. The book is now available for immediate delivery from a number of the online stores listed here in the sidebar, and if you live in the USA should be arriving at your local bookstore soon if it’s not there already. As the Crossway blog said:

Almost 2,000 years ago Jesus rose from the dead.
As Christians, unfortunately we may have grown all too familiar with this, but the apostle John originally “fell on his face as though dead in order to worship his best friend,” explains author Adrian Warnock. “This was the Son of God in all his glory. Who could stand before him? This revelation of the glory and majesty of Jesus had shaken him to his core. The only appropriate reaction was reverence, awe, and wonder.” (pp 156).
Warnock writes out of deep concern that compared to his atoning death, Jesus’ resurrection sparks relatively little discussion in the church. We can become so focused on the cross where Christ died for our sins, that we almost forget he was “raised for our justification.”
To assume or neglect the resurrection is to neglect the gospel—in preaching, in evangelism, and in application to our own lives.
In reality the resurrection changes everything. . . READ MORE

Bob Kellemen of RPM Ministries has posted the following review. He also tweeted the above headline.

Adrian Warnock’s Raised with Christ presents theological truth in a first-rate communication style. His compelling message is straightforward and profoundly life-changing. Jesus is alive. His resurrection changes everything for everyone.

The Christian community knows Adrian Warnock as an avid Evangelical Christian blogger. With the release of Raised with Christ, Warnock will also be known as an accomplished theologian who understands how to relate truth to life. What Warnock shares in his Conclusion, aptly summarizes the power and point of his entire book.

“Christians have the same power that raised Christ Jesus from the dead living inside them. One day that power will complete the work of saving us, but in the meantime the normal Christian life can be one in which we are very aware of the change that the resurrection brings. We are citizens of the age to come, living in a world that is dead to God. But we are not dead to him. We live to him. May God help us live in the light of that fact more each day. One day we will all see that, thanks to the death and resurrection of Jesus, everything really has been changed. The whole creation will have been renewed, and we will be like him.”

In Christ

Warnock’s consistent message proclaims that because Christians are in Christ, Christ’s resurrection implies our resurrection. Raise with Christ unpacks the massive implications of this spiritual reality. His commensurate premise states that while the early Church and believers throughout Church history emphasized Christ’s death and resurrection, Christians today tend to highlight Christ’s death for our sin, while minimizing the importance of, or being ignorant about, the implications of Christ’s resurrection . . .

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The review is also posted at Amazon.com. We will be acknowledging and quoting from as many reviews as we can here. We look forward to hearing what you think of this book and to incorporating some of the ideas and feedback into the online study guide.

Copies of the book still won’t be available until next year (OK, we know that’s a lot closer than it sounds!) However, we can exclusively confirm by means of this photograph that the first print run has indeed been successfully produced. It may seem like it is taking forever for this book to arrive, but it really isn’t far away now.

It is now possible to browse and search the whole text of Raised with Christ online for free. A PDF is also available of the introductory material and chapter 2.

Here is how the book begins:

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT THE resurrection of Jesus and its effects on us today. If, like me, you have wondered why Christians often seem to talk more about the events of Good Friday than Easter Sunday, this book is for you . . .

For Christians all over the world, every Sunday is Resurrection Sunday. We meet each week, among other things, in order to celebrate the glorious, wondrous fact that Jesus rose from the dead. Jesus’ resurrection really did change everything. It changed the cross from a tragedy into a triumph, and it changed the Roman Empire into a Christian state. This was the most powerful divine event in the history of creation, and it ushered in a new age of the Holy Spirit’s activity and power in saving and transforming lives.

When considering if Christianity is true, it all boils down to whether Jesus rose from the dead. The lives of Christians today demonstrate that the resurrection is still changing people. It changes fear into love, despair into joy. The resurrection changes people from being spiritually dead to being alive to God. It changes guilty condemnation into a celebration of forgiveness and freedom. It changes anxiety into a hope that goes beyond the grave. It can change our sinful hearts so they want to follow the Lord Jesus, and the power of the resurrection is relentlessly killing sin in every true Christian. Because we neglect to emphasize this truth, many Christians have a meager expectation of the extent to which we can today experience resurrection life and victory over sin. The resurrection is far from being something we only benefit from in the future!  

READ MORE in a PDF of the Introductory material and Chapter 2.