Edmund Clowney was an influential pastor, theologian, and educator, both in church settings and several leading seminaries. The author of acclaimed works such as The Unfolding Mystery, Dr. Clowney completed How Jesus Transforms the Ten Commandments shortly before his death in 2005.
Out of a lifetime of love for Jesus and a heart and mind saturated
in his Word, Dr. Clowney has shown how the Lord of the Law revealed
its fullness in both his teaching and his keeping of it. Here we
discover that the Ten Commandments, far from being tame guidelines
for good behavior, surgically expose the deep corruption of our
hearts. Yet Dr. Clowney also places these fierce commands as gems
in the setting of Christ's redemptive mission, reflecting his
purity and grace like shafts of light throughout the Scriptures,
transforming us in the process.--Dennis E. Johnson, Ph.D. Academic
Dean and Professor of Practical Theology Westminster Seminary
California
As a good friend and enthralled student of Ed Clowney for many
decades, I'm so grateful that God enabled him to finish this book
before his death. Nobody had a deeper understanding of how all
Scripture witnesses to Christ. In this volume, Clowney goes to the
Ten Commandments, the heart of the Old Testament, and shows how
Christ transforms our understanding of them. Here, he writes
simply, but profoundly. He includes questions for discussion. I
recommend the book highly for adult classes in churches, and for
all who seek a better knowledge of the Lord Jesus.--John Frame
As he has done in all his writings, Ed Clowney has given honor to
Christ in showing how Christ fulfills the Ten Commandments. For
each commandment Clowney shows the heart of fulfillment not only in
Jesus' obedience to the Father, and in his bearing our sin for the
violation of the commandment, but in the way in which our lives are
renewed in the image of Christ so that we keep the commandment in
spirit and in truth. I heartily recommend this book for its
devotional value and its theological depth.--Vern S. Poythress,
Professor of New Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary;
author, Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach
Jesus said, 'If you love me, you will obey what I command.' The
words seem strange to ears that want to believe Christ's gospel
annuls God's law, but Jesus was clear that he did not come to
destroy but to fulfill the law. So what demands does the law
possess for the believer? How can we be released from its bondage
and condemnation and still rely upon it to express our love for God
and his people? Dr. Edmund Clowney, the great expounder of Biblical
Theology, guides us between the errors of lawless license and
graceless legalism through this magnificent study of the Ten
Commandments. The studies not only feed our hearts but are made
sweeter by the knowledge that this was Dr. Clowney's last work, a
labor that was the culmination of a lifetime of love for our Savior
and all the aspects of his Word that reveal his grace.--Bryan
Chapell, President, Covenant Theological Seminary
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