J. Todd Billings (ThD, Harvard University Divinity School) is Gordon H. Girod Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, and an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He is the author of numerous articles and two award-winning books, including Calvin, Participation, and the Gift: The Activity of Believers in Union with Christ, which received a 2009 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise.

• Introduction1. Salvation as Adoption in Christ: An Antidote to Today's Distant yet Convenient Deity2. Total Depravity in Sin, Total Communion in Christ: How the Bondage of the Will Mirrors a Theology of Salvation as Communion3. Encountering a Mystery in Union with Christ: On Communion with the Incomprehensible God4. The Gospel and Justice: Union with Christ, the Law of Love, and the Lord's Supper5. Ministry in Union with Christ: A Constructive Critique of Incarnational MinistryConclusion

J. Todd Billings (ThD, Harvard University Divinity School) is Gordon H. Girod Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, and an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He is the author of numerous articles and two award-winning books, including Calvin, Participation, and the Gift: The Activity of Believers in Union with Christ, which received a 2009 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise.

• Introduction1. Salvation as Adoption in Christ: An Antidote to Today's Distant yet Convenient Deity2. Total Depravity in Sin, Total Communion in Christ: How the Bondage of the Will Mirrors a Theology of Salvation as Communion3. Encountering a Mystery in Union with Christ: On Communion with the Incomprehensible God4. The Gospel and Justice: Union with Christ, the Law of Love, and the Lord's Supper5. Ministry in Union with Christ: A Constructive Critique of Incarnational MinistryConclusion

J. Todd Billings (ThD, Harvard University Divinity School) is Gordon H. Girod Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, and an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He is the author of numerous articles and two award-winning books, including Calvin, Participation, and the Gift: The Activity of Believers in Union with Christ, which received a 2009 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise.

• Introduction1. Salvation as Adoption in Christ: An Antidote to Today's Distant yet Convenient Deity2. Total Depravity in Sin, Total Communion in Christ: How the Bondage of the Will Mirrors a Theology of Salvation as Communion3. Encountering a Mystery in Union with Christ: On Communion with the Incomprehensible God4. The Gospel and Justice: Union with Christ, the Law of Love, and the Lord's Supper5. Ministry in Union with Christ: A Constructive Critique of Incarnational MinistryConclusion