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But what if being close to you isnt good enough for Jesus? What if he wants to be closer than close? Instead of simply having a personal relationship with you, what if Jesus longs to be perfectly one with you instead?
In this achingly bold and beautiful book, pastor, scholar, friend, and now author, Dave Hickman, invites you into his personal journey from striving to abiding, anxiety to peace, weariness to rest; from having a relationship with Jesus to awakening to the freedom of his union with Christ. Through careful attention to Scripture, personal stories, and everyday examples, join Dave as he guides you into the depths of the mystery of your personal and corporate union with Christ. In doing so, you, too, can awaken to the wonder and freedom that is already yours in Christ.
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Dave Hickman has given a real gift to the church. His book is a clarion call to come back to a cornerstone of our faith: Christ in us. As practical and personal as it is theological, Closer Than Close paints a powerful picture of how rich and full life can be when we choose to live out of our in-ness.
JARRETT STEVENS
Pastor of Soul City Church, author of Four Small Words
Dave Hickman has written an empowering work that challenges us to stop trying to earn intimacy with God. Our greatest freedom lies in believing that Christ offers us a fully intimate union with God an opportunity to live into our identity as fully loved sons and daughters. If you find yourself in the endless cycle of striving and trying to work for a closer relationship with Christ, you should read this book!
KEVIN PALAU
President of the Luis Palau Association, author of Unlikely: Setting Aside Our Differences to Live Out the Gospel
Dave Hickman reconnects us with Christianitys deepest longing that all might be one... I in them and you in me! Dave reveals his heart to us, and in it we see ourselves. Enjoy his journey, the journey of the church, and our own invitation from Christ to be Closer Than Close.
FR. MICHAEL T. MARTIN
OFM Conv., director of Duke Catholic Center
While the topic of union with Christ has been engaged at the academic level, Ive hoped all the while that someone would make this important truth accessible to all Christians. Dave Hickman has done just that. With wit and keen intellect, Hickman moves us from the fact of our union with Christ to living out the reality of our union with Christ. May Christians no longer strive for a Jesus out there but instead realize his presence within our midst.
CHARLES RAITH II
Assistant professor of religion and philosophy, John Brown University
For a generation searching for something more authentic, something less superficial, and something of greater depth and purpose in their faith, Dave Hickman reminds us what the gospel is truly about and invites readers to come Closer Than Close.
ELISABETH NESBIT-SBANOTTO
Assistant professor of counseling, Denver Seminary
Dave Hickman possesses keen insight into deep truth and has a remarkable ability to make clear what all Christians need to know to grow up into union with Christ, which is so much more than escaping judgment by praying a simple, one-time prayer. This is a fine, well-written, and most welcome book.
JOHN H. ARMSTRONG
President, ACT3 Network
Union with Christ is a strange and potentially scary topic to many Christians. What most of us need is not a theologians detailed analysis, but the heartfelt reflections of a fellow Christian pilgrim, describing his own journey into the Christian faiths deepest mystery and most foundational truth. Dave Hickman is such a pilgrim, and his winsome, funny, and touching story will help you to grasp the glorious freedom that comes from knowing you are united to Christ.
DONALD FAIRBAIRN
Author of Life in the Trinity
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Closer Than Close: Awakening to the Freedom of Your Union with Christ
Copyright 2016 by David Hickman. All rights reserved.
A NavPress resource published in alliance with Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
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Published in association with the literary agency of Wolgemuth & Associates, Inc.
The Team: Don Pape, Publisher, David Zimmerman, Acquiring Editor, Ron Kaufmann, Designer
Lyrics to Brand New Day copyright 2008 Joshua Radin. Used by permission.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV), copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked MSG are taken from THE MESSAGE by Eugene H. Peterson, copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible, copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. (Some quotations may be from the earlier NIV edition, copyright 1984.) Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Some of the anecdotal illustrations in this book are true to life and are included with the permission of the persons involved. All other illustrations are composites of real situations, and any resemblance to people living or dead is coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hickman, David, date, author.
Title: Closer than close : awakening to the freedom of your union with Christ / David Hickman.
Description: Colorado Springs, CO. : NavPress, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016017888 (print) | LCCN 2016015621 (ebook) | ISBN 9781631464119 (Apple) | ISBN 9781631464096 (E-Pub) | ISBN 9781631464102 ( Kindle) | ISBN 9781631464089
Subjects: LCSH: Spirituality Christianity. | Christian life.
Classification: LCC BV4501.3 (print) | LCC BV4501.3 .H523 2016 (ebook) | DDC 231.7 dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016017888
ISBN 978-1-63146-409-6 (ePub); ISBN 978-1-63146-410-2 (Kindle); ISBN 978-1-63146-411-9 (Apple)
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For my parents, Jack and Faye Hickman
C LOSER T HAN C LOSE is simply extraordinary.
This is mostly because of Dave Hickmans raw honesty about his years spent huffing and puffing to get closer to God, coupled with his startling insights into the mystery of God living in us. Daves writing is powerful because it comes out of deep personal experience, which he courageously shares. Then, in an exceptionally practical and compassionate manner, he offers hopeful and helpful practices that can lead readers into an ongoing deepening awareness, appreciation, and enjoyment of Gods ever-now presence in their lives.
In this achingly bold and beautiful book, Dave tells my story (perhaps your story too) by sharing his own. After nearly two decades of relentless striving and straining to gain a sense of growing closeness to God, he felt an increasing distance. He writes, Even though I was saved, I felt lost. It was not until his world had begun to fall apart that Dave realized hed always been as close to Jesus as he could get.
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