As founding pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, author Mark Driscoll has counseled people struggling with every issue imaginable, including addictions, abuse and sexual perversion. But seeing many continue on paths of self-destruction, he realized that the “most fundamental problem” of the human race is identity crisis. 

“We don’t understand who we truly are—children of God made in his image—and define ourselves by any number of things other than Jesus,” he writes.

In Who Do You Think You Are? Finding Your True Identity in Christ (978-1-400-20385-7, $22.99), releasing Jan. 8 from Thomas Nelson, Driscoll describes 16 attributes of a Christian’s identity as found in the book of Ephesians. He begins by saying people are created image bearers of God. Christians are also “in Christ,” blessed, saved, adopted and victorious, according to Driscoll.

The chapter entitled “I Am Gifted” explores several “Spirit-empowered” gifts, as Driscoll calls them. He encourages readers to prayerfully consider how they are gifted and where they might serve.

What people choose to believe about themselves can dramatically “change the trajectory of [their] lives,” writes Driscoll. The good news is believers have a new identity in Christ, and once a Christian really knows and believes that, his “life will be changed forever.”

Driscoll has authored 12 books; his latest title, Real Marriage (Thomas Nelson, 2011), which he co-authored with his wife, Grace, hit No. 1 on the New York Times’ best-seller list.

For more information or to order, contact Thomas Nelson at 800-251-4000, or visit www.thomasnelson.com.

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