Intimacy with Jesus, God of the Old Testament

What does it mean to truly know Jesus, not simply to know about Him?

In Intimacy with Jesus, God of the Old Testament, Dr. Joyce Crider-Anderson examines intimacy with Jesus as a covenantal relationship whose intended outcome is closeness, unity, and oneness.

Drawing from biblical encounters, the book explores five interrelated dimensions of intimacy: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual. It also introduces a framework for examining an intimate relationship through presence, interaction and communication, time, recognition, revelation, remembrance, power, choice, and forgiveness.

Along the way, Dr. Crider-Anderson considers questions at the heart of a life of faith: What does it mean to draw near to God? What is the relationship between love and intimacy? How do trust, respect, friendship, communication, commitment, and obedience affect intimacy? What can Jesus’ earthly relationship with His Father teach believers about developing their own relationship with Him?

The book also explores the relationship between “being”—our thoughts and feelings—and “doing”—the actions that emerge from them. Human relationships, including the covenant between husband and wife, provide points of comparison for considering Jesus’ relationship with His church.

For readers interested in examining their relationship with Jesus from a deeply relational perspective, Intimacy with Jesus, God of the Old Testament presents an invitation to consider what it means to say: He is mine. I am His. We are one.