Why do we see so much fruitful good in unbelievers and so much evil in believers what could it mean for a believer that the old is gone, especially when it doesn't feel that way what does it mean for humans who are simul iustus et peccator simultaneously righteous and sinner to be transformed in christ and by his spirit we typically think of sanctification as pertaining to humans being conformed to jesus, but what could it mean when jesus speaks of himself as being sanctified for our sakes john 17:19 jeff mcswain mines the theology of karl barth to engage such questions.In looking through the simul, he concludes with barth that universal human transformation is a reality before it is a possibility, and that, despite our contradictory state, we may live spirit-filled lives as we participate in christ's true humanity that determines ours--a humanity which never gets old. In an original contribution, mcswain succeeds in demonstrating how barth's version of the lutheran 'simul iustus et peccator' is radicalized by its extension to the incarnate son and thereby to the race as a whole, transferring the pattern of chalcedonian christology the so-called 'two natures' doctrine into the field of anthropology.The result is a significant recasting of our ways of thinking about numerous core doctrines, including creation, atonement and incarnation as well as redemption and fall. --Trevor hart, author of regarding karl barth i have literally been waiting for years for this book--a book...