Who We Were Meant to Be: Rediscovering Our Identity as God's Royal Priesthood

by Matthew Burden

What is our purpose in life? Is there an even grander story at work behind our salvation in Christ? Drawing on the reflections of early church writers and theologians, Who We Were Meant to Be invites the reader to consider the whole tapestry of God’s plan from start to finish, culminating in a vision of all creation being restored and renewed as the temple of God’s glory. Guided by the wisdom and insights of the patristic age, this book urges us to take up the mantle of our appointed role as royal priests, not only as a status to be enjoyed, but as a vocation to shape our entire lives. We have an open invitation to recapture the grand theological vision of Christianity’s early centuries, and to step once again into the transfiguring light of who we were meant to be.

262 pages, Paperback

Published December 21, 2021

About the author

Matthew Burden currently serves as pastor of a church in eastern Maine (USA). He studied at Houghton College and Denver Seminary, and his travels as a student and missionary have taken him to South America, Europe, and Africa. His first two books, Tactus and Soldiers of the King, both Christian historical fiction, were published while he was in high school. His more recent works, the three novels of The Hidden Kings Trilogy, are fantasy-adventure in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien.