'In Christ, you are loaded' – ten questions with Adam Ramsey

Adam Ramsey pastors Liberti Church in Australia; serves as the director for Acts 29 Asia Pacific; is the author of several books – including Truth on Fire and Faithfully Present; is in the final stages of writing his PhD dissertation on theological convergence in the ministry of Martyn Lloyd-Jones; and is very serious about joy.

How did you become a Christian?

I am grateful to have grown up in a family where my parents brought me to church every Sunday. Two important moments stand out: the first was as a five-year-old, realising I needed to be saved from my sin and that Jesus really did love me and came to do that. The second was as an 18-year-old, realising that I was the older brother in Luke 15, and needed God to save me from my self-righteousness. The latter was really the moment when God’s grace became “Amazing Grace” to me.