For Jesus, holiness meant being set apart from, or different from, our sinful ways. It didn’t mean being set apart from the world, but being consecrated to God in the world. He was God’s glory in and for the world.
“As striking a paradox as any in Holy Writ is that the very God who from eternity elected a limited number of men to eternal life invites in perfect sincerity to life eternal all to whom the gospel comes. No theologian has ever succeeded in harmonizing the elements of that paradox before the bar of human reason, but the greatest theologians have humbly accepted both as the very truth of God.”
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“from what we know of Paul, he’s a pretty tough guy. A man’s man, perhaps. But he is moved”
― To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
― To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
“The word of God is more than enough for the people of God to live their lives to the glory of God.”
― Taking God at His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me
― Taking God at His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me
“Poor Dan is in a droop.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“O the depth of the riches of the wisdom of God, thus to make justice and mercy to kiss each other!”
― The World Tilting Gospel
― The World Tilting Gospel
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