“The biblical concept of holiness carries with it a sense of belonging to God.”- Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth As Nancy continues Chapter 1 of Holiness, she notes that Scripture presents two related, but distinct, facts regarding the beauty of holiness. 1. Set apart. The author states the word holy comes from a root meaning “to cut, […]
“How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing . . . it is irresistible. If even 10 percent of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before the year’s end?- C. S. Lewis In Chapter 1 (“The Splendor of Holiness”) […]
“Holiness and sin both matter — more than we can imagine. They matter to God, and the more we comprehend their true nature, the more they will matter to us.”- Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth “Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless […]
“When life begins to come together in a way we have always longed it would, something deep inside us whispers, Maybe it can always be like this . . . . It is the longing for Eden rising within us, and it is beautiful and powerful. Only . . . it is premature.”- John Eldredge […]
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”- 2 Corinthians 5:21 At the end of Chapter 10 of Prayer, Timothy Keller reminds us that the phrase “law of the Lord” (Psalm 1:2) refers to all of Scripture, particularly its normative […]