Worship as Formative Counter-Culture

Despite the predominant notion that we are self-forming autonomous people who can easily choose what we want to and who we want to be, the stark reality is that we are shaped by our habits and the things we consistently submit ourselves to. Habits are notoriously hard to break, and although we’d like to think... Continue Reading →

June 20, 2019 2

Our Response to the Surprising Holiness of God

For Part 1 click HERE. So, if God's holiness necessitates his closeness to us instead of his distance, what does that mean for us? If God's commitment to his own glory drives him to purify ungodly sinners, how does that affect our response to him? Here are a few thoughts... We come boldly to the throne of... Continue Reading →

August 3, 2018 0

The Surprising Holiness of God

Much has been made of the seraphim’s cry in Isaiah 6 of “Holy, Holy, Holy” is the LORD of Hosts, his glory fills the whole earth”. This is the only time in the Old Testament where a attribute of God is uttered three times over. Repetition is a Hebrew way of over-emphasizing or making something... Continue Reading →

August 1, 2018 1

Idolatry as Works-Salvation

In a shocking turn of the tables, Paul equates idolatry with works righteousness that came from adhering to the Torah. In Galatians in 4:8-11 it sounds like Paul is rebuking them for paganism, but the context of Galatians suggests its for idolatrous law following... (ESV) Gal 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved... Continue Reading →

May 23, 2017 0