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God spoke through the prophet Jeremiah to his people telling them that their journey had come to an intersection.  They had to decide which path they would take.  Most had walked away from God’s ways.  The army of Babylon was coming to carry the people of Jerusalem into exile.  Jeremiah pleads with them to choose theContinue reading “Holiness: the Focus of the Journey”

Do you worship?  Some say they do; others not so much.  Some might claim not to worship at all.  As I heard a minister say lately, worship is alive and well in this nation; just look at Sunday afternoons, evenings, Monday night, and Thursday night.  What about the internet, twitter, and blogging?  Often we giveContinue reading “Holiness Affects Our Worship of God”

Our encounter with a Holy God changes the way we serve God.  Isaiah was a godly man, a priest serving in the Temple.  By all accounts he ranked right up there with the best the human race could offer: Abraham, Job, Moses, David, Gandhi, Confucius, or Billy Graham.  One day as he was serving God heContinue reading “Holiness Affects Our Service to God”

Using the original Greek for both Old and New Testaments, the word hagios in all of its forms occurs about 880 times.  Contrast this with the agape love of God which occurs only about 350 times in all of its forms.  If you group love, grace, and mercy together they occur about 850 in allContinue reading “Biblical Evidence Supporting Holiness”

We are all on a journey.  We all have stories to tell; stories that interact with others’ stories.  The journey of life has never been easy, but in the past several decades that journey has become perceptively more difficult with more twists and turns than ever before.  While there are similarities with previous generations, likeContinue reading “The Journey”

Understanding the holiness of God is like trying to visualize the ocean when we have only seen a pond.  Most of us today have no clue what it is.  (For some of the views we hold see The Journey.)  Even farther removed form our thinking is why it is important to us in the 21st century.  Two very importantContinue reading “Understanding Holiness”