Psalm 15 is a temple entrance liturgy. It begins with the twofold question, “O, Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?” This is an important question. In other words, the psalmist is asking, “What kind of person is saved?” Put another way still, Read more…
The words you utter can defile you (i.e., keep you out of the presence of God). People who take holiness seriously must take sin seriously. This means that we must have clear definitions of what sin is and what sin isn’t. If sin keeps us from the redeeming presence of Read more…
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All Saints Day is quickly approaching (Nov 1)! This is a Christian Holiday celebrated primarily within the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions (it’s less celebrated in Protestant tradition, as is often the case with events in the traditional Christian calendar). All Saints Day is where Halloween finds its origins Read more…
John Wesley was an 18th century theologian, church planter, and leader of the revivalist moment that resulted in one of the largest Protestant denominations in the world-Methodism. Among these things, John Wesley is known for his teaching of Christian Perfection. This teaching is not what you think it is. In Read more…
The season of Lent is quickly approaching. What is Lent? Lent (coming from the Anglo Saxon word meaning “spring”) is the forty-day period (not counting Sundays) leading up to Easter Sunday, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus (and the great hope of eternal life for all who abide in Read more…
“…love apart from holiness is soft, naively wishful, and likely self-indulgent. Holiness apart from love is a consuming fire. And so with respect to the first half of Wesley’s orienting concern for holiness and grace, holiness itself is best understood as implying a conjunction of holy love, an artful balance Read more…
How do we get into the presence of God? Christian theology teaches that God is everywhere at once (omnipresent) and deeply involved in the outworking of events in history (immanence). At the same time, many people throughout history have sought practical ways to go deeper into the sustaining and empowering presence Read more…