The Holiness of God
by R. C. Sproul
Isaiah's vision, the trauma of holiness, Luther's terror, the 'insanity' of Luther and the 'trauma of Isaiah', and what holiness means for grace. Sproul's most important book and the one that gave many readers their first sense of the word.
Read it if…
you want holiness understood rather than assumed.
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Skip it if…
you want a gentle introduction; it is weighty.
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Three things you will actually use
- Holiness is otherness before it is morality.
- Grace means nothing without holiness.
- The sinner's terror is the beginning of wisdom.
Do this first
Read the chapter on Isaiah and the one on Luther.
Our verdict
The word, understood.
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