Robert Castillo

“The Lord is holy beyond comparison, for His holiness is not derivative of of some other source. His holiness is intrinsic to His nature as God. It’s as essential to Him as creaturely dependence is to us. Of all the songs to sing to one another, of all the divine attributes worth praising God for, Isaiah saw the seraphim make melody around the supreme holiness of God.

(Holier Than Thou, pg. 20)”
― Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him

“The soil from which all sin grows is unbelief. We sin because it is our nature to do so, but it’s not as if we always sin unintentionally, like depraved robots without the ability to behave according to reason. We are thoughtful with our rebellion. There is a level of reasoning within us when we decide which golden calf we’ll love on any given day.”
― Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him

“Holiness is what makes real love possible. Without it, love is purely sentimental, easily misplaced, and unconditionally conditional.”
― Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him

“In the homes for the dying, Mother taught the sisters how to secretly baptize those who were dying. Sisters were to ask each person in danger of death if he wanted a “ticket to heaven.” An affirmative reply was to mean consent to baptism. The sister was then to pretend she was just cooling the person’s forehead with a wet cloth, while in fact she was baptizing him, saying quietly the necessary words. Secrecy was important so that it would not come to be known that Mother Teresa’s sisters were baptizing Hindus and Moslems.”
― Christopher Hitchens, The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice