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"Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh; holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit. One may bring personal glory; the other always gives God the glory." "Holiness...consists in thinking as God thinks and willing as God wills." ~ John Brown (Scottish theologian)

"Holiness is obeying God - loving one another as He loved us." "Holiness is obeying God - even when it's against our own interest" "Holiness is obeying God - sharing His love, even when it is inconvenient" "Holiness is obeying God - find ways to help this in need" "Holiness is obeying God"

"...in each of us there is sin - not just susceptibility to sin, but sin itself."

"...in each of us there is sin - not just susceptibility to sin, but sin itself."

"Repentance can be a threatening message - and rightly so. The Goapel must be the bad news of conviction of sin before it can be the good news of redemption."

"This is real faith: believing and acting obediently regardless of circumstance or contrary evidence"

"It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified."