Christians often equate holiness with activism and spiritual disciplines. And while it's true that activism is often the outgrowth of holiness and spiritual disciplines are necessary for the cultivation of holiness, the pattern of piety in the Scripture is more explicitly about our character. We put off sin and put on righteousness. We put to death the deeds of the flesh and put on Christ. To use the older language, we pursue mortification of the old man and the vivification of the new.

God is not a magic eight ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of obedience, and invites us to take risks for him.

No matter how long we have been walking with Jesus, we need to hear again, do not love the world.

Sincere biblical repentance is as much a work of grace as not sinning in the first place. To err is human, to make progress is divine.

The worship of Christ is our joy and privilege today. And tomorrow, and next Sunday, and for all eternity.

God knows everything. So why not run to him and tell him all the things that he already knows?

...,the will of God for your life is pretty straightforward: Be holy like Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, for the glory of God.