{"id":1195,"date":"2015-07-19T23:36:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T03:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2015-09-26T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T14:27:49","slug":"the-holiness-of-god-by-r-c-sproul-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/the-holiness-of-god-by-r-c-sproul-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul"},"content":{"rendered":"

If he were more organized, Tim Challies<\/a> would read The Holiness of God<\/em><\/a> by R.C. Sproul every year or so. Reading that recommendation was enough for me to pick up a copy. I\u2019ve enjoyed several of Dr. Sproul\u2019s books, and I would regard this as his best work.<\/p>\n

\"holiness-of-god\"In some ways I think that the modern church has lost a view of the holiness of God, which Sproul defines as mysterious, more than purity, but separate, transcendent (p. 38-39). The author presents God\u2019s holiness as something so powerful that it disrupts everything and, yet, settles it at the same time. \u201cA God who could fill me with terror in one second and with peace the next.\u201d (p. 5) And yet, this holy God is also full of grace. (p. 30)<\/p>\n

Although I found the first half of the book especially helpful, all eleven chapters are worth reading. My only criticism, as shared by another here<\/a>, is Sproul\u2019s inclusion of so much material concerning Martin Luther. I too appreciate Luther, but found this to be more distractive than helpful.<\/p>\n

I have to agree with Challies; The Holiness of God<\/em> will be more than a one time read for me. Why not secure a copy for yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If he were more organized, Tim Challies would read The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul every year or so. Reading that recommendation was enough for me to pick up a copy. I\u2019ve enjoyed several of Dr. Sproul\u2019s books, and I would regard this as his best work. In some ways I think that the… Read More»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[87,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-book-reviews","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1198,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}