Buy The Holiness of God 2nd Revised, Expanded ed. by R. C. Sproul (ISBN: 9780842339650) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Review: A captivating encounter with our Holy God! - I cannot rate this book more highly. It is theology with accessibility. Dr. Sproul laboured in love to get the points across with unusual clarity without compromising precision. He covers profound concepts without straining our brain. He carries reader along without losing us on the threads of his thoughts, which always hit home with truths. In fact, he rightly proves his points - that no one can be bored when he is having an encounter with God. This is what this book achieves for us - an encounter with God - and it is most captivating! Dr. Sproul does not shy away from difficult passages in the bible. He is a great teacher. Like Paul, he predicts what questions people would ask, asks them for us and answers them. We realise that why we find those questions so difficult to accept is because we have a wrong concept of God. He skilfully breaks down our preconceptions and exposes our sinful nature! Ouch! Then he shows us the holiness of God. This topic is significant as I agree that the holiness of God is often misrepresented and/or misunderstood. Today's churches may care more about making God accessible than manifesting His holiness. If I may say so, sacred place and sacred time has been desecrated in our culture today. As we gather for worship, we are not taught that we come into the presence of God. We downplay the church building, taking that church is the people and not the building, so we lose that visual effect of sacred place to assist us. We further make it difficult for ourselves when we call Sunday service family service rather than worship service. This just shows where our focus is or what we think we gather on Sunday is for. When we put fellowship above the encounter of God in a worship service, I fear that God may really have departed from us. We like to challenge traditions, and we do not believe in structures. We believe we can reinvent our service format to suit our time and taste at the expense of the wisdom of past saints. It is easier to feel that God is our pal than God is God in awe and reverence and fear - which sounds like distance and old-fashioned. But I would argue this is the right response when we encounter our Holy God! God is unchanging, and why should our reaction be any different from the prophets in the OT? I don't know how it comes about, but we have adopted such a causal attitude towards God that should make us cringe. We have lost the sense that God is infinitely different from us - He is not our pal! Dr. Sproul talks about the threshold as a place of transition. We have totally lost that - we stroll from the outside world into church service seamlessly without any transition or any mental preparation. The pendulum probably has swung too far to the other extreme from the olden days when we reserved the best suits for Sunday. It is hard to say where to draw the line but beach wear of T-shirt, shorts and flipflops to preach from the pulpit in the weather of this country probably has gone too far. This book is very helpful to recapture for us who God is, which we don't easily get represented at modern Church. It terrifies me to think if we have not seen the holiness of God in our worship, have we profaned God? There is not a neutral ground, is there, if we think about it? If we do not see worship demonstrated for us in corporate worship, what hope do we have in our private worship and relationship with God? This book is what everyone who goes to church should read if we wish to put God back in His rightful place in our life. Review: Certified Banger - Certified Banger. What a great book for delving into the riches of the Holiness of God.
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T**E
A captivating encounter with our Holy God!
I cannot rate this book more highly. It is theology with accessibility. Dr. Sproul laboured in love to get the points across with unusual clarity without compromising precision. He covers profound concepts without straining our brain. He carries reader along without losing us on the threads of his thoughts, which always hit home with truths. In fact, he rightly proves his points - that no one can be bored when he is having an encounter with God. This is what this book achieves for us - an encounter with God - and it is most captivating! Dr. Sproul does not shy away from difficult passages in the bible. He is a great teacher. Like Paul, he predicts what questions people would ask, asks them for us and answers them. We realise that why we find those questions so difficult to accept is because we have a wrong concept of God. He skilfully breaks down our preconceptions and exposes our sinful nature! Ouch! Then he shows us the holiness of God. This topic is significant as I agree that the holiness of God is often misrepresented and/or misunderstood. Today's churches may care more about making God accessible than manifesting His holiness. If I may say so, sacred place and sacred time has been desecrated in our culture today. As we gather for worship, we are not taught that we come into the presence of God. We downplay the church building, taking that church is the people and not the building, so we lose that visual effect of sacred place to assist us. We further make it difficult for ourselves when we call Sunday service family service rather than worship service. This just shows where our focus is or what we think we gather on Sunday is for. When we put fellowship above the encounter of God in a worship service, I fear that God may really have departed from us. We like to challenge traditions, and we do not believe in structures. We believe we can reinvent our service format to suit our time and taste at the expense of the wisdom of past saints. It is easier to feel that God is our pal than God is God in awe and reverence and fear - which sounds like distance and old-fashioned. But I would argue this is the right response when we encounter our Holy God! God is unchanging, and why should our reaction be any different from the prophets in the OT? I don't know how it comes about, but we have adopted such a causal attitude towards God that should make us cringe. We have lost the sense that God is infinitely different from us - He is not our pal! Dr. Sproul talks about the threshold as a place of transition. We have totally lost that - we stroll from the outside world into church service seamlessly without any transition or any mental preparation. The pendulum probably has swung too far to the other extreme from the olden days when we reserved the best suits for Sunday. It is hard to say where to draw the line but beach wear of T-shirt, shorts and flipflops to preach from the pulpit in the weather of this country probably has gone too far. This book is very helpful to recapture for us who God is, which we don't easily get represented at modern Church. It terrifies me to think if we have not seen the holiness of God in our worship, have we profaned God? There is not a neutral ground, is there, if we think about it? If we do not see worship demonstrated for us in corporate worship, what hope do we have in our private worship and relationship with God? This book is what everyone who goes to church should read if we wish to put God back in His rightful place in our life.
A**R
Certified Banger
Certified Banger. What a great book for delving into the riches of the Holiness of God.
H**Y
Biblical
R.C. Sproul was one of the greatest theologians of our time. All Christians must read this book! Full of biblical truth.
D**N
Amazing!
One of RC Sproul's best books! The book includes 11 chapters and they all brilliantly describe God's divine attributes as well explain deep theological questions in a simple, 'down to earth' way. The chapter on "The insanity of Luther" was a personal favourite
A**N
An enjoyable read
I enjoyed this book some really uplifting sections
A**R
A great book to know the character of God
Most people in our day have a low view of God this book will help anyone who wants an accurate view of God and is seeking to worship Him in truth and in accordance with who He truly is
D**L
Cannot praise this exposition too highly.
A superb book. Sproul really touches the depths of this subject and gives food for thought and inspiration. A valuable 'read'.
M**.
Superb book
You can trust R.C.Sproul to write honestly, clearly and in depth. He tackles an awesome subject - the holiness of God - in a way that is both revealing and challenging. A great book on an even greater subject.
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