Quotes from Gospel Mystery of Sanctification
This book was recommended to me by Russell. We met while I was on sabbatical and had a great conversation about discipleship, gospel, law, grace, parenting and more. We covered a lot of ground in our 3 hour conversation outside Starbuck's in Dallas. Russell said he has read this book several times. Based on what I have read so far, I think I might refer back and read it often too. Here are some quotes from the first chapter: Real obedience does not only consist of external good works and acts of love...True holiness is a matter of the heart...true holiness is not simply a matter of refraining from acting out your sinful lusts...True holiness means that you delight in doing God's will; you long to do it more than you long to do anything else! True holiness means that you cheerfully obey God. My whole book is about the means by which you can become holy, but many people will see this part as irrelevant and useless. Why? Because they only want to know what they have...