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We live in an age of casual Christianity. We have worship playlists and coffee shop Bibles and sermons that feel more like motivational speeches than encounters with the living God. We have made God approachable, which is good. But somewhere along the way, we stopped being awed by Him. We lost the trembling.
**How God's Holiness Changes Everything** By Jackie Hill Perry
Estimated Reading Time: 45 minutes
**What You'll Learn**
Why the holiness of God is not a distant theological concept but the most practical truth you will ever encounter. How understanding God's "otherness" transforms the way you see yourself, your sin, your suffering, and your purpose. What it means to be holy in a culture that celebrates everything God calls profane. How the cross resolves the tension between God's justice and mercy. And why beholding the glory of God is the only path to becoming who you were made to be.
**Who This Book Is For**
Anyone who has ever wondered if God is truly good. Anyone exhausted by trying harder to be better. Anyone who suspects that the modern church has lost something essential. Anyone who wants to love God more but feels stuck. Anyone ready to stop playing religious games and encounter the real, holy, living God.
We live in an age of casual Christianity. We have worship playlists and coffee shop Bibles and sermons that feel more like motivational speeches than encounters with the living God. We have made God approachable, which is good. But somewhere along the way, we stopped being awed by Him. We lost the trembling. The problem is not that we think too highly of God. The problem is that we have forgotten who He actually is. When Isaiah saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and lifted up, he did not crack a joke about how relatable God is. He did not stroll up to the throne with confident swagger. He unraveled. He cried out that he was undone, a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips. The seraphim covered their faces and their feet and called out to one another, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts." That vision should do something to us. It should undo us. Jackie Hill Perry writes from a place of deep conviction that the church has a holiness problem. Not primarily a behavior problem, though that follows. A vision problem. We have stopped seeing God as holy. And because we have stopped seeing God as holy, we have stopped understanding why sin matters, why the cross was necessary, why our daily choices carry eternal weight, and why the pursuit of holiness is not optional equipment for the Christian life but its very engine. This book exists because the holiness of God is the most neglected doctrine in the contemporary church, and it is also the most essential. Everything in the Christian faith hinges on who God is. If God is not holy, then sin is not serious. If sin is not…
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Get the complete summary in the appGod is holy, holy, holy. He is most holy. Totally holy. There is none like Him.
Holiness means moral perfection and transcendent otherness. God is in a category entirely His own.
Sin is serious because God is holy. Every sin is an offense against an infinitely holy God.
Idolatry is giving ultimate value to anything other than God. Your heart is an idol factory.
The cross is where God's justice and mercy meet. Jesus bore the punishment you deserved.
You cannot change your own heart. God gives new hearts through regeneration.
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Jackie Hill Perry is a multifaceted Christian artist, writer, and speaker. Her work spans various media, including poetry, music, and literature. Perry's content often draws from her personal experience of leaving a homosexual lifestyle after embracing Christianity. Her debut album, "The Art of Joy," was released in 2014 under Humble Beast records. Perry's writing has been featured in numerous Christian publications and websites. She is known for her ability to convey complex theological concept…
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