Sanctification

Sanctification

Being Some Earthly Good

I’m not sure who first said it, but Johnny Cash captures the sentiment in his song “No Earthly Good”: If you’re holdin’ heaven then spread it around There are hungry hands reaching up here from the ground Move over and share the high ground where you stood So heavenly minded you’re no earthly good No earthly good you are no earthly good…

Shortcuts To Holiness

Yesterday a group of us were talking at lunch about shortcuts to holiness.  We all agreed there are none! But we noted that people sometimes express a desire to become more Christ-like without being willing to do what the Bible says it takes to get there. This conversation reminded me of an “advertisement” I saw some time ago. In it a publisher supposedly…