Refined & Reformed

In what ways does the Holiness of God transcend into our world today? We get some helpful insights in the final two chapters. Join us for our closing thoughts on this book.

God in the Hands of Angry Sinners |
RC reflects on a famous sermon by Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. The sermon of a wrathful God makes people uncomfortable (including so-called Christians). So instead, in our anger, we make a god of our own imagination, who is no god at all.

Be Holy Because I Am Holy:
The Good News for believers is that our justification doesn't come from our own obedience, but Christ's.  So where does "Be holy because I am Holy" fit in?  God sanctifies us by the Holy Spirit, and it begins with renewing our minds.

War & Peace with a Holy God.
Like Jacob, Job and many others, we all have the same problem. God is just and we are not. But how do we come to terms with that? How do we end our war with God? It is only Justification through Christ that makes us at peace with a Holy God and gives us access to His presence.

RC’s intent in chapter 6 to is “stare the Old Testament God right in the eye… at the most difficult, most offensive passages we can find in the Old Testament and see if we can make any sense of them.” Join us as we learn about God’s justice and mercy. 

The Insanity of Luther
Even this monk could not satisfy God’s justice.  He hated God for it, until he came to know the sweetness is the Gospel; that “God is both just and the justifier.”

This recovered truth sparked the Reformation and is a pillar of Reformed theology.

Does God's "holiness" make us uncomfortable? Maybe it should?  R.C. helps us gather a biblical definition for the term "holy".  

What is holy? RC Sproul begins searching scripture to understand the God who is "Holy, Holy, Holy." We look at Isaiah's encounter with this Holy God to answer this question.