The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
Week 1: Preface & Introduction — The Missing Jewel
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Before diving into the chapters, Sproul sets the stage by asking why holiness — the very heart of God's character — has become so foreign to modern Christians. Take a moment to consider how often the word 'holy' appears in your own conversations about God.
Discussion Questions
6 questions1.Sproul writes that holiness is the attribute of God that provokes both profound fascination and intense fear in human beings. Before reading any further, how would you have defined holiness in your own words? How does your definition compare to what Sproul begins to suggest?
2.Sproul uses the phrase 'the missing jewel of the evangelical church' (borrowing from A. W. Tozer) to describe the loss of a sense of the sacred. What evidence do you see — in worship styles, in prayer, in everyday Christian conversation — that holiness has been undervalued or domesticated?
3.Sproul argues that we cannot understand ourselves rightly until we understand God rightly, and that holiness is the key to understanding God. Why would a distorted or shrunken view of God's holiness lead to a distorted view of sin, salvation, and Christian living?
a.Can you think of a specific example from contemporary Christianity where a low view of God's holiness seems to have produced a low view of sin?
b.Conversely, how might a high view of holiness reshape the way a person prays or worships?
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