Old Spice Swagger

This week we talk about the tension between the ideas of holiness and grace. It seems, at times, that the church is caught in a mid-life crisis when it comes to how to view holiness and grace. Sometimes we focus on God’s holiness, for he is perfect, separate, an all-consuming fire before whom each one of us will stand. Other times we focus on God’s grace, for he is full of grace and mercy. At times it is hard to see how the two co-exist. Yet in God, they not only co-exist, but are in complete harmony and simultaneously give weight to each other’s definition.