The Holiness of God: The Character of God Which Defines All We Are & Do

This book as the title suggests deals with the doctrine of holiness. Sproul in his customary way is able to describe difficult and lofty thoughts of God in a simple and intelligent way that is clear for all to understand. This book has many personal illustrations and maybe a pivotal book that started his teaching ministry. It really is an easy and must read for all Christians.

Sproul has the great ability of boiling down important biblical truths and making them accessible to the simple man. This book fills you with awe and causes you to reassess how you approach God. I would recommend this to every believer from every background to understand this important truth.

I like RC Sproul and his faithful commitment to Biblical, gospel centred Christianity. The bulk of this book was excellent, and he explains God's holiness in a compelling way which was greatly encouraging and challenging. But this book left me feeling flat. The last chapter, in seemingly summing up the rest of the book, focused on the sacredness of a physical place and was empty of the glory of Christ in us- by his spirit not by bricks and mortar! """"Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for God's temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. """" 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

This book addresses the parts of Gods character that are often avoided in Christian sermons and literature. It deals with situations in the Old Testament where Gods wrath and killing of what we consider innocent people is addressed head on. Through this book my respect and understanding of Gods character has increased giving me a healthy fear of our God of justice but at the same time an increased love for our God of grace and mercy. A must read. . . \\r\\n