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The Pursuit of the Holy: A Divine Invitation is unavailable, but you can change that!

“Be holy as I am holy,” says the Lord. It’s the most extravagant—and audacious—invitation ever sent: Or in the words of Jesus: “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” But can that really happen? Is holiness an achievable goal for sinful human beings? That’s the ultimate focus of this thoughtful, thorough, and engaging study of what it means to be holy. Drawing on the Bible and Christian...

In this narrative, Moses—former crown prince of Egypt, now a runaway shepherd—is leading a flock of sheep in the desert when he receives a revelation from God and a commission to lead God’s own flock, Israel, through the desert. The angel of the LORD appeared to him … (Ex. 3:2) The first thing that stands out is that the divine visit is a divine initiative. This is an event all of the Holy One’s making. Moses is not in prayer, in a temple, in an act of devotion or consecration, acting