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Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction to the Bible is unavailable, but you can change that!

The second-century heretic Marcion believed it was impossible to reconcile the Old Testament message of Law and sacrifice with the New Testament message of grace and forgiveness. Even today, many believers struggle to find unifying themes in Scripture that can make sense of its great diversity. Dauphinais and Levering suggest that holiness—that is, love as communion with God and neighbor—is the...

mind. The first is that perhaps there is no holiness. Plenty of people, religious and non-religious, exhibit self-righteousness; a brief glance at the newspaper, or into our own hearts, tells us that the world is a very troubled place. Interiorly, human beings often find unruly lust, paralyzing fear, greed, desire for hate-filled revenge, pride, and so forth. In our deeds and the deeds of those around us, we find various forms of selfishness, spite, lust, and violence. The second notion that comes
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