Towards a Better Understanding of "Holy" - part 4

Since the time of the Reformation the word holiness among orthodox protestants has been understood mainly as purity and transcendence. Throughout this series we’ve seen that, on the contrary, holiness carries the core connotation of absolute devotion or consecration to God. And for God to be holy means that he is completely devoted to his people and his name. But today we want to address a couple objections and talk about how we can go forward from here with Bible translation. You can read my journal article on this topic here. my books | free Scripture prayer apps | music | Hebrew | academic articles | facebook