Personal Holiness
Definition
Cultivating practical godliness is essential to the Christian life and is made up of pursuing spiritual disciplines that are both personal (bible reading, prayer, fasting, etc.) and interpersonal (baptism, the Lord’s Supper, fellowship, family worship, etc.).
Summary
Christians cultivate practical godliness in obedience to the Lord and in order to strive “for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord” (Heb. 12:14). Discipline is essential to this task, both personally and interpersonally. These disciplines are activities that are not godliness themselves but help to put the Christian in the flow of God’s grace. Personal spiritual disciplines include reading the Bible, praying, fasting, managing money well, journaling, and learning. Interpersonal spiritual disciplines include participating in the ordinances (baptism and the Lord’s Supper) of the church, hearing the Word of God preached, worshiping and witnessing with the church, serving others, giving to the church, fellowshipping (not merely socializing) and praying with the church, and learning with the church.
Courses
Videos
Piety and Confessionalism: Friends or Enemies?
Three teachers from Reformed churches gather in this video to discuss confessionalism and pietism in the Reformational tradition.
Podcasts
Articles
Fasting Isn’t for the Spiritually Elite. It’s for the Hurting.
Practice fasting rightly, and more deeply experience the God who loves you.
College Student, Fight Spiritual Stagnation at Home
You can spiritually grow at home, even if it’s not a spiritually ideal place.
Your Words Will Outlive You
These two sentences not only stuck with me, they’ve shaped churches.
Scoffing Isn’t Funny
Scoffing is not humor. The wittiest people I know don’t even carry it in their tool belt.
How to Survive the Scariest Passage in the Bible
Two ways to maintain—even build!—assurance in the face of Jesus’s scariest warning.
Personality Tests Don’t Excuse Your Sin
Personality tests can be deeply helpful. But they should never become a crutch for sinful tendencies.
3 Dangers of (Merely) Messy Christianity
Jesus didn’t die so you could live a “messy” Christian life.
Pride Goes Before Porn
Porn medicates insecurity. Click the right buttons, and you have an IV drip straight to your ego.
