Dan Greenfield

  • Love & Holiness

    These two characteristics are often pitted against each other. This should not be. Both are essential. While I believe wholeheartedly that holiness is God’s governing attribute, this far from excludes the exercise of love. In fact, one of Paul’s prayers for the Thessalonians demonstrates that in the Christian life love is essential for holiness! …may Read more

  • The Necessity of Gospel Preaching

    Yesterday I focused on God’s sovereignty in salvation as evidenced by election (1 Thess 1:4). Listen to Paul’s words from the next chapter: They [the Jews mentioned in vv. 14-15a] are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men, hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved (2:15b-16a) Because Read more

  • Election as Our Motivation for Thanksgiving

    At Orwell Bible Church, which I pastor, each week we put out a little booklet called, “This Week’s Walk with the Lord.” Most of my thoughts on biblical passages that I record here are the result of my daily Bible reading from that booklet. This morning I read 1 Thessalonians 1. I have always been Read more

  • Called Unto Holiness

    Ephesians 5:1-21 emphasizes that as believers our entire lives must imitate God. Such godliness is expected given our present position (“as is proper among saints,” v. 3; “you are Light in the Lord,” v. 8 ) and expected future (“an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God,” v. 5). As God’s absolute holiness governs Read more

  • Dealing With Doubt – Psalm 77

    The moment I begin to doubt God because of what I am experiencing (77:1-10) I must recall, meditate, and muse upon God and his great and gracious works (77:11-20). God’s work that the psalmist meditated on was – of course – Israel’s Exodus out of Egypt and through the Red Sea. When Israel was seemingly Read more

  • The Holiness of God

    I’ve either listened to or participated in a few discussions revolving around whether holiness is God’s fundamental, governing moral attribute. Some who do not agree with this position believe that God’s holiness is not a specific attribute but rather is his over-arching characteristic, the sum totality of all that he is. Thus holiness is really Read more

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