THE MESSAGE OF HOLINESS
Restoring God’s Masterpiece
By Derek Tidball. IVP. 313 pages. £9.99
ISBN 978-1-84474-411-4
Christians have been given a clear command from God to ‘be holy as I am holy’ (Leviticus 11.44). But what does it mean to be holy? Often we have a rather negative, or at least distorted, view of what holiness means. When we hear the word ‘holy’ we associate it with concepts such as ‘religious’, ‘church’ or a ‘pious’ self-righteous kind of character. Derek Tidball, on the contrary, in his latest book presents an all-encompassing and attractive view of the Bible’s message of holiness.
Having written the excellent little commentary on Leviticus, Tidball has done the church a great service by developing some of his insights in this latest offering from the Bible Speaks Today: Bible Themes series, The Message of Holiness. Rather than attempting a systematic treatment of the subject, he organises his material around the examination of over 20 key biblical passages on holiness.
