#145 – Holier Than Thou with Jackie Hill Perry

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Jackie Hill Perry to discuss her recently released book, “Holier Than Thou.”

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Why did you write this book?
• Are holiness and goodness synonyms?
• What were the most helpful resources for you as you wrote the book?
• What does it mean that God is holy?
• If someone was going to look at studying the holiness of God in scripture, where would they start?
• How do people tend to respond to holiness?
• How should we look at the law?
• Does God want us to be holy?
• How has the content of this book shaped the way you teach the bible?
• Your first book was autobiographical and this book was theological. How did it feel to change direction in your writing?
• If you were rewriting the book today, is there anything you would add?
• If you could give one conference message to all Christians in this country: What would be your main point?

Helpful Definitions:

• Transcendence: He is other (by an infinite extent).

Guest Bio:

Jackie Hill Perry is an author, poet, bible teacher and hip-hop artist whose latest album, Crescendo, released in May 2018. Since becoming a Christian, she has been compelled to use her speaking and teaching gifts to share the light of the gospel of God as authentically as she can. She is the author of “Gay Girl, Good God,” “Holier Than Thou,” and the bible study “Jude: Contending for the Faith in Today’s Culture.” and At home she is a wife to Preston and Mommy to Eden, Autumn, Sage, and August.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 1-2, Isaiah 6, Exodus 3, Exodus 20, 2 Samuel 6:1-14, Luke 5:1-11, Hebrews 12:14, John 3:16, Matthew 7:21-23
• “Holier Than Thou” by Jackie Hill Perry
• “The Knowledge of the Holy” by A.W. Tozer
• “The Existence and Attributes of God” by Stephen Charnock
• “The Attributes of God” by A.W. Pink
• Thirty Minutes with The Perrys “Story time with Preston Perry”

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