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Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption

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Kevin DeYoung
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 1
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Theologian
Redemption
Holiness
Necessary
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Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.
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Let us shout of our God from the rooftops, that the whole world would stand in silence before him.
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