Author: Neil Hudson

The call to be as holy as God is holy sounds as odd now as it probably did when it was first written down in Leviticus.

Is this even possible? And what would it look like on the school run, or handling finances, or dealing with the awkward colleagues or aging family?

Self-control is one of the most underrated virtues. We can excuse ourselves too easily when we give into the temptations that surround us so often.

How do we grow in self-control?

Goodness can sound soft and prissy. No one wants to be called a goody-two shoes.

Unless you have faced the opposite and been the victim of evil.

Goodness is the authentic integrity that is creative and trustworthy.

It may not be glamorous but it makes all the difference in the world.

I believe lots of things that make no real difference to my day to day life.

New Testament faith is different. It was never a static acceptance but trust in a person who transformed everything.

Faith was dynamic.

And it was the bedrock for everything else that would be possible…