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By Debbie Gin
I remember trying to grasp the fullness of God’s holiness when I was an MDiv student. I had grown up in the Holiness tradition, where personal piety and righteous living were highly valued. Being a pastor’s kid, no less, I wasn’t allowed to smoke, drink, do drugs, use “cuss” words (though, elementary-school-aged, I knew plenty — even wrote one on the wall of our apartment once because my sister made me SO MAD!). Those symbols of personal piety were the “normal” ones. As Nazarenes, however, we were also not allowed to dance or watch movies. (We, as a family, had to sneak into a showing of the original Star Wars, a year after it came on the scene, so that no one in our church would see us.) (more…)
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