Are Christians truly a holy people, or are we trying to become a holy people?…
As an oak sapling grows, it doesn’t get any ‘oakier.’ Oak is oak. It simply matures into what it is, a full-grown oak tree… It’s not a ‘from-to’ situation with us. We are a holy people. Now let’s get on with acting like who we are.
Lifetime Guarantee, Harvest House, 1993, 181-2