What on Earth is Glory?: A Practical Approach to a Glory-filled Life

The cross is the supreme revelation of honor. At the cross, Jesus showed us how much He valued every man, woman, and child who ever has been and ever will be, and that includes the most heinous perpetrators of evil. He valued all of us above His own life.

Weddings are beautiful. A man loving a woman for life, having kids and grandkids, being a family, and leaving a legacy—that is beautiful.

Restoration to glory is the true purpose of our redemption through Christ.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

As helpful as it is to divide the Bible into Law and grace, Old and New, we must also remember these contrasting elements work together in telling a continuous story, from beginning to end, of grace.

when God calls something good, as He did when He created the world, He is saying that it is like Him, for He is good. His goodness is the standard that defines all good.

honor is when I show value for something because it reveals, reflects, or points to the nature, attributes, or power of God.

As C. S. Lewis wrote, “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.”2

intimidating people with hell and torment is a limited motivational tool to bring people to God is because they were created to be attracted to beauty and repelled by the ugly.