The prevailing attitude towards the pursuit holiness in the modern Church is unfortunate and unbiblical. Modern theology often touts freedom in Christ as a veil for license and labels as a legalist anyone who has a genuine desire to be holy. We hear sermons about how we are weak and broken (nice words for sin), and that's pretty much where the discussion is left off. We're basically told to admit that we can't earn salvation by works, so we shouldn't even try to be holy. It reminds me of when Homer Simpson, responding to Lisa's consolation that admitting you have a problem is the first step to overcoming it, said, "Is it also the last step?" The New Testament attitude towards holiness is incredibly far-removed from the one espoused by modern evangelicalism. The inspired authors of the New Covenant revelation conceive of no faith-based salvation that frees the believer from a life of pursuing holiness. Far from removing the need for obedience, fai...