Modest Ministry | Ethan Shearer | Ep 45

Ethan Shearer is an Elizabethtown College graduate, a Wesylan Seminary graduate, and soon-to-be University of Virginia PhD graduate. Ethan is a father, a pastor, a Theology and Religious studies researcher, and a college professor.A Modest Holiness – Sanctification at the end of Ecclesiology – the study of the churchThe question Ethan’s asking – definition of sanctification à Christian formation à You begin a lifelong process of being formed by God by God’s grace to a person who exhibits the traits of Jesus of Nazareth, who has love in their heart for even their enemy, to follow the will of God courageously, who can recognize the Will of God over other Wills.God saved us because God wants to make us good people.Traditionally, over the last 20 years, modern Christian and contemporary Christian thought tells us that the Christian is sanctified in the church. Part of the churches job is to make us more sanctified…IF THAT IS TRUE, WHY IS THE CHURCH SUCH A FAILURE AT THIS!!!Because Christians have been mobilized time and time again, to support political action that is really antithetical to sanctification.