Whether I’m driving to church, work, the gym, or our weekly Bible study, the first leg of my route always remains the same.

President Teddy Roosevelt once made the observation that, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” For the most part, I tend to agree with him—though, I wouldn’t have used the word comparison, but we’ll get around to all that.

After from the Bible, no other book has so thoroughly shaped my soul than R.C. Sproul’s classic work, The Holiness of God.