I’ve just posted at Out of the Ordinary on what it means that God is holy. The piece starts like this:
Several years ago I wrote an essay on God’s holiness, and began by saying that of all God’s attributes, holiness was the most difficult for me to define. I reread that old essay recently and realized I’d missed something important: The word holiness as used to describe God has two distinct meanings.
To find out those two meaning of holiness, read the rest.