Who can ascend?

Who can ascend the hill of the Lord? He who has clean hands and a pure heart.

There is a false dichotomy in some people's thinking that attempts to subdivide a life of faith into either the pursuit of personal piety or social justice - as if the two are mutually exclusive.

In reality, righteousness and justice don't merely co-exist, they are both essential foundations for authentic spirituality to be lived out effectively in our lives.

A lifestyle that stresses one at the expense of the other is doomed to wallow in legalistic hypocrisy or antinomian irrationality. However, by embracing both streams: having our hearts cleansed so that we may live with an inward attitude to do what is right.