What Are the 7 Spiritual Disciplines? — Wesley’s Working List
What are the 7 spiritual disciplines? Wesley’s working list — read slowly through the Methodist account that gave the practice its long, settled shape.
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Union With Christ — What Teresa of Ávila Actually Taught
What does union with christ mean? Teresa of Ávila’s slow answer — three passages on the recollected soul, the indwelling, and the death sweet enough to keep.
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What Does It Mean to Walk in the Spirit? — Murray’s Plain Answer
What does walking in the spirit mean? Andrew Murray’s plain answer — a posture of quiet trust, not a feeling. A slow read with three of his passages.
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How to Pursue Holiness Without Becoming a Pharisee
How to pursue holiness without becoming a Pharisee — Jonathan Edwards’s diagnostic for the holiness that is real and the kind that hardens into legalism.
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The Difference Between Justification and Sanctification
What is the difference between justification and sanctification? Spurgeon’s slow trinitarian reading — the doctrine many pastors confuse, made clear.
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What Is Sanctification and How Does It Actually Happen?
What is sanctification in Christianity, and how does it actually happen? John Owen’s slow reading — the daily killing the Spirit does through you, not in you.
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Why Faith Without Works Is Dead — Wesley’s Reading of James
What does faith without works is dead mean? Wesley’s slow reading of James — the verse the Reformers struggled with that James meant simply.
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What Did Augustine Mean by Faith Seeking Understanding?
What does faith seeking understanding mean? A slow Augustine reading for the doubter — the four-word doctrine that holds when reason runs out.
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The Sin of Trying to Sanctify Yourself — John Owen on Communion
Can I sanctify myself? John Owen’s slow answer — and the self-help error he names as the quiet ruin of half a Christian life. A contemplative reading.
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What Is Spiritual Pride? — Edwards on the Subtlest Sin
What is spiritual pride? Jonathan Edwards traced the subtlest sin — the one that hides inside devotion itself.