I wanted to take a post to sort of fill out what I’m focusing on these days. I want to communicate these things because I think it will give a little reflection to why the blog might be a little more quiet in the coming weeks…but perhaps not.
I am set in full tilt mode right now chasing after the work on my next doctoral class, Models of Sanctification. I am looking forward to this class for a few reasons: 1) My friend Andy Naselli is teaching half of the course and he is an expert in this area; 2) Bruce Ware is teaching the other half of the course and he is a world renowned theologian and scholar, and 3) Sanctification is something that we are all trying to grow in, so we ought to be doing it correctly—this class will help me with that.
So for now I am plowing through some reading so that I can have it done by time the class starts on June 6. On the docket is:
- Christian Spirituality: Fives Views on Sanctification
edited by Donald Alexander - An Anthology of Christian Mysticism by Harvey Egan
- Five Views on Sanctification edited by Stanley Gundry
- Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of J.C. Ryle by J.I. Packer
- The Saving Life of Christ by W. Ian Thomas
- Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (Chapters I-X, XX)
There will be plenty of other reading and research happening as well as I work towards the final paper of the class as well. So…since I’ll be doing all of this reading the blog might be a little quieter—maybe not though, because I just might find time to share what I am learning. Pray for me.
