Sanctification

Stanley Hauerwas meditates on the necessity of the gospel, the politics of the kingdom, and the high demands of sanctification.

Lenten habits of voluntary suffering—what Christians have long called “mortification”—help us to imitate Jesus and join in his work.

Global Methodists embrace evangelical identity but seek to emphasize distinctive doctrine of sanctification.

An excerpt on faith and sight from Becoming by Beholding: The Power of the Imagination in Spiritual Formation.

He “made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant.” I dread admitting I don’t have a fancy new job.

An excerpt on risk, worship, and spiritual growth from The Expectation Gap: The Tiny, Vast Space between Our Beliefs and Experience of God.

On praying past the end of silver linings to a God who often does not answer as I hope.

Every sin requires Christ’s atonement. But the Bible shows God punishing—and repairing—different sins differently.

An excerpt from Peace over Perfection on the command to “be perfect,” the exhaustion of scrupulosity, and rest in Christ.

Steve Cuss and Jimmy Carnes discuss the complexities of introspection.