It was good for people like me, who have been following Jesus for many years, and I imagine it will be good for those just starting out. In seeking the Spirit’s work, however, we do not look directly to the Spirit; rather, we look to Christ, and through looking to Christ the Spirit changes us (169). But the concise version is an inviting 88 pages (minus documentation and index) for busy Christ-followers.

Sometimes I can get a little lost in theology books, but I could continuously see the through line of the overall point. Dane helps us understand that the gospel is more of a person to adore and know than theological propositions and categories to master.His embrace of you is the point of your life… He wants you to know a love that is yours even when you feel undeserving or numb.

In Deeper , Dane Ortlund reminds us that the angst is satisfied not by behavioral modification or some quick fix but by the beauty of friendship with Jesus and the peace more deeply accepted in our souls. Essentially, they are results or expressions of a relationally deep attachment to Christ, not the other way around. Google Analytics uses the information from this cookie to calculate things like Days and Visits to purchase. A decade has passed since doomed explorers unveiled a nightmare of tunnels and rivers honeycombing the earth’s depths. O jednym Was muszę zapewnić - będzie jeszcze bardziej gorąco - myśle, że wejście jeszcze bardziej w głąb ziemi ma na to równie znaczący wpływ, co chociażby sam rozwój wydarzeń.They are both under the umbrella of union, but the process of sanctification is also spurred on by a proper recognition of what took place at justification.

Think about an “angsty teen” and you probably conjure up stereotypes of late-90’s goths, teary-eyed fans wailing Dashboard Confessional in the mid 2000’s, or affluenza-stricken hyper-privileged suburbanites from 2015 to present day. But it’s interesting that my highlights in the back of the book (I do them as I go) are almost exclusively quotes from other authors. In this book, Dane Ortlund points believers to Christ, making the case that sanctification does not happen by doing more or becoming better, but by going deeper into the wondrous gospel truths that washed over them when they were first united to him. Further, he argues that these men found themselves “coming back in a post-conversion way to the liberating truth of the same gospel” (109). Ortlund says, do not take up your time so much with studying your own heart as with studying Christ's heart.A special thank you to Crossway Books and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review. Against the backdrop of a looming war with China, a crusade of volunteers hustles to find the vestiges of a lost race. It’s then, as you give up on yourself and throw your hands up in the air, that your heart is most fertile for the supernaturalizing power of the Holy Spirit” (167). It was also interesting to think about how biblical meditation is different to mindfulness but also where there are overlaps. In a book on sanctification, I was surprised to find almost no consideration of the role of believer in “working out their own salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil.