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A Spiritual Checkup
How are you doing in your walk with the Lord? With the help of the Holy Spirit, you can give yourself a checkup. The Scriptures call it examining yourself. McKay offers a simple and pastoral guide for biblical self-examination—meant to encourage you to pursue holiness and also be encouraged by what the Lord has been doing in your walk with Him.
This little book will be one you want to return to from time to time to check the vitals of your life with Christ, make course corrections, and give thanks to the Lord for the work of the Holy Spirit.
This little book will be one you want to return to from time to time to check the vitals of your life with Christ, make course corrections, and give thanks to the Lord for the work of the Holy Spirit.
102 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 14, 2025
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July 10, 2025
a very basic and easy read that did not offer anything particularly new or insightful. the writing is super plain but the simplicity and short length of the book makes it that much more accessible.
not super enjoyable but what i did find helpful were the chapter topics that served as prompts to reflect on how my walk with the Lord is going. the chapters and categories of spiritual health were as follows: loving the Lord, feeding on Scripture, longing to be like Jesus, giving yourself to prayer, delighting in worship, communing with the saints, grieving over sin, profiting from trials, caring about the unconverted, using your gifts, and looking forward to glory.
reading a few pages of this book each day helped me to focus my prayers towards one particular end of spiritual growth and vitality and in that way, this book was helpful and edifying.
not super enjoyable but what i did find helpful were the chapter topics that served as prompts to reflect on how my walk with the Lord is going. the chapters and categories of spiritual health were as follows: loving the Lord, feeding on Scripture, longing to be like Jesus, giving yourself to prayer, delighting in worship, communing with the saints, grieving over sin, profiting from trials, caring about the unconverted, using your gifts, and looking forward to glory.
reading a few pages of this book each day helped me to focus my prayers towards one particular end of spiritual growth and vitality and in that way, this book was helpful and edifying.
March 31, 2025
In A Spiritual Checkup, David McKay helps with self-examination for a healthy life with Christ.
Walking through 11 diagnostic questions, this book gets serious about your spiritual health. From loving the Lord to looking forward to glory, there is much to consider if you want to be a healthy Christian.
Challenging and Motivating
I was most challenged to check myself against my longing to be like Jesus. McKay emphasizes that we have a duty to actively pursue transformation into the likeness of the Lord, not just passively wish for it. The Holy Spirit empowers us, but McKay reminds us that we must also engage with the spiritual means God has provided—Bible reading, prayer, and active participation in the worship and fellowship of the church.
I was also deeply motivated by McKay’s focus on grieving over sin. He highlights both definitive sanctification and progressive sanctification, stressing the importance of striking a balance between God’s work and our own efforts in Philippians 2:12-13. This book is saturated with Scripture, grounded in biblical truth.
Thriving in Christ
The penultimate chapter is about using your gifts. McKay not only helps readers evaluate their spiritual health but also encourages them to thrive as Christians by actively using the gifts God has entrusted to them. This book shows that spiritual health involves both personal growth and service to others in the body of Christ.
Practical and insightful, A Spiritual Checkup offers both deep theological reflection and actionable advice, encouraging readers to grow in their relationship with Christ and live out their faith more fully.
I received a media copy of A Spiritual Checkup and this is my honest review.
Walking through 11 diagnostic questions, this book gets serious about your spiritual health. From loving the Lord to looking forward to glory, there is much to consider if you want to be a healthy Christian.
Challenging and Motivating
I was most challenged to check myself against my longing to be like Jesus. McKay emphasizes that we have a duty to actively pursue transformation into the likeness of the Lord, not just passively wish for it. The Holy Spirit empowers us, but McKay reminds us that we must also engage with the spiritual means God has provided—Bible reading, prayer, and active participation in the worship and fellowship of the church.
I was also deeply motivated by McKay’s focus on grieving over sin. He highlights both definitive sanctification and progressive sanctification, stressing the importance of striking a balance between God’s work and our own efforts in Philippians 2:12-13. This book is saturated with Scripture, grounded in biblical truth.
Thriving in Christ
The penultimate chapter is about using your gifts. McKay not only helps readers evaluate their spiritual health but also encourages them to thrive as Christians by actively using the gifts God has entrusted to them. This book shows that spiritual health involves both personal growth and service to others in the body of Christ.
Practical and insightful, A Spiritual Checkup offers both deep theological reflection and actionable advice, encouraging readers to grow in their relationship with Christ and live out their faith more fully.
I received a media copy of A Spiritual Checkup and this is my honest review.
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