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Ch 9 addressing much of the evangelical obsession with “habit” (embodied physical ritual in our spiritual formation) was fantastic

Chapter 5 on prayer is nice and juicy so far in terms of Puritan quotations.

Reformed and Puritan view on Scripture prayer: basically a conversation and dialogue with the living triune God -> we hear His Word and then respond to it in prayer

Starting Chapter 4 on biblical meditation. Really good so far.

Finished II.viii and read II.ix. Pretty good stuff, especially his exposition of the moral law (Book 2 c. 7 and 8 are wonderful for a general overview of what Reformed theology believes about the moral law of God), although I disagree with his exposition of the 4th commandment.

Bingham is incisive on the relationship between justification and sanctification here (and how both flow from union w/ Christ), and how Reformed soteriology (contra to non-Protestant and even many ostensibly evangelical theologians’ claims), far from giving no motivation for spiritual growth, actually is the only way to pursue healthy, secure, meaningful growth in godliness.