Are You More Spiritual Than a Medieval Peasant? In this episode, we sit with The Book of the Craft of Dying to discuss how medieval spiritual warfare was explained in the 1415 text Ars Moriendi. What temptations do Christians experience in the midst of death? How do temptations to desperation, impatience, complacency, and concern about worldly matters seduce Christians? How do we distinguish between divine actions and nefarious powers at work? How many times can Gillespie interrupt and contradict Riley before he goes apoplectic? Are there patterns Christians can look for to recognize when temptations are approaching? Is there anything we can do to avoid temptations? Is being tempted the same as sinning? Why is so much of medieval piety and discipline no longer taught by the churches? This and much, much more on today’s episode of the podcast.

Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.

In this episode of Tough Texts, Daniel Price and Scott Keith wrap up their discussion of Proverbs 29, highlighting how unchecked anger and pride fuel sin.

A rightly-oriented heart and a rightly-oriented love will consistently do what is best for God and best for our neighbor, which is why St. Augustine speaks of sin as a disordered love.

You are a soul. Not an algorithm. Not a hashtag. A soul knit together by a God who does not mock, does not abandon, and does not lie.

The baptized do not celebrate sin—they grieve it.

Uzziah was showing the most dangerous kind of pride – a pride wrapped up under the guise of religious service.

His successes were not the result of his brilliance, might, and ability as an apostle. They were the result of the all-sufficient grace of God.

No matter how far away they wander, God always hears the prayers of his children.

Both Paul and Martin Luther were Olympic champions when it came to ladder climbing.

God excludes our boasting out of his abundant mercy.

How are you to escape hell? Jesus sends prophets, but those who refuse to hear become guilty of their father's sin?