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The Sanctus Forum has three active series on our channel, Conspiracy Commentaries, Pensées and Life Books. All available on YouTube.

PENSÉES

The ones in which Michael Stewart Robb (Mike) speaks briefly on everyday spirituality and books.

2024

My reading life | best books of 2023

Reading vs. getting sh** done | 3 thoughts

Stability | A better solution than escape

Silence | Seeking it in everyday life

Abbots | One solution for spiritual growth

Obedience | Better left to the ancients?

Minimalism | What's the point?

Ministry | Do protestants have it backwards?

How to write | my best tip

How Richard Foster wrote Celebration of Discipline | 4 thoughts on writing

How to read for a better life | 4 tips

Alan Jacobs on how to read at whim

17 years without a smartphone | 4 things I learned

My reading life | best books of 2023

Reading vs. getting sh** done | 3 thoughts

Stability | A better solution than escape

Silence | Seeking it in everyday life

Abbots | One solution for spiritual growth

Obedience | Better left to the ancients?

Minimalism | What's the point?

Ministry | Do protestants have it backwards?

How to write | my best tip

How Richard Foster wrote Celebration of Discipline | 4 thoughts on writing

How to read for a better life | 4 tips

Alan Jacobs on how to read at whim

17 years without a smartphone | 4 things I learned

2022

Write Substantial Books: What It Takes

Calm and Joyful Non-Compliance with Evil

Digging Deep, Pt. 1

Digging Deep, Pt. 2

Digging Deep, Pt. 3

Digging Deep (Jane Willard Bonus Material)

Write, Publish, Read

Does It Matter Whether We Gather?

Write Checks on the Kingdom of God

5 New Books for Dallas Willard Readers of All Kinds

Write Substantial Books: What It Takes

Calm and Joyful Non-Compliance with Evil

Digging Deep, Pt. 1

Digging Deep, Pt. 2

Digging Deep, Pt. 3

Digging Deep (Jane Willard Bonus Material)

Write, Publish, Read

Does It Matter Whether We Gather?

Write Checks on the Kingdom of God

5 New Books for Dallas Willard Readers of All Kinds

2020

What to Read FIRST When You Read DALLAS WILLARD

5 Life-Hacks to SUCCEED with your New Spiritual Practice

Open-Handed Spirituality in Secular(?) Boston: "Father" Brice Divulges

HOSPITALITY: Four Ways to Rediscover an Ancient Practice

Thoughts on the Spiritual Life of CYBORGS LIKE US

Man vs. Machine Part 1: The Myth of Multitasking

Man vs. Machine Part 2: Mobile Unitasking

Can you LEARN online?

Need More Space in Life? Try These 12 Device Hacks

Reading NON-Dead Europeans: Johannes HARTL

Reading NON-Dead Europeans: Pete GREIG

Reading NON-Dead Europeans: Tomáš HALÍK

Living BEYOND Your Means (Paintbrush Optional)

Reading NON-Dead Europeans: Jörg AHLBRECHT

(How to) Make Last Year COUNT

What to Read FIRST When You Read DALLAS WILLARD

5 Life-Hacks to SUCCEED with your New Spiritual Practice

Open-Handed Spirituality in Secular(?) Boston: "Father" Brice Divulges

HOSPITALITY: Four Ways to Rediscover an Ancient Practice

Thoughts on the Spiritual Life of CYBORGS LIKE US

Man vs. Machine Part 1: The Myth of Multitasking

Man vs. Machine Part 2: Mobile Unitasking

Can you LEARN online?

Need More Space in Life? Try These 12 Device Hacks

Reading NON-Dead Europeans: Johannes HARTL

Reading NON-Dead Europeans: Pete GREIG

Reading NON-Dead Europeans: Tomáš HALÍK

Living BEYOND Your Means (Paintbrush Optional)

Reading NON-Dead Europeans: Jörg AHLBRECHT

(How to) Make Last Year COUNT

2023

Multitasking is a myth (what I do instead)

Can you go ad-free?

Spiritual formation in a digital age

Do you sleep enough for Jesus?

Sleepy spiritual formation

On vacation

How to read more | 4 tips

Bodily exercise is spiritual responsibility

How to find books to read | 5 tips

An alternative to burnout

How to read for longer | 5 tips

Family matters

How to remember what you read | 5 tips

For an unhurried, undistracted life

On not taking your life too seriously

Multitasking is a myth (what I do instead)

Can you go ad-free?

Spiritual formation in a digital age

Do you sleep enough for Jesus?

Sleepy spiritual formation

How to read more | 4 tips

Bodily exercise is spiritual responsibility

How to find books to read | 5 tips

An alternative to burnout

How to read for longer | 5 tips

How to remember what you read | 5 tips

For an unhurried, undistracted life

On not taking your life too seriously

2021

The Shadow Side of Western Spirituality

Spread Jesus' Spirituality by Doing This

What To Put BEFORE Speaking

If You Lack Focus [+ Book Giveaway]

Getting the SPIRITUALITY of CHRISTMAS Right

How to Carol with John Wimber

Hark, the Herald Humans Sing

The Shadow Side of Western Spirituality

Spread Jesus' Spirituality by Doing This

What To Put BEFORE Speaking

If You Lack Focus [+ Book Giveaway]

Getting the SPIRITUALITY of CHRISTMAS Right

How to Carol with John Wimber

Hark, the Herald Humans Sing

CONSPIRACY COMMENTARIES

The ones in which Michael Stewart Robb (Mike) comments on Dallas Willard’s The Divine Conspiracy section by section.

CHAPTER THREE: WHAT JESUS KNEW

Re-Visioning God and His World (§50-52)

Re-Visioning God and His World

God's Joyous Being

Finding Language to Express This Great God

Conversations // ft. Trevor Hudson // on "Re-Visioning God and His World" by Dallas Willard // ep9

Re-Visioning God and His World

God's Joyous Being

Finding Language to Express This Great God

Conversations // ft. Trevor Hudson // on "Re-Visioning God and His World" by Dallas Willard // ep9

Space Inhabited by God (§60-63)

Dallas Willard | Spirit and Space

Dallas Willard | The Human Spirit - Part One

Dallas Willard | The Human Spirit - Part Two

Dallas Willard | God Wants to Be Seen

Dallas Willard | The Myth of Empty Space

Conversations // ft. Roy Searle // on "Space Inhabited by God" by Dallas Willard // ep11

Dallas Willard | Spirit and Space

Dallas Willard | The Human Spirit - Part One

Dallas Willard | The Human Spirit - Part Two

Dallas Willard | God Wants to Be Seen

Dallas Willard | The Myth of Empty Space

Conversations // ft. Roy Searle // on "Space Inhabited by God" by Dallas Willard // ep11

Death Dismissed (§69-72)

Dallas Willard | Carelessness About Death

Dallas Willard | Never Taste Death

Dallas Willard | Moving out of Our "Tent," or Temporary House

Dallas Willard | The Dual Context of Life in God's World

Dallas Willard | Carelessness About Death

Dallas Willard | Never Taste Death

Dallas Willard | Moving out of Our "Tent," or Temporary House

Dallas Willard | The Dual Context of Life in God's World

The Heavens as the Human Environment (§53-59)

Some Advice on Living

The Heavens Are Also Here

Heaven Invading Human Space

Dallas Willard | The New Testament Experience

Embarrassing Translations?

The Experience Continues Today

Dallas Willard | Kingdom of the Heavens and Kingdom of God

Conversations // ft. Ville Kavilo // on "The Heavens as . . ." by Dallas Willard // ep10

Some Advice on Living

The Heavens Are Also Here

Heaven Invading Human Space

Dallas Willard | The New Testament Experience

Embarrassing Translations?

The Experience Continues Today

Dallas Willard | Kingdom of the Heavens and Kingdom of God

Conversations // ft. Ville Kavilo // on "The Heavens as . . ." by Dallas Willard // ep10

All Things Visible and Invisible (§64-68)

Dallas Willard | What, Then, Is Spiritual Reality?

Dallas Willard | The Centrality of Will or Heart

Dallas Willard | The Substantiality of the Spiritual

Dallas Willard | The Human Quandary

Dallas Willard | Conspiracy Q & A #1

Dallas Willard | A Solution in the "Mind of the Spirit"

Conversations // ft. James Catford // on "All Things Visible and Invisible" // ep12

Dallas Willard | What, Then, Is Spiritual Reality?

Dallas Willard | The Centrality of Will or Heart

Dallas Willard | The Substantiality of the Spiritual

Dallas Willard | The Human Quandary

Dallas Willard | Conspiracy Q & A #1

Dallas Willard | A Solution in the "Mind of the Spirit"

Conversations // ft. James Catford // on "All Things Visible and Invisible" // ep12

CHAPTER TWO: GOSPELS OF SIN MANAGEMENT

The Invitation Diminished (§30-36)

Dallas Willard | The Invitation Diminished

Dallas Willard | Bar-Code Faith

Dallas Willard | Would God Really Do It That Way?

Dallas Willard | Some Puzzling Facts

Dallas Willard | God Really Doesn't Change Our Behavior?

Conversations // ft. Jörg Ahlbrecht // on "The Invitation Diminished" by Dallas Willard // ep5

Dallas Willard | The Invitation Diminished

Dallas Willard | Bar-Code Faith

Dallas Willard | Would God Really Do It That Way?

Dallas Willard | Some Puzzling Facts

Dallas Willard | God Really Doesn't Change Our Behavior?

Conversations // ft. Jörg Ahlbrecht // on "The Invitation Diminished" by Dallas Willard // ep5

The Gospel on the Right (§37-41)

Dallas Willard | Atonement as the Whole Story

Dallas Willard | "Lordship Salvation"

Dallas Willard | Salvation Cut Off from Life

Dallas Willard | But Is That the Issue?

Dallas Willard | Recalling Abraham's Faith and Righteousness

Conversations // ft. Bas Van Der Graaf // on "The Gospel on the Right" by Dallas Willard // ep6

Dallas Willard | Atonement as the Whole Story

Dallas Willard | "Lordship Salvation"

Dallas Willard | Salvation Cut Off from Life

Dallas Willard | But Is That the Issue?

Dallas Willard | Recalling Abraham's Faith and Righteousness

Conversations // ft. Bas Van Der Graaf // on "The Gospel on the Right" by Dallas Willard // ep6

The Gospel on the Left (§42-46)

Dallas Willard | The Gospel as Entirely Social

Dallas Willard | Religion Becomes Social Ethics

Dallas Willard | God and Jesus Immanent in Human Love

Dallas Willard | The Political and Social Meaning of Love

Dallas Willard | The Gospel Gap

Conversations // ft. Mary Poplin // on "The Gospel on the Left" by Dallas Willard // ep7

Dallas Willard | The Gospel as Entirely Social

Dallas Willard | Religion Becomes Social Ethics

Dallas Willard | God and Jesus Immanent in Human Love

Dallas Willard | The Political and Social Meaning of Love

Dallas Willard | The Gospel Gap

Conversations // ft. Mary Poplin // on "The Gospel on the Left" by Dallas Willard // ep7

Conspiracy Conversations

Conversations // ft. Ville Kavilo // on "The Heavens as . . ." by Dallas Willard // ep10

Conversations // ft. Trevor Hudson // on "Re-Visioning God and His World" by Dallas Willard // ep9

Conversations // ft. Jos Douma // on "Toward Integration of Life and Faith" by Dallas Willard // ep8

Conversations // ft. Mary Poplin // on "The Gospel on the Left" by Dallas Willard // ep7

Conversations // ft. Bas Van Der Graaf // on "The Gospel on the Right" by Dallas Willard // ep6

Conversations // ft. Jörg Ahlbrecht // on "The Invitation Diminished" by Dallas Willard // ep5

Conversations // ft. Jane Willard // on "In the Midst of Other Kingdoms" by Dallas Willard // ep4

Conversations // ft. John Ortberg // on "Made to Rule" by Dallas Willard // ep3

Conversations // ft. Seán Mullan // on "Word from a Different Reality" by Dallas Willard // ep2

Conversations // ft. Aaron Preston // on "Life in the Dark" by Dallas Willard // ep1

Conversations // ft. Roy Searle // on "Space Inhabited by God" by Dallas Willard // ep11

Conversations // ft. James Catford // on "All Things Visible and Invisible" // ep12

Conversations // ft. Ville Kavilo // on "The Heavens as . . ." by Dallas Willard // ep10

Conversations // ft. Trevor Hudson // on "Re-Visioning God and His World" by Dallas Willard // ep9

Conversations // ft. Jos Douma // on "Toward Integration of Life and Faith" by Dallas Willard // ep8

Conversations // ft. Mary Poplin // on "The Gospel on the Left" by Dallas Willard // ep7

Conversations // ft. Bas Van Der Graaf // on "The Gospel on the Right" by Dallas Willard // ep6

Conversations // ft. Jörg Ahlbrecht // on "The Invitation Diminished" by Dallas Willard // ep5

Conversations // ft. Jane Willard // on "In the Midst of Other Kingdoms" by Dallas Willard // ep4

Conversations // ft. John Ortberg // on "Made to Rule" by Dallas Willard // ep3

Conversations // ft. Seán Mullan // on "Word from a Different Reality" by Dallas Willard // ep2

Conversations // ft. Aaron Preston // on "Life in the Dark" by Dallas Willard // ep1

Conversations // ft. Roy Searle // on "Space Inhabited by God" by Dallas Willard // ep11

Conversations // ft. James Catford // on "All Things Visible and Invisible" // ep12

Toward Integration of Life and Faith (§47-49)

Dallas Willard | The Case of the Missing Teacher

Dallas Willard | The Centrality of the Pulpit

Dallas Willard | The Kingdom Must Make Sense

Conversations // ft. Jos Douma // on "Toward Integration of Life and Faith" by Dallas Willard // ep8

Dallas Willard | The Case of the Missing Teacher

Dallas Willard | The Centrality of the Pulpit

Dallas Willard | The Kingdom Must Make Sense

Conversations // ft. Jos Douma // on "Toward Integration of Life and Faith" by Dallas Willard // ep8

CHAPTER ONE: ENTERING THE ETERNAL KIND OF LIFE

Introduction (§1-3)

Dallas Willard | Operating Instructions

Dallas Willard | Dedication

Dallas Willard | Introduction

Dallas Willard | My Assumptions about the Bible

Dallas Willard | Competing a Series

Dallas Willard | Operating Instructions

Dallas Willard | Dedication

Dallas Willard | Introduction

Dallas Willard | My Assumptions about the Bible

Dallas Willard | Competing a Series

Life in the Dark (§4-10)

Dallas Willard | Life in the Dark

Dallas Willard | Rumors from the Intellectual Heights

Dallas Willard | Why Be Surprised?

Dallas Willard | The Incredible Power of "Mere Ideas"

Dallas Willard | Merely Academic?

Dallas Willard | Tolstoy's Journey

Dallas Willard | Smothered in Slogans

Conversations // ft. Aaron Preston // on "Life in the Dark" by Dallas Willard // ep1

Dallas Willard | Life in the Dark

Dallas Willard | Rumors from the Intellectual Heights

Dallas Willard | Why Be Surprised?

Dallas Willard | The Incredible Power of "Mere Ideas"

Dallas Willard | Merely Academic?

Dallas Willard | Tolstoy's Journey

Dallas Willard | Smothered in Slogans

Conversations // ft. Aaron Preston // on "Life in the Dark" by Dallas Willard // ep1

Word from a Different Reality (§11-19)

Dallas Willard | The Invitation

Dallas Willard | A World Historical Force

Dallas Willard | Entering the Ordinary

Dallas Willard | Habitation of the Eternal

Dallas Willard | God's Kingdom Opened to All

Dallas Willard | Proprieties Aside

Dallas Willard | A Harlot Crashes the Party

Dallas Willard | The Presence of God in Action

Dallas Willard | God's Rule Extended Onward Through Us

Conversations // ft. Seán Mullan // on "Word from a Different Reality" by Dallas Willard // ep2

Dallas Willard | The Invitation

Dallas Willard | A World Historical Force

Dallas Willard | Entering the Ordinary

Dallas Willard | Habitation of the Eternal

Dallas Willard | God's Kingdom Opened to All

Dallas Willard | Proprieties Aside

Dallas Willard | A Harlot Crashes the Party

Dallas Willard | The Presence of God in Action

Dallas Willard | God's Rule Extended Onward Through Us

Conversations // ft. Seán Mullan // on "Word from a Different Reality" by Dallas Willard // ep2

Made to Rule (§20-25)

Dallas Willard | What a "Kingdom" Is

Dallas Willard | God's "Creation Covenant" with Human Beings

Dallas Willard | Redemption of Our Rule

Dallas Willard | Our Kingdom Extended - into Eternity

Dallas Willard | God's Kingdom

Dallas Willard | The Kingdom Is Now "at Hand"

Conversations // ft. John Ortberg // on "Made to Rule" by Dallas Willard // ep3

Dallas Willard | What a "Kingdom" Is

Dallas Willard | God's "Creation Covenant" with Human Beings

Dallas Willard | Redemption of Our Rule

Dallas Willard | Our Kingdom Extended - into Eternity

Dallas Willard | God's Kingdom

Dallas Willard | The Kingdom Is Now "at Hand"

Conversations // ft. John Ortberg // on "Made to Rule" by Dallas Willard // ep3

In the Midst of Other Kingdoms (§26-29)

Dallas Willard | We Become Bearers God's Rule at Hand

Dallas Willard | But Other Kingdoms Remain

Dallas Willard | Electricity Is "at Hand"

Dallas Willard | Two Who Called

Conversations // ft. Jane Willard // on "In the Midst of Other Kingdoms" by Dallas Willard // ep4

Dallas Willard | We Become Bearers God's Rule at Hand

Dallas Willard | But Other Kingdoms Remain

Dallas Willard | Electricity Is "at Hand"

Dallas Willard | Two Who Called

Conversations // ft. Jane Willard // on "In the Midst of Other Kingdoms" by Dallas Willard // ep4

LIFE BOOKS

The ones in which Michael Stewart Robb (Mike) speaks with a reader friend on great books on which your life may depend.

old-time evangelical religion // ft. jo frost

divine life as good for you // ft. jo frost

purity & humility // ft. jo frost

your joy may depend on the interior castle (ft. Laura Hellsten)

how you pray may depend on the interior castle (ft. Laura Hellsten)

receiving the holy spirit may depend on the interior castle (ft. Laura Hellsten)

your life may depend on the brothers karamazov (ft. Mark Williamson)

surviving 2020 (and more) may depend on the brothers karamazov (ft. Mark Williamson)

your spirituality may depend on the brothers karamazov (ft. Mark Williamson)

old-time evangelical religion // ft. jo frost

divine life as good for you // ft. jo frost

purity & humility // ft. jo frost

your joy may depend on the interior castle (ft. Laura Hellsten)

how you pray may depend on the interior castle (ft. Laura Hellsten)

receiving the holy spirit may depend on the interior castle (ft. Laura Hellsten)

your life may depend on the brothers karamazov (ft. Mark Williamson)

surviving 2020 (and more) may depend on the brothers karamazov (ft. Mark Williamson)

your spirituality may depend on the brothers karamazov (ft. Mark Williamson)