Just as Israel’s infidelity brought judgment upon herself, our modern "worship disorder" of replacing God with earthly idols constitutes a spiritual adultery that only divine grace and repentance can move toward the hope of a purified future.

The "heat" of life often produces "thornbush" responses. Christians, with "joyful discontent" must respond like "fruit-tree" rooted in grace.

A recap of 20 spiritual directions from Richard Baxter’s Christian Ethics to provide a practical guide to transition from a state of sin to saving grace.