On A Serious Call to a Devout & Holy Life
I had heard that this book was a “Christian classic” and now that I have read it myself I know why. Law’s A Serious Call to a Devout & Holy Life is cutting, winsome and insightful. He weaved throughout the pages penetrating analysis of human motives and behavior, witty and logically persuasive arguments and spiritual gems of spiritual wisdom and insight. The first section (chapters 1-13) offers, for the most part, searing critiques of the capacity for double-mindedness in human beings and in professed Christians while the latter sections (chapters 14-23) focus more so on giving practical pastoral advice about how to positively live a devout and holy life by keeping to the hours of prayer. The final chapter (24) is a bit like a closing argument which references the overall points made throughout the book. Law laid out his assertions in very plain terms, with succinct definitional paragraphs, and then proceeded to explain (at length and with much repetition) his claims. Herein the