Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney
Week 12: Chapter 11 — Learning and Chapter 12 — Perseverance
Read Chapters 11 and 12 of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Key Scriptures: Proverbs 9:9; 2 Peter 1:5-8; Hebrews 12:1-3.
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Whitney closes the main body of the book by calling us to a posture of lifelong learning and to the long-arc faithfulness of perseverance — reminding us that the spiritual disciplines are not a sprint but a marathon walked in community with the great cloud of witnesses.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.In his chapter on learning, Whitney argues that the Christian life should be characterized by a growing, insatiable hunger to learn — about God, about Scripture, about creation, about the human condition. How does this connect to the image of the "wise" person in Proverbs who, when taught, becomes still wiser (Proverbs 9:9)?
2.Whitney challenges Christians to be intentional learners beyond their weekly sermon — through books, biography, history, theology, and conversation with wise people. What does your current intake of Christian learning look like outside of Sunday mornings? Where could you be more intentional?
3.He notes that reading Christian biography in particular is a powerful tool for growth — that reading about the faith of men and women who ran this race before us confronts our smallness and expands our vision of what God can do with a surrendered life. Whose Christian biography has most inspired or shaped you, and what did you learn from it?
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