Free · 9-week Bible study

The Lost Art of Reflection

Most Christians have never been taught to examine themselves. Not properly. This is an attempt to recover the practice. Nine weeks. One question a day. Christ at the center.

128 pages · 5.5 × 8.5 booklet · Print as booklet on Letter paper

Cover of The Lost Art of Reflection, a 9-week Bible study from RFLCT.

Self-examination used to be a basic Christian habit. Calvin built it into communion. The Puritans wrote whole books on how to do it. Then, somewhere, it slipped away.

This study walks back into it. Nine weeks anchored in Scripture, sharpened by Reformed and Puritan voices, and looped back to the cross every week. There is a daily devotion for Monday through Friday, a Family / kids version for every week, and journaling space on the booklet pages. It is not a self-improvement plan. It is a recovery of an old practice.

The 9-week arc

Where it goes.

  1. The Lost ArtJohn Calvin
  2. Christ WithdrewDietrich Bonhoeffer
  3. The God Who Already SeesCharles Spurgeon
  4. Search Me, Know MeJohn Owen
  5. Sin Named, Not ManagedThomas Watson
  6. The Heart Beneath the HeartJonathan Edwards
  7. At the TableJohn Calvin
  8. Test YourselvesRichard Sibbes
  9. A Rule of ReflectionRichard Baxter
What's inside

Built to actually be used.

Weekly teaching

One 15-to-20-minute reading per week. A core Scripture passage. Reformed theology. A voice from church history. Five honest reflection questions.

Daily devotions

Five short readings per week, Monday through Friday. Each one ends with a sit-with-this question, a one-sentence prayer, and a "For further reading" Scripture pointer.

Family / kids version

Every week includes a mixed-age section with an object lesson, age-split questions for ages 5 to 9 and 10 to 14, and a short closing prayer.

Journaling space

Lined journal area on each daily devotion page. Space to write what you saw, what you confessed, what you want to remember.

A weekly practice

Each week ends with a small, specific practice you can actually keep. No heroic goals. Just an honest rhythm.

Bibliography

Sources cited by week. Calvin, Owen, Watson, Edwards, Bonhoeffer, Sibbes, Baxter, Spurgeon. Most are free online. Some are still in print.

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"Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord!"

Lamentations 3:40