In this episode of Christ the Center, Camden Bucey welcomes Stephen Yuille, director of Puritan publishing at Reformation Heritage Books, for a conversation on Puritan spirituality and the devotional series 90 Days with the Puritans. Yuille reflects on his work with Puritan writings, the relationship between the mind and the affections, and the way the Puritans seek to move biblical truth from mere cognition into doxology, repentance, obedience, and perseverance.

The discussion centers on five “lively truths” that recur throughout the Puritan tradition: the majesty of God, the beauty of Christ, the severity of sin, the mystery of providence, and the hope of glory. Along the way, Camden and Stephen consider biblical meditation, Thomas Manton, holiness as divine beauty, beholding Christ through Scripture rather than mysticism, affliction as fatherly discipline, and the believer’s blessed hope in the face of death and suffering.

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0:00 Introduction
0:33 Stephen Yuille and Reformation Heritage Books
2:24 Stephen Yuille’s ministry and Puritan publishing work
8:46 What gave rise to 90 Days with the Puritans
11:15 Five lively truths in Puritan spirituality
15:51 Biblical meditation and the Puritans
22:42 Thomas Manton as a guide to meditation
25:20 Holiness as beauty, not divine scowling
31:07 Beholding Christ without mysticism
36:10 Sin, holiness, and the doctrines of grace
39:12 Christ altogether lovely
45:53 Providence, affliction, and fatherly discipline
51:24 Death, glory, and the blessed hope
57:45 Closing thoughts and resources

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Camden Bucey
Stephen Yuille

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