Below are links to videos of talks by Professor John Coe on spiritual formation. This is a graduate level class taught at the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Talbot Seminary of Biola University (ISF is an excellent option if you are interested in seminary). We are very blessed to have such an important series of talks available for free on the internet. These talks come with the highest recommendation if you are serious about a deeper understanding of spiritual growth.
The home page on the Biola site for the links to all 12 talks is here. From the description on the website: “Dr. John Coe, Founder and Director of Biola’s Institute for Spiritual Formation, presents an introductory study of the nature of spiritual theology and formation, which attempts to understand the nature of new life in Christ, the process of formation in the Spirit and the directives for cooperating with His work.”
Here are links to the individual sessions:
Session #1: Introduction 28 minutes
Session #2: Forming the Spirit 101 minutes
Session #3: The History of Seminaries and Universities 81 minutes
Session #4: The Foundations of Seminary 111 minutes
Session #5: The Basis of Spiritual Theology 117 minutes
Session #6: The Nature of Growth in Christ, and Original Sin 103 minutes
Session #7: The Origin of Sin 101 minutes
Session #8: Reformed View of Original Sin, and Parenting 97 minutes
Session #9: Spiritual Theology, and the Heart 103 minutes
Session #10: The Ministry of the Spirit, Part 1 111 minutes
Session #11: The Ministry of the Spirit, Part 2 115 minutes
Session #12: Virtue and the Spiritual Discipline 96 minutes
