We are (Ultimately) Not Like Sisyphus

R. C. Sproul observes that there are similarities between the sanctification of the Christian believer and the travails of Sisyphus. He was the Greek hero forever doomed to roll a boulder up a hill again and again. After all, our progress in sanctification is slow so that we feel like we are “walking in place, spinning our wheels, doubling our efforts, and gaining no ground.

But however sanctification feels, “All Christians make progress,” Sproul writes, “Progress is made certain by the indwelling Holy Spirit, who refuses to allow us to stand still.” As much as we might like to stop…