Batman Begins training. Christian spiritual formation. The story of my life for the past 4 years... and counting. Much progress has been made by God's grace. But I still have light years to go.

Sure, there are specific areas in this movie, more specifically this scene, that just go against the Gospel. The trainer lacks compassion, his views on justice are different from the Bible etc.

But the overall "spirit of training" really captures the proactive attitude of training that Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 9:27.

Always new levels to attain in the art of spiritual warfare.


"You know how to not gossip, we can teach you how to never look down on people in your heart, just like Jesus."

"You know how to not praise yourself in front of others, we can teach you how to earnestly yearn that they do/appear/become better than you, just like Jesus."

"You know how to be honest with your money, we can teach you how to find greed uninteresting, just like Jesus."

"You know how to not curse your enemy, we can teach you how to joyfully bless your enemy, just like Jesus."

"You know how to avoid watching porn, we can teach you how to be so sexually pure in Christ, so that the thought of having sex with a woman who is not your wife will become just as naturally repulsive to you as the thought of having sex with your biological sister, just like Jesus."

"You know how to not complain, we can teach you how to be so inexhaustibly satisfied in communion with God that coveting seems boring, just like Jesus."

"You know how to keep God in your mind every hour, we can teach you how to keep God in mind every minute, just like Jesus."


gUmmI, you have much to learn still. Continue to humble yourself and learn from the great spiritual masters who have concrete/hands-on experience of mastering these Christlike traits as you follow them as they follow Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1).