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02 17 Virtuous Life

The Model of a Virtuous Life

In this excerpt from Richard Foster’s Streams of Living Water, a biographical sketch of Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers an example not only of the Holiness Tradition, but of the balance of all six streams of Christian tradition.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
February 24, 2020
Wooden Pew

Holiness: More Than Avoiding Vice

Defining holiness by external measures leads to legalism. Richella Parham helps us move beyond avoiding vice and into building a life of virtue.
Richella Parham
Richella Parham
February 19, 2020
Lent Ash Wednesday Cross On Forehead

Why Lent?

The forty day journey of Lent is marked in days but lived in grace. Kai Nilsen, one of the authors of the Renovaré devotional Less is More, leads us into this season of preparation.
Kai Nilsen
Kai Nilsen
February 17, 2020
John The Baptist Mosaic

Authentically Holy

In too-constantly revisiting our brokenness, are we clouding the promise of spiritual renovation and restoration? Carolyn Arends asks us to consider how walking in the with-God life can make us both wholly authentic and authentically holy. Eating locusts and honey is optional.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
February 10, 2020
Hand Holding Glass Ball Sea

Beauty of Holiness

From ​The Reservoir devotional, this one-week excerpt explores true holiness and virtue.
Renovaré Team
Renovaré Team
February 10, 2020
Feather And Sky

Keeping Our Souls Light

Poor choices form poor habits which lead to dull and heavy hearts. Chris Hall with help from Abba Isaac lights the way back to feather-like sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
February 10, 2020
Man Waiving White Flag

The Joy of Self-Denial

John Calvin believed healthy self-denial was essential in the life of every Christian. “If we want ease and tranquility,” he writes, “we should resign ourselves and all that we have to the will of God.”
John Calvin
John Calvin
February 7, 2020
2018-02-22 Jesus Wash Feet Mosaic

Self-Denial Without Self-Hatred

“Most of us have been exposed to such a mutilated form of biblical submission that either we have embraced the deformity or we have rejected the Discipline altogether,” Foster writes. This Celebration of Discipline excerpt explains why true submission has nothing to do with self-hatred.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
February 3, 2020
Light On Man In Forest

Heart Transformation and Friendship with Jesus

From Santuary of the Soul, Richard Foster answers the question: What does heart formation work deep in the subterra­nean chambers of the heart look like?
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 31, 2020
Bible Psalm 15

The Psalms: Our Prayer Mentor

When we learn to imitate those who model a rich and deep prayer life, their thoughts will shape and become our own. In this endeavor there is no one better to look at, Chris Hall writes, than King David.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
January 27, 2020