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I See a People

At the end of Streams of Liv­ing Water, Richard Fos­ter shares this pow­er­ful vision for the peo­ple of God, even if it is one still seen through a glass dimly.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
July 30, 2020
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Hid­ing What They Seek

Recall­ing a per­son­al sto­ry, Car­olyn Arends pon­ders whether our attempts to be ​“seek­er friend­ly” inad­ver­tent­ly con­ceal Jesus.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
July 24, 2020
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He Guid­ed Me to a Bet­ter Way: Chris Hall Remem­bers J.I. Packer

“[J.I. Pack­er’s] books have helped so many,” reflects Chris Hall. ​“I’m grate­ful. I’m even more grate­ful, though, for his will­ing­ness to invest his time in a grad­u­ate stu­dent with a ten­den­cy to take the path of least resistance.”
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
July 20, 2020
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Long­ing for a Mag­nif­i­cent Story

Sto­ries have the pow­er to shape our lives as James Bryan Smith shares in this excerpt from The Mag­nif­i­cent Sto­ry: Uncov­er­ing a Gospel of Beau­ty, Good­ness, and Truth.
James Bryan Smith
James Bryan Smith
July 16, 2020
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The God Who Sees Me

Every human being desires to be known and affirmed — a desire that only our Mak­er can deeply ful­fill. With hon­esty and vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty, Jill Weber shares how an aware­ness of being seen by God changes everything.
Jill Weber
Jill Weber
July 10, 2020
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End­ing Racism Begins With How We Iden­ti­fy Ourselves

A small but essen­tial step to over­com­ing racism, asserts Justin Camp­bell, is see to first our­selves through God’s matrix.
Justin Campbell
Justin Campbell
June 26, 2020
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Pulling Down Strongholds

If Jesus is call­ing us into bat­tle against ​“injus­tice, oppres­sion, hatred, big­otry, cru­el­ty, tyran­ny, bru­tal­i­ty, and any­thing else opposed to the way of God” as part of the Lam­b’s Army, what are our weapons in this peace­able war? Richard Fos­ter reminds us of the mighty spir­i­tu­al arse­nal we possess.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
June 24, 2020
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Notable African-Amer­i­can Social Jus­tice Move­ments and Figures

From Streams of Liv­ing Water, Richard Fos­ter and Lyn­da Gray­beal pro­vide a hand­ful of thumb­nail sketch­es of move­ments and fig­ures that fought for free­dom and equality.
Richard J. Foster Lynda Graybeal
Richard J. Foster & Lynda Graybeal
June 19, 2020
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We Have Refused to Listen

The trag­ic events over the past days have left us in shock. Ren­o­varé Pres­i­dent Chris Hall asks, ​“How should we respond? What would Jesus have us say and do?”
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
June 5, 2020
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Hon­est Joy, Hon­est Sorrow

From his book Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide for Life, David Tay­lor shares how the Psalms give us per­mis­sion to hon­est­ly express the full range of the human emotion.
David Taylor
David Taylor
May 29, 2020