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2018 06 Bible Light

Seeing the Bible Afresh

Is it time to see Scripture with new eyes? For anyone “starving at the spiritual feast,” Richard Foster offers a paradigm for Bible study called the Immanuel Principle—God with us.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster & Kathryn Helmers
January 10, 2025
Women Laughing

Carbonated Holiness

From giggles to guffaws and from splitting one’s sides to being in stitches, there is nothing quite like a good laugh for all the right reasons to release us into self-forgetfulness and worshipful joy. Carolyn Arends explains why laughter is serious business.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
January 10, 2025
Girl Aquarium

Knowing God Means More Than Describing Him

“For all my love of language,” writes Carolyn Arends in this column from Christianity Today, “I’ve been troubled by a growing sense that I need to pay more attention to wordless things.”
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
January 10, 2025
10 11 Money

Money and the Spiritual Life

It is never a bad time to revisit some foundational ideas about money and its uses for good or ill in our lives and world. Richard Foster joins us to share some thoughts about money’s proper place in our lives, its insidious spiritual power, and its power to bless.​
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025

Leadership Transition
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025

Heart to Heart November 2005

A November 2005 Heart to Heart newsletter where Richard Foster talks about the Vision and Mission of Renovaré, A Movement Afoot, and Our Geographic Strategy of Penetration (Renovaré USA, Britain and Ireland, Korea).
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025
Woman On Bench Praying Confession

Confession: A Practical Guide

“Jesus taught that the damage done through sin was not the last word on life. Sin could be confessed. Sin could be forgiven. And sinful people could be set free.” From Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, Adele Calhoun shows how confession is the road to freedom.
Adele Calhoun
Adele Calhoun
January 10, 2025
2018 10 12 Man Serving

Service: A Practical Guide

From Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, Adele Calhoun shares about the spiritual discipline of service and the practical ways to enter into it.
Adele Calhoun
Adele Calhoun
January 10, 2025
Open Hands

God is Still Speaking

Scripture as the Word of God written anchors us by giving a blueprint for how God has spoken to his people throughout biblical history. And the Bible itself uses the Word of God in two additional ways. There is the Word of God living, the debar Yahweh, and the Word of God incarnate, Jesus.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025
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The Bridge to Love

This powerful metaphor from 14th century nun Catherine of Siena helps us to understand and delight in the way that God draws us into His love and restores us to a life of grace.
Catherine of Siena
Catherine of Siena
January 10, 2025