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326 Years of Successful Marriage

When looking for the secrets of a long, happy, and holy marriage, Richard Foster went right to the source -- 6 couples with 326 years of marriage between them.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Richard Foster digs into the cycles of hurting and forgiving that come into every community situation, especially into a body of believers.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025
Walking On Path

The Doctrines of Everyday Life

William Law tears down the classic delineation between the public shows of worship that we often give preeminence and the “doctrines that relate to everyday life” in which Jesus and his disciples engaged.
William Law
William Law
January 10, 2025
Serving Hands

Self-Righteous Service Versus True Service

Richard Foster invites us to discern between self-righteous service and true service, the kind that “can serve enemies as freely as friends.”
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025
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The Path to Joy

In the spiritual life, the only thing that will produce genuine joy is obedience. Richard Foster explains why in this piece from Celebration of Discipline.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025

Jesus and “The Exorcist”

Richard Foster looks into “The Exorcist” movie and criticizes its portrayal of both an “evil that is not bad enough” and a “victory that is not great enough” and concludes with a powerful reminder of Jesus’s power regarding demon possession.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025

Of Don Quixote, Watergate, and Us

Richard Foster marries the tale of Don Quixote and the scandal of Watergate to the state of many Christians, writing, “To always be a seeker and never a finder does not enhance the search for truth, it destroys it.” Enjoy this journey to the past that holds much relevance for us today.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025

The Law of Love and the God of the Old Testament

Richard Foster (cleverly disguised here as Robert J. Catalyst) tackles the subject of God’s law of love and the bloody history revealed in the Old Testament.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
January 10, 2025
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The Gift of Weakness and The Need for Practice

With inimitable wisdom and grace, Fenélon helps a friend welcome weakness as a gift, and reminds him that spiritual knowledge is only helpful to the extent that it is put into practice.
François Fénelon
François Fénelon
January 10, 2025
08 04 Howard Thurman

Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace

In the Foreword to his book, The Inward Journey, Dr. Howard Thurman writes of the choice before those who seek “ ‘to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly’ with Him.” Will the words we speak be instruments of violence or instruments of God’s peace?
Howard Thurman
Howard Thurman
January 10, 2025