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Song/Hymn

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

Published December, 1744 • Featured December 21, 2021

In two short stan­zas, Charles Wes­ley announces the good news of the king­dom, avail­able to us through the one ​“born a child and yet a King.” This hymn offers us a chance to con­sid­er the offer of Christ’s rule and how we will respond.
Two people coffee
Essay

What is Spiritual Direction?

Published February, 2009 • Featured June 4, 2021

What is spir­i­tu­al direc­tion and how do you choose a spir­i­tu­al director?
Hand Holding Glass Ball Sea
Article

Beauty of Holiness

Published September, 2019 • Featured February 9, 2020

From​The Reser­voir devo­tion­al, this one-week excerpt explores true holi­ness and virtue.
Jesus Hands Open
Book Excerpt from The Reservoir

How Did Jesus Pray? (A One-Week Devotional)

Published September, 2019 • Featured January 1, 2020

From The Reser­voir, these dai­ly devo­tion­als dive into the Con­tem­pla­tive Stream: The Prayer-filled Life.
Worship
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Worship

Featured December 20, 2019

The Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines Index is a selec­tive, top­i­cal index designed to help read­ers get a pic­ture of the with-God life pre­sent­ed in the Bible. Here are pas­sages relat­ed to worship.
01 04 With God Life
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Spiritual Disciplines Index: The With-God Life

Published April, 2005 • Featured November 10, 2019

These Scrip­ture pas­sages com­piled by Dal­las Willard for the Life With God Bible reveal a God who does not redeem peo­ple from far away. God is up close and per­son­al, most espe­cial­ly in the per­son of Jesus — Immanuel, God with us.
2018 06 26 Bible Study
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Reading the Bible with the Mind and the Heart

Published March, 2005 • Featured November 3, 2019

We must con­sid­er how we can our­selves come to the Bible and also how we can present it to peo­ple in a way that does not destroy the soul, but inducts it into the eter­nal kind of life.
Celebrate Balloon Confetti
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Celebration

Featured February 5, 2019

The Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines Index is a selec­tive, top­i­cal index designed to help read­ers get a pic­ture of the with-God life pre­sent­ed in the Bible. Here are pas­sages relat­ed to celebration.
Lighthouse Guidance
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Guidance

Featured January 9, 2019

The Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines Index is designed to give read­ers a pic­ture of the with-God life in the Bible and the role of the Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines in fos­ter­ing that kind of life. Here are pas­sages relat­ed to Guid­ance, an inter­ac­tive friend­ship with God that gives direc­tion and pur­pose to dai­ly life.
01 04 Confession
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Confession

Published May, 2005 • Featured November 8, 2018

The Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines Index is designed to give read­ers a pic­ture of the with-God life in the Bible and the role of the Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines in fos­ter­ing that kind of life. Here are pas­sages relat­ed to Confession.
2018 09 29 Man Alone Desert
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Solitude

Featured September 23, 2018

The Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines Index is designed to give read­ers a pic­ture of the with-God life in the Bible and the role of the Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines in fos­ter­ing that kind of life. Here are pas­sages relat­ed to Solitude.
2018 08 29 Person Grieving
Interview

On Suffering: An Interview with James Bryan Smith and Bill Vaswig

Published April, 2005 • Featured August 29, 2018

Ren­o­varé team mem­bers James Bryan Smith and William Vaswig describe their expe­ri­ences of suf­fer­ing, phys­i­cal help­less­ness, grief, dis­ap­point­ment, lone­li­ness, and waywardness.
Simple Single Leaf
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Simplicity

Featured July 24, 2018

The Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines Index is a selec­tive, top­i­cal index designed to help read­ers get a pic­ture of the with-God life pre­sent­ed in the Bible. Here are pas­sages relat­ed to sim­plic­i­ty and frugality.
12 6 Life With God History
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

A Brief Overview of the With-God Life

Featured June 27, 2018

From the Life with God Bible, this brief overview of bib­li­cal his­to­ry helps us grasp how the divine dra­ma took con­crete forms in each age as peo­ple encoun­tered God.
Panoramic View History
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

A Panoramic View of God's Purpose in History

Featured June 25, 2018

In addi­tion to under­stand­ing the Bible’s over­ar­ch­ing theme in the with-God life and its trans­for­ma­tion of the Peo­ple of God, it is also help­ful to view the Bible panoram­i­cal­ly across the expanse of time.
Bible Study
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Study

Featured June 14, 2018

The Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines Index is a selec­tive, top­i­cal index designed to help read­ers get a pic­ture of the with-God life pre­sent­ed in the Bible. Here are pas­sages relat­ed to study.
02 09 Let Go
Book Excerpt from Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Submission

Featured February 8, 2018

The Spir­i­tu­al Dis­ci­plines Index is a selec­tive, top­i­cal index is designed to help read­ers get a pic­ture of the with-God life pre­sent­ed in the Bible.
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Article

Light Their Tails, Let Them Go

Featured January 25, 2018

At a recent Ren­o­varé Insti­tute res­i­den­cy, Richard Fos­ter and Nathan Fos­ter joined us for a few Q&A ses­sions on the streams, the dis­ci­plines, and spir­i­tu­al for­ma­tion. One of our stu­dents asked Richard where Insti­tute alum­ni fit into the greater Ren­o­varé sto­ry. We share Richard’s answer here.
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Article

Happy Jólabókaflóð!

Featured November 29, 2017

For the bib­lio­philes in our midst (includ­ing us!), the coun­try of Ice­land has cre­at­ed the most charm­ing and imi­ta­tion-wor­thy Christ­mas tra­di­tion of Christ­mas Book Flood. If you, like C.S. Lewis, can­not find ​“a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough” to suit you, read on.
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Article

Studies in Courage and Tenacity

Featured September 12, 2017

In 2001, Richard Fos­ter exhort­ed his read­ers to look into the lives of some mod­ern Chris­tians who exem­pli­fied the virtue of for­ti­tude. Here we share the sto­ries of three of these peo­ple — Dorothy Day, Rosa Parks, and Alek­san­dr Solzhen­it­syn — all of whom lived lives of con­vic­tion and endur­ing influence.