Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyMay 13, 2022 Becoming Who We Already Are in Christ At the moment we decide to follow Jesus we are given the seed of new life. It is something real that didn’t exist in us before. While the miracle of growth is…
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 18, 2022 Stop Trying to Be Good Thankfully, we're not called to passivity or to a vaporous "let go and let God" (though surely there is a good deal of letting go and letting God that must be…
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 19, 2021 The Quiet Power of a Transformed Life But when strong convictions are lived out with true humility, when Spirit-empowered love rather than idealism is in the driver’s seat, look out. You're dealing…
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 29, 2021 The First Step Watchman Nee said the first step toward God isn’t faith or repentance—the first step is “to approach the Lord with an honest heart.”
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Renovaré WeeklyOctober 8, 2021 Leading the Dance with Technology The goal is not to become a tech-averse, self-righteous luddite (with apologies to genuinely righteous luddites, of which I don’t doubt there are some). The…
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 24, 2021 “I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians.” While Gandhi never chose to become a Christian, the Sermon on the Mount informed his life in ways that led to profound personal and cultural change—because he…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 13, 2021 Does God Laugh at Our Plans? It's possible to make grace-empowered progress in the spiritual life. But we do need an openhanded, God-surrendered plan.
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 20, 2020 The Tension of Differing Perspectives So as we seek deeper transformation in Jesus, may we learn to listen without fear to brothers and sisters who see things from a different perspective.
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 18, 2020 Sustainable Love But like so many things in the spiritual life, love can’t simply be willed. At least not very well nor for very long. It has to be grown. And prayer is the…
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Renovaré WeeklyApril 17, 2020 Cautious and Courageous “We have to be courageous and cautious," Shane responded. "That’s a delicate dance. What does fearlessness look like and what does care and wisdom look like……
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Renovaré WeeklyNovember 30, 2018 Deadly Sins and Their Remedies We want Christ, the eternal Flame of Love, to burn out of us any pattern of thinking or acting that keeps us from the abundant life he promised. It can be…
Articles
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ArticleBlessed to Bless Ruminating on the theme of blessing, Linda Christians shares some helpful passages from Dallas Willard's book, Living in Christ's Presence.
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ArticleGiving All to Christ How much of your life does Christianity involve? C.S. Lewis explores the question in this excerpt from Mere Christianity.
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ArticleBecoming Like Christ For Christians, heaven is not the goal. The goal is for Christ to be formed in us. Richard Foster shows how that forming happens through experiential, formal,…
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ArticleOur “Holy” Sins Daring to Face What We Tend to Ignore Can believers be blind to certain sins? Carolyn Arends takes a look at the subtle slips from right-relationship that keep us from loving as God loves.
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ArticleStep into the Streams James Catford shares a personal story of how Richard Foster introduced the idea of the Six Streams of the Great Christian Tradition to him. Something clicked…
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ArticleApologetics in the Manner of Jesus "The call to 'give an account' is not a call to beat unwilling people into intellectual submission," Dallas Willard explains, "but to be the servant of those…
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ArticleThe Great Concealment As we take a bit of a break from daily website posts to spend the holidays with our families, we are glad to leave you with this charming and profound insight…
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ArticleLose Your Life and You Will Save It From Mere Christianity Calling us ever deeper into relationship with the Triune God, C.S. Lewis reminds us that the life we lose for the sake of the kingdom will only be a faint…
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ArticleLet Charity Dwell Within You St. Ephrem closely links love and honor of God to love and honor of our neighbor, specifically in his admonitions not to be wrathful about perceived wrongs,…
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ArticleHe Is Our Light As we continue our look at the nature of discipleship, D.L. Moody calls our attention to Christ's presence as the light in our lives—we can only escape the…
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ArticleDeep-Rooted in Christ: A Conversation Between Richard Foster and Chris Webb Listen in on a conversation between Richard Foster and Chris Webb as they discuss Joshua Choonmin Kang's book *Deep-Rooted in Christ: The Way of…
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ArticleTransformational Living Excerpts from Three of Dallas Willard’s Most-Loved Books In introductory excerpts from three of his books, Dallas Willard reminds us of an essential message of his life's work: That spiritual transformation is…
