Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 4, 2022 Holy Hunger But we did have one thing in common: hunger. Every person showed and spoke of a longing — for more depth, more life, more connection with others, more clarity.…
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Renovaré WeeklySeptember 6, 2019 What About Charismania? But what about "charismania"? There is certainly some strange stuff out there that, as a friend says, “ain’t the Lord.” Fabrications and abuses can be…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 30, 2019 The Human Part of Holiness Thomas Kelly reminds us that obedience begins with inspired imagination, a "flaming vision" of the beauty of a holy life. Next, he says simply: “Begin where…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 23, 2019 Beyond Needing to Be Right But what about the times when someone does need to be corrected? Scripture is clear that there’s a time to “turn a sinner from the error of his way” (James…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 16, 2019 Habit and Grace As a recovering self-fixer, I’m on the guard against what Paul in Colossians 2:23 calls “will-worship”—self-made religion and ascetic practices that have an…
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 10, 2019 Holiness Is Not Holier-Than-Thou The world aches for human beings who embody true holiness—whole and well-functioning people who have “the ability to do what needs to be done when it needs to…
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeGrace Hamman — Tried and True Paths to HolinessOctober 24, 2025
Grace Hamman talks with Nathan about medieval wisdom for how to cooperate with God’s grace to set aside vices (anti-love impulses) and put on virtues (loving,… -
Podcast EpisodeJames Catford — A Serious Call to a Beautiful Life
April 6, 2021
James Catford, board chair at Renovaré and SPCK (UK's largest Christian publisher), talks to Nathan about a wonderfully practical book with an austere title:… -
Podcast EpisodeDallas Willard — The Goodness of Holiness
August 19, 2019
"We were not made to run on our own. We were made to run and do our work on the power of God." In this classic talk, Dallas Willard recaptures the beauty and… -
Podcast EpisodeRichard Foster — A Well-Functioning Life (Streams: Holiness)
August 4, 2019
"Responding well under fire, using power rightly, well-functioning, life-affirming." Those phrases usually aren't the first to come to mind for most who hear… -
Podcast EpisodeTrevor Hudson — Holiness is Better Than You ThinkMarch 19, 2017
Author and speaker Trevor Hudson joins Nathan again, this time to talk about a word that's become synonymous with legalism, self-righteousness and conformity:…
Articles
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ArticleTo Bear the Character of God We were created to love, but how do we reclaim that high calling? "The way is wide open for those willing to become the least and the last."
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ArticleMonastery in Montana Winn Collier gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the “mature holiness” formed during Eugene Peterson’s later years in this excerpt from his authorized…
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ArticleThe Sustaining Bread of Self-Knowledge Richard Foster joins us to share (with the help of Teresa of Ávila) why the Prayer of Examen is essential to self-knowledge and why self-knowledge is essential…
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ArticleTaking Sin — and Grace — Seriously Seasons of disruption and challenge can reveal disheartening cracks in our personalities. They can also become an invitation to reset our direction or…
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ArticleBecoming Like Jesus: Virtuous Life "Jesus shows us how to embrace a life that is abundant and full, a life of integrity and wholeness, a life surrendered to love," writes Chris Webb. "This is…
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ArticleThe Model of a Virtuous Life In this excerpt from Richard Foster's Streams of Living Water, a biographical sketch of Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers an example of the Holiness Tradition and a…
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ArticleHoliness: More Than Avoiding Vice Defining holiness by external measures leads to legalism. Richella Parham helps us move beyond avoiding vice and into building a life of virtue.
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ArticleAuthentically Holy The more we become like Jesus, the more we become ourselves In too-constantly revisiting our brokenness, are we clouding the promise of spiritual renovation and restoration? Carolyn Arends asks us to consider how…
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ArticleBeauty of Holiness From The Reservoir From The Reservoir devotional, this one-week excerpt explores true holiness and virtue.
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ArticleThe Joy of Self-Denial John Calvin believed healthy self-denial was essential in the life of every Christian. "If we want ease and tranquility," he writes, "we should resign…
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ArticlePursuing Holy Obedience From his enduring classic, A Testament of Devotion, Thomas Kelly offers four steps or guidelines to help us "commit our lives in unreserved obedience to Him."
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ArticleLive Life to the Full Dallas Willard helps us understand the synergy between God’s transforming grace and our active cooperation: “You have never seen people more active than those…
