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Image Bearing · Exploring Church Traditions · Stability in Times of Discontent

November 21, 2022

The Podcast hosts dig into questions about what the term "image bearer" means, how to experience and appreciate other Christian denominations, and what to do…

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Streams · Fasting · Spiritual Conversations with Adult Children

July 25, 2022

In this month’s episode of Friends in Formation, Nate, Richella, and James answer listener questions about which Christian Stream “gives the most bang for the…

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Saying No to Good Things · Faith of Origin · Bodies and Formation

May 23, 2022

In this month’s episode of Friends in Formation, Nate, Richella, and James answer listener questions about saying No to good things, understanding the riches…

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Streams · Spiritual Formation Groups · Building Friendships

January 24, 2022

In this episode, Richella, Nate, and James answer listener questions about the Streams, moving small groups toward spiritual formation, and building lifelong…

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Richard Foster — Compassion Starts Near and Small (Streams: Social Jusice)

October 14, 2019

Issues of social justice can be polarizing. And they can be paralyzing—with so much injustice in the world, where does one begin? "Don't be frozen," Richard…

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Richard Foster — Power to Do the Works of God (Streams: Charismatic)

September 1, 2019

Holiness is the power to be the kind of person the God wants us to be. Charismatic is the power to do the works of God. Richard Foster encourages us to not be…

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Richard 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…

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Emilie Griffin — Doorways to the Prayerful Life (Q&A w/ Dallas Willard)

July 21, 2019

Inspired by the chapter on prayer in The Divine Conspiracy, author and Renovaré Ministry Team member Emilie Griffin gives a talk on prayer at the 1999…

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Richard Foster — A Mind Continually Set on God (Streams: Contemplative)

July 7, 2019

"I will set the Lord always before me." ​These words from Psalm 16 are the crux of the Contemplative Tradition (the Prayer-filled Life). Nathan Foster…

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Richard Foster — Encountering God in Everyday Life (Streams: Incarnational)

June 2, 2019

Can we encounter God mowing the lawn as well as in the Eucharist? Continuing a series on the six major Christian traditions, or streams, outlined in his book…

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Steve Macchia — Highs and Lows of the Evangelical Tradition

May 19, 2019

Despite the fact that evangelicals can be "know-it-alls who tend to start something new because others 'don't get it,'"​ author and president of Leadership…

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Richard Foster — Streams Overview + The Word-Centered Life (Evangelical Tradition)

May 5, 2019

To begin a series on of the six major Christian traditions, or streams, outlined in the book Streams of Living Water, Nathan Foster talks with his father…

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What are the Six Streams? A Balanced Vision of the Life of Christ Nothing less than life in the steps of Christ is adequate to the human soul or the needs of our world.—Dallas WillardJesus gave us a complete picture of God,…

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Fellowship with Other Believers "Isn’t it wonderful that we can have fellowship across all dividing lines?" Richella Parham writes about the joy of learning from one another as we honor the…

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Holy Joy Francis and the First Nativity Scene “I commend Francis of Assisi to you as a model of charismatic jubilee,” writes Richard Foster in Streams of Living Water. In this excerpt, Foster tells the…

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I See a People At the end of Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster shares this powerful vision for the people of God, even if it is one still seen through a glass dimly.

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The 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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Defining the Social Justice Tradition: The Compassionate Life Social justice is where love meets the road. From Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster opens up three great themes of the Social Justice Tradition that…

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Defining the Charismatic Tradition: The Spirit-Empowered Life Spiritual Gifts and Their Purpose: Love and Unity "Frankly, there are no 'noncharismatic Christians." In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster validates supernatural spiritual gifts and…

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Defining the Holiness Tradition: The Virtuous Life Discover What Holiness Is and Is Not In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster reveals the beauty of a virtuous life by laying out what holiness is and is not.

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Defining The Contemplative Tradition: The Prayer-Filled Life "The two most common words used to describe the contemplative way of life are fire and love. Purging, purifying fire. Enveloping, comforting love." In this…

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The Six Streams and Hope for a New Reformation Nathan Foster imagines a new reformation within the Body of Christ, one grounded in the ecumenical embrace of the six historical movements, or streams, in…

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Step 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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The Contemporary Battlefronts From ​“The Lamb’s War” We finish Richard Foster's consideration of what it means to be in the Lamb's Army with a look at some current battlefronts in the realm of "principalities and…