Weekly Newsletters
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Renovaré WeeklyAugust 4, 2023 The Work of Disciples Everyone else around Jesus seemed to be working against his movement toward the cross—trying to stop him because they thought it wasn't good for him (or for…
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Renovaré WeeklyMarch 3, 2018 Submit to One Another "It is imperative for the human race to learn how to intentionally navigate life at a livable pace," writes Nathan Foster in his article on soul-care.
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 23, 2018 Screwtape, Self-hate, and True Submission Richard Foster distinguishes between self-contempt and true self-denial, showing how submission to God brings freedom rather than self-hatred.
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 23, 2018 Screwtape, Self-hate, and True Submission Self-hate, that insidious counterfeit to true self-denial and submission, has taken its toll on Christians. Perhaps it has affected you or someone you love. I…
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 16, 2018 A Posture of Openness to God’s Wonders Lent offers an opportunity—not a requirement—to create space for God's transformative work, making the discipline of submission and the coming Easter…
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 16, 2018 A Posture of Openness to God’s Wonders "Pressing into the season of Lent," writes Kai Nilsen, "is a creative exercise in God's possibility of re-birth for you, for the neighbor, for the whole of…
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Renovaré WeeklyFebruary 9, 2018 Freedom from Needing My Own Way Spiritual disciplines aren’t the point—God is. As we celebrate Celebration of Discipline’s 40th anniversary, we begin with Submission, learning the joy of…
Podcast Episodes
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Podcast EpisodeRichard Foster, Steve Fawver, Lacy Borgo — Submit to One AnotherFebruary 25, 2018
"Submit yourselves to one another out of reverence for Christ." This verse in Ephesians 5 is the cornerstone of the discipline of submission. Listen in on a… -
Podcast EpisodeRobert Moore-Jumonville — Devils and Discernment (Screwtape Letters)February 18, 2018
Robert Moore-Jumonville (MoJo), Professor at Spring Arbor, joins Nate again to discuss how Screwtape Letters, in its diabolical way, teaches discernment.… -
Podcast EpisodeSteve Fawver & Lacy Borgo — A Posture of Openness to God’s Wonders
February 11, 2018
These days, the word submit usually brings to mind one person exerting power over another. In this episode, Nate's guests—pastor/professor Steve Fawver and… -
Podcast EpisodeNathan Foster — Starting with SubmissionFebruary 4, 2018
Celebration of Discipline turns forty this year and our website will focus on one discipline per month. Since yielding to God is the goal of all spiritual…
Articles
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ArticleAuthority in the Context of Mutual Submission In the kingdom of God, submission is "a call for help" and authority is offering "depth of experience and Christlikeness" as an act of submission and…
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ArticleTo Will One Thing Søren Kierkegaard's prayers and the accompanying exercises from Devotional Classics help us learn to seek God's agenda ahead of our own.
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ArticleSelf-Denial Without Self-Hatred "Most of us have been exposed to such a mutilated form of biblical submission that either we have embraced the deformity or we have rejected the Discipline…
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ArticleGiving Up Control for Lent Practicing Submission for the Week of Ash Wednesday For the start of Lent, pastor Kai Nilsen invites us into the practice of submission—humble, open, mutually dependent relationship with God and with one another.
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ArticleA Wholehearted Covenant Thomas Maclellan's covenant with God, penned at the age of twenty, resulted in generations of generosity.
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ArticleThe Submission of the Believer Oswald Chambers reflects upon the grace that we receive through submission to Christ and to others.
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ArticleScrewtape on Submission The Screwtape Letters: Letter Six In this excerpt, letter six, Screwtape encourages a counterfeit version of the discipline of submission—resignation "to a dozen different and hypothetical…
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ArticleSubmitting is an Act of Choice "Giving up getting our own way” is Lacy Borgo's child-friendly definition of submission. And for this discipline to be healthy, that "giving up" has to be an…
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ArticleSpiritual Disciplines Index: Submission 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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ArticleSinking into the Will of God François Fénelon offers insight into what it means to truly surrender to God. He advises caution, lest we make submission an achievement, rather than a journey…
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ArticleUnderstanding Submission How does Jesus call us to follow him not only to a "cross death" but a "cross life"? How can we only be truly free when we are captives of the Lord? Richard…
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ArticleThey Also Serve Who Only Stand and Wait Like bookends on a life lived in holy submission to God, the two poems we share from John Milton reflect crises of faith and the gaining of grace enough to…
