James Bryan Smith

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James Bryan Smith — Transforming Toxic Self-Narratives Some of the biggest barriers to our transformation come from our toxic self-narratives. In this episode, James Bryan Smith shares how these narratives shape the way we interact in the world, and what…

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James Bryan Smith — Beauty, Goodness and Truth "Our massive souls deserve a really good story," says James Bryan (Jim) Smith in this conversation about his new book that uncovers a gospel of beauty, goodness and truth.

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James Bryan Smith — God Narratives & Holistic Spiritual Formation What we think about God determines how we approach life with God. James Bryan Smith, author and professor at Friends University, talks with Nathan Foster about those God-narratives and about how to…

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On Suffering: An Interview with James Bryan Smith and Bill Vaswig In this 2005 interview, Renovaré team member James Bryan Smith and William Vaswig (now deceased) described their experiences of suffering, disappointment, and spiritual growth.

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What Your Soul Needs An excerpt from James Bryan Smith's newest book takes a look at how God restores the human soul.

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Longing for a Magnificent Story Stories have the power to shape our lives as James Bryan Smith shares in this excerpt from The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth.

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The Jogging Monk and the Exegesis of the Heart James Bryan Smith tells the story of how he came to read Scripture by "listening to the text, reflecting on it, asking not merely what it means, but what it is asking of me, what it is asking me to…

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The Magnificent Story Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (Apprentice Series) What is the story you have been told about the gospel? About God? About the Christian life? About Jesus? About the cross? About yourself? About heaven? Your answers to these questions will form a…

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The Most Important Job In this pre-Pentecost (or anytime) piece, James Bryan Smith (and Dallas Willard) explain why praying for the success of other churches than one's own is important and powerful.

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Real Community Community is at the heart of the Renovaré Institute experience. This excerpt from James Bryan Smith's The Good and Beautiful God captures the flavors of this sort of community—born in faith and…

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Longing to be Known James Bryan Smith, reflects on the kind of intimacy that comes from having shared spiritual goals.