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The Good and Beautiful God Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows We all have ideas that we tell ourselves about God and how he works in our lives. James Bryan Smith believes those thoughts determine not only who we are, but how we live, and declares the most…

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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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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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My Spirituality is Not for Me Welcome to the Clearout My spirituality is not for me, but for me to give to others. My spirituality is for you. James Bryan Smith writes about the stunning reality of God's purposes in forming us.

How to Get Our Stories Straight Healing Distorted Narratives about God and Self

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Manual de Formacion Espiritual Spanish translation of A Spiritual Formation Workbook

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The Good and Beautiful Life Putting on the Character of Christ Following the Sermon on the Mount, this follow-up to The Good and Beautiful God guides us to look behind character flaws and replace our false beliefs with Jesus’s narratives about life in the…

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God Cares for Us Through One Another James Bryan Smith describes a particularly meaningful celebration of communion with a small group of fellow disciples, and the clarity it gave him about our interconnectedness in the Body of Christ.

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Embracing the Love of God The Path and Promise of Christian Life Smith distills basic principles of Christian love and provides a new paradigm for relationship with God, self, and others that is based on acceptance and care.

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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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The Good and Beautiful Community Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love Completing The Apprentice Series trilogy, The Good and Beautiful Community addresses the necessary place of life together in becoming and being lifelong apprentices of Jesus.

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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.