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Hidden in Christ Living as God’s Beloved Words are powerful. They contain ideas and shape the way we see God, ourselves and all of reality.

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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.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Why What We Believe About the Trinity Matters

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Richard Foster — The Ways and Means of Grace In this talk from the 1999 Renovaré International Conference in Houston, following an entertaining introduction by James Bryan Smith, Richard Foster outlines the practical means by which we grow in…

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Sabbath · Reading Protestant and Catholic Authors · Praying for One Another Listener questions guide our hosts into a fruitful discussion about moving from theory to practice in the discipline of Sabbath, exploring historic Christian writers both inside and outside of your…

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View of God · Reading habits · When to pray for healing In this month’s episode of Friends in Formation, Richella, James, and Nate answer listener questions about wrestling with unhealthy views of God, habits that can help us read deeply, and whether to…

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God’s Crash School Finding Empty is the First Step to Being Filled In Christ "Hitting my own bottom of depression," writes Juanita Rasmus, "has enabled me to come to an amazing awareness: I had been sourcing my life from an illusion." That awareness led her to find the source…

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The Kingdom and the Cross The Kingdom and the Cross considers Christ’s work on the cross and what it all means about who God is and how we’re to live as his people. With six chapters, a great resource for Lent.

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Losing Faith · Contentment · Spiritual Practices 101 In this month’s episode of Friends in Formation, Richella, Nate, and James answer listener questions about losing faith, contentment, and where to start with spiritual practices.

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Discovering a World Packed with God Renovaré board and ministry team member Margaret Campbell shares both family memories and some observations by Frank Laubach (Letters by a Modern Mystic) that have taught her to be open to and…

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Trials vs Temptations · What Trips You Up · Measuring Spiritual Progress In this month’s episode of Friends in Formation, Richella, Nate, and James answer listener questions about Dallas Willard’s version of The Lord’s Prayer, what things get the goat of our hosts, and…