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Discovering Contemplation A Penetrating Gaze at the Truth In this classic piece, Bill Vaswig brings contemplation down to earth. It is, as Thomas Aquinas puts it, a simple, unimpeded, penetrating gaze at the truth.

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Becoming Like Christ The daring goal of the Christian life could be summarized as our being formed, conformed, and transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. Richard Foster shows how that forming happens through…

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Spiritual Disciplines Index: Worship The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible. Here are passages related to worship.

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The First Thing Necessary for Salvation Approaching the Lord With An Honest Heart In a piece that helps us reexamine what evangelism means, Watchman Nee writes, "We are not required—in the first place—to believe, or to repent... we are required only to approach the Lord with an…

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Spiritual Disciplines Index: The With-God Life These Scripture passages compiled by Dallas Willard for the Life With God Bible reveal a God who does not redeem people from far away. God is up close and personal, most especially in the person of…

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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 are wonderfully summed up in the Hebrew…

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Pursuing Holy Obedience From his enduring classic, A Testament of Devotion, Thomas Kelly offers four steps or guidelines to help us "commit our lives in unreserved obedience to Him."

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Live Life to the Full Dallas Willard helps us understand the synergy between God’s transforming grace and our active cooperation: “You have never seen people more active than those who have been set on fire by the grace…

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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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The Power of Posture The Delight of Walking Upright What does it mean to be "upright" in our ways, our hearts, our walk? Brian Morykon looks at what research on the posture of our body can teach us about the posture of our hearts.

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Defining The Incarnational Tradition: The Sacramental Life God likes matter and uses it "to make present and visible the invisible realm of the spirit". In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster invites us to live sacramentally in all…

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Conversion: A Moment, A Lifetime This devotional classic from E. Stanley Jones is "as up-to-date as tomorrow morning." Conversion, Jones says, is both a one-time event and the work of a lifetime, one that requires receptivity and…