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Engagement of the Heart Excerpts from Religious Affections Great Awakening revivalist preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards encourages us to lean into interactive, whole-hearted discipleship.

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On the Imitation of Christ Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 11 No. 1 De imitatione Christi is our highest aspiration as believers. Richard Foster offers personal anecdote, scriptural insight, and praxis in this reflection on imitating Christ.

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Stanley Hauerwas and Tish Harrison Warren — Theology that Makes a Difference In episode 305 of Life With God, Nathan speaks with Stanley Hauerwas, a theologian with a wide and profound influence. Also joining the show is Tish Harrison Warren (who has written the foreword to…

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Experiments in Prayer Can we apply the scientific method to ... prayer? Agnes Sanford says "Yes!" Giving us four simple steps to follow Agnes assures us that we can learn to adjust our prayer practices to better "plug…

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What is the Curriculum for Christlikeness? We are not told precisely how to become like Jesus. Yet if we observe the life and teaching of Jesus, we can see that there is a way. In this excerpt from The Divine Conspiracy, Dallas unpacks some…

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How to ​“Keep Watch” Jan Johnson invites us to reflect on what it means to “keep watch” for Christ, like the wise ones in Jesus’ Parable of the Ten Women.

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The Enemies Praying the Imprecatory Psalms How do we “leave the vengeance to God”? Dietrich Bonhoeffer explains how to pray the imprecatory psalms as sinners ourselves, forgiving our enemies.

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Come, Then Stay From Abide in Christ The writing of Andrew Murray has endured for generations. Here is the first day of his classic thirty-one day devotional, Abide in Christ, in which he shines a light on the all-encompassing nature…

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Salvation as a Life Salvation Is Not Just for Heaven — It Is a New Order of Life Now Richard Foster writes, “The goal of salvation is not to get us into heaven. Properly understood, heaven is not a goal at all, but a destination." Salvation is not only for life yet to come, but for…

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Finding Freedom in Solitude and Silence Richard Foster explains how solitude and silence liberate us from fears and compulsions so that we are free to love as Jesus loves.

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Practicing Shalom in Our Time In this personal reflection, pastor and Renovaré Ministry Team member Juanita Rasmus shares about the disciplines that help her to be a vessel of God's shalom in broken world.