Renovare Ministries was started by a group led by Richard Foster several decades ago. The focus was to turn the Church back to the joy of spiritual formation and help the Church walk in transformation. This week’s email letter was thought-provoking as I wrote a post about trying to tackle Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics. MyContinue reading “Accumulating knowledge or using knowledge?”
Tag Archives: Dallas Willard
Four deep questions in my life
I was reminded of four deep questions that draw me to life in the Kingdom of God: What is real?
The power of the Sermon on the Mount
Since reading Dallas Willard’s book, The Divine Conspiracy, about 20 years ago, the Sermon on the Mount has been more influential in my living and study and mindset than any other portion of Scripture, with the possible exception of Ephesians. Can you tell I get something out of it? This is the fascination and wonderContinue reading “The power of the Sermon on the Mount”
Restore to me the sense of wonder
This week we’ve received the news of the transition of Eugene Peterson. I have been deeply impacted by his life and work and continue to feel his impact that will last long past his time on this earth. I’m also working my way through a biography of Dallas Willard, another spiritual giant in my lifeContinue reading “Restore to me the sense of wonder”
Not believing in “movements”
“I’m not entirely against starting a movement, but most movements don’t amount to very much, frankly. On the other hand, people who know how to stand, and stand in the Spirit of Christ, change people all around them. They never fail… When you have that, it will never fail to change people all around you.”Continue reading “Not believing in “movements””
Four key questions about life
What is reality? Who is well-off or blessed? Who is a truly good person? How does one become a truly good person? None of these questions Dallas Willard posed in his life are about the “most sacred contemporary idol, feelings.” It is about the realm of knowledge. Knowledge was what Dallas was after. — Becoming DallasContinue reading “Four key questions about life”
The self-righteous image
“I pastored a Southern Baptist church in southern Missouri, and there some people in that church whose whole identity, I think, was tied to a self-righteous image. I discovered quickly I couldn’t change things when folks were determined not to change. In time, though, I realized that all around the church was a sea ofContinue reading “The self-righteous image”
Sufficient faith that rests in God
Reading for today: Psalms 131-133, 140, 142 Ex. 7:25-8:19 2 Cor. 3:7-18 Mark 10:17-31 We are being transformed into that same image from one degree of glory to the next degree of glory. (2 Cor. 7:18)
Desperate faith leads us to radical trust
Reading for today: Psalms 121-126 Ex. 5:1-6:1 1 Cor. 14:20-40 Mark 9:42-50 The deep walk of faith is one of trust. We trust who we know. The lifelong pursuit of knowing God is critical so we can truly know him and out of that knowledge we can trust him.
Apologetics
Apologetics is not a call to beat unwilling people into intellectual submission, but to be the servant of those in need. — Dallas Willard