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  • Fruit of the Spirit: Love +

    Love nurtures each of these fruits—for me it is the root of the tree of my life Read More
  • Melchizedek: A Royal Priest-Precursor of Jesus +

    Who was Melichizedek, and why does this barely mentioned priest, from an unknown country, play such a prominent role with Read More
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richardfosterlrgThe following is a list of 25 books that the Renovare board (Richard Foster, Chris Webb, Dallas Willard and others selected as the most important books for Christians to read. They discuss these in a book entitled...

25 Books Every Christian Should Read


1.  On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius
2.  Confessions by St. Augustine
3.  The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
4.  The Rule of St. Benedict by St. Benedict
5.  The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
6.  The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
7.  Revelations of Divine Love (Showings) by Julian of Norwich
8.  The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis
9.  The Philokalia
10.  Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
11.  The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila
12.  Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross
13.  Pensées by Blaise Pascal
14.  The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
15.  The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
16.  A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law (download this chapter from 25 Books)
17.  The Way of a Pilgrim by Unknown Author
18.  The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
19.  Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton
20.  The Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins
21.  The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
22.  A Testament of Devotion by Thomas R. Kelly
23.  The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
24.  Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
25.  The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri J. M. Nouwen

http://www.renovare.us/WHATWEDO/Resources/25BooksEveryChristianShouldRead/tabid/2794/Default.aspx#25bookslist

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  • Witnesses for Jesus by Tim Keller (Mark 15) +

    Tim Keller discusses the significance of the women and men who saw Jesus die, buried, and resurrected.  Read More
  • Prayer-bringing light into darkness by NT Wright +

    NT Wright discusses the importance of prayer in maintaining a relationship with Jesus. Read More
  • After darkness, light-the reformation by Michael Reeves +

    Michael Reeves discusses the transformative power of bringing Jesus to the world at the heart of the Reformation. Read More
  • The Esther Option-Living in a fallen world by Mike Cosper +

    The following is an excerpt from an article on The Gospel Coalition website. Read More
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Hidden Blessings

  • Falling in Love With God +

    “falling in love with God,” as Boa’s subtitle for the facet explains. In this approach we attempt to enter into Read More
  • One Holy Fire, Nicky Cruz +

    The introduction to One Holy Fire, Let the Spirit Ignite Your Soul establishes Cruz’s desire to awaken the passion and Read More
  • Transformed +

    Webster defines devotion as “love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity or cause.” How do we fall in love Read More
  • A Christ-Life Through Spiritual Alignment +

    A Christ-Life Through Spiritual Alignment Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time. Read More
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