Category Archives: Richard Foster
[Sermon] The Holiness Tradition
Mt Hawthorn Community Church, 9 January 2010 We are working our way slowly through a series based on Richard Foster’s book Streams of Living Water. Let me reorientate you to the idea of the streams. Foster describes six streams or … Continue reading
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Richard Foster’s Celebration of discipline #2: Prayer
I think what surprises me about this chapter is Foster’s expectancy that prayer will, basically, work. I realise I was expecting cautious explanations of how if we look for our prayers to come true, we’ll be sorely disappointed.Of course, the … Continue reading
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Growing with the Bible in the New Year
A sermon I gave yesterday at Agape Chinese Baptist Church. New Year’s resolutions A New Year feels like a fresh start. We have a whole year ahead of us, not yet spoilt by mistakes or our old ways of doing things. Of course, … Continue reading
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Getting up early to pray
At lunch time today I got to this line from Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline: David’s desire for God broke the self-indulgent chains of sleep: ‘Early will I seek Thee’ (Ps 63:1). (p. 44) While reading a book, when I … Continue reading
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Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline #1: meditation
Starting with meditation has always been a stumbling block for me reading Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline. It’s a toss up between that and fasting for what’s more difficult for me. I guess these are two that require a lot … Continue reading
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