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Richard J. Foster

(1942) Author

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Richard J. Foster is an author, best known for Celebration of discipline: the path to spiritual growth.

Quick Facts About Richard J. Foster

Born: January 1, 1942
Profession: Author
Notable works: Celebration of discipline: the path to spiritual growth

About Richard J. Foster

Born in 1942 in New Mexico, he spent most of his childhood in Southern California. He has taught at Friends University and served as a pastor of Evangelical Friends churches. He lives in Denver, Colorado. He earned a bachelor’s degree from George Fox University in Oregon, a Doctor of Pastoral Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and an honorary doctorate from Houghton College.

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Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.

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Action

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If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should…

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Discipline

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“The fruit of the Spirit is the outward evidence of the inward reality of a heart “abiding” in Christ.”

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“What happens in meditation is that we create the emotional and spiritual space which allows Christ to construct an inner sanctuary in…

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Meditation

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When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that…

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“And so the test of whether or not we have really gotten the point of the Bible would then be the quality…

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Bible

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Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

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“True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors…

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Godliness

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“To enter solitude, we must disregard what others think of us. Who will understand this call to aloneness? Even our closest friends…

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Aloneness

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“But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy them from you for a price: I will not offer burnt…

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“Remember that God’s intention is that we each come to a fuller knowledge of him as we deepen our personal fellowship with…

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Christianity

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“As Martin Luther writes: The sinful worship of Mammon does not consist in eating and drinking and wearing clothes . . .…

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Worship

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Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Golgotha came as a result of God's great desire to forgive, not his reluctance.…

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Anger

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In our day heaven and earth are on tiptoe waiting for the emerging of the Spirit-led, Spirit-intoxicaed, Spirit-empowered peole. All of creation…

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Creation

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“By means of intense personal discipline Flannery O’Connor was able to rise above a debilitating disease to become one of the finest…

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Discipline

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If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we fill our…

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We have real difficulty here because everyone thinks of changing the world, but where, oh where, are those who think of changing…

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“Discipline brings freedom. The purpose of meditation is to enable us to hear God more clearly. Meditation is listening, sensing, heeding the…

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Discipline

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“Father God, you sent your Son to this earth that we may be one, and yet we fail so miserably. We look…

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Amen

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“The Good News must be backed by integrity in our lives. We cannot proclaim His love if we close our hearts to…

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Christianity

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Nothing disciplines the inordinate desires of the flesh like service, and nothing transforms the desires of the flesh like serving in hiddenness.…

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Arrogance

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“Confession is a difficult Discipline for us because we all too often view the believing community as a fellowship of saints before…

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Brothers and sisters

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Whenever the Christian idea of meditation is taken seriously, there are those who assume it is synonymous with the concept of meditation…

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“I want to mention one other reason why we shy away from commitment. It is, very simply, the fear that we will…

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Commitment

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“You see, the goal of the Christian life is not simply to get us into heaven, but to get heaven into us!”

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Christian

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Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it…

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God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small.

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God

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In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is…

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Compassion

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“We are silent after hearing the Word because the Word is still speaking and dwelling within us. We are silent at the…

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Life together

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Our God is not made of stone. His heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no…

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And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye…

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Communication

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“Self-denial is an unfamiliar concept for many of us today, and we worry that it requires losing our individuality. But all self-denial…

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Denial

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“To worship is to experience Reality, to touch Life. It is to know, to feel, to experience the resurrected Christ in the…

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Life

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“Begin now to obey Him in every way you can. Start right where you are, in the midst of all the tasks…

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“The tongue is our most powerful weapon of manipulation. A frantic stream of words flows from us because we are in a…

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Language

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“It is that we should learn to pray even while we are dwelling on evil. Perhaps we are waging an interior battle…

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Pray

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Humility, as we all know, is one of those virtues that is never gained by seeking it. The more we pursue it…

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“But what I have come to see is that God is big enough to receive us with all our mixture. We do…

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Faith

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“For now, do not worry about “proper” praying, just talk to God. Share your hurts, share your sorrows, share your joys—freely and…

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God listens

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We who have turned our lives over to Christ need to know how very much he longs to eat with us, to…

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Christ

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Richard J. Foster by topic

Prayer (48) Religion (38) Life (26) Discipline (21) Love (19) Simplicity (17) Heart (16) Spiritual (15) Worship (14) People (14) Silence (13) Freedom (13) Christian (13) Christianity (12) Solitude (10)