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"Foster's lasting influence, I believe, will be
measured in decades and centuries, not months or years."--Brian D. McLaren,
author of A New Kind of Christian
"Foster has taught me more about prayer and living faithfully than just about
any other living author."--Lauren Winner, author of Girl Meets God
Life with God -- Richard Foster Reveals the Secrets to Living the -- "With-God
Life"
Contact: Emily K. Grandstaff, 415-477-4409, emily.grandstaff@harpercollins.com
MEDIA ADVISORY, May 6 /Christian
Newswire/ -- Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of his
groundbreaking bestseller Celebration of Discipline, LIFE WITH GOD: Reading the
Bible for Spiritual Transformation (May 2008; Hardcover; HarperOne) by Richard
Foster offers, at long last, the beloved spiritual guide's teachings on the
Bible. Expounding on his introduction to the successful Renovare Spiritual
Formation Bible and his concept of the "with-God" life, Foster shows here how
all of scripture is unified around the theme of forming a vibrant and dynamic
life with God.
Warning against studying the bible for information or knowledge alone, or for
specific passages that speak to pressing needs of the moment, Foster argues that
in order to truly appreciate the Bible, we must read "humbly and in a constant
attitude of repentance." Foster sees the Bible as "the loving heart of God made
visible and plain" to us. The with-God life "is a life of unhurried peace and
power. It is solid, serene, simple, and radiant. It takes no time, though it
permeates all of our time." Readers will discover a whole new way to read
Scripture, making it much more a doorway to a lifestyle to master rather than
merely knowledge to understand.
Richard J. Foster is the author of several bestselling books, including
Celebration of Discipline, Streams of Living Water, and Prayer, which was
Christianity Today's Book of the Year in 1993 and the winner of the Gold
Medallion Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He is the
founder of Renovaré, an intrachurch movement committed to the renewal of the
Church in all her multifaceted expressions, and the editor of the Renovaré
Spiritual Formation Bible. He lives in Denver.