Richard J. Foster Quotes about Reality

We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is psychotic because it has completely lost touch with reality. We crave things we neither need nor enjoy. We buy things we

We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is psychotic because it has completely lost touch with reality. We crave things we neither need nor enjoy. We buy things we do not want to impress people we do not like.

Richard J. Foster

Reality, People, Sick

"Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline".

Whenever the Christian idea of meditation is taken seriously, there are those who assume it is synonymous with the concept of meditation centered in Eastern religions. In reality, the two ideas stand worlds apart. Eastern meditation is an attempt to empty the mind; Christian meditation is an attempt to fill the mind. The two ideas are quite different.

Richard J. Foster

Christian, Taken, Reality

Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. Its central reality is found 'in spirit and truth.' It is kindled within us only when the Spirit of God touches our human spirit.

Richard J. Foster

Father, Heart, Reality

Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass