Spiritual Life Archives

Like any human muscle, if these talents are not exercised regularly they will eventually start to atrophy. So, for the sake of our spiritual...

For those seeking a small victory over fear, there are a number of methods which help us let go of worry and turn our hearts toward God. We may...

Discouragement can be a crippling form of soul sickness. I’ve often wondered how Amy could maintain such supernatural joy in the face of “griefs...

When we learn to love those we had previously written off, we grow and become a little more like Jesus.

When Jesus said "repent", he didn't say "stop it". Here's the original meaning of the word for "repentance" — before Christians started misusing...

The word “meditation” has developed something of a bad reputation in certain Christian circles. This is understandable because the word carries a...

The Crusades are only one of many wacky ways the prayer “Your kingdom come” has been misapplied through the centuries. We will see how we can avoid...

Is God-pleasing spirituality supposed to morph us into some sort of super saint?

Certain habits can divert our course to the point where we are in dangerous waters, and eventually stranded on an island, isolated from our...

What does "God works all things together for good" in Romans 8:28 mean? Bad things work out for our good. That’s a good Scriptural principle. But I...

“It is not good that the man should be alone.” Those words don’t seem to belong in a pre-Genesis 3 world. Yet, they are here to highlight the...

In some cases the point attempting to be made might be legit and fair, but simply is best unsaid to a person hurting due to this type of situation....

Even in Jesus’ day, it was important to note who came to a party.

A Puritan clergyman, William Spurstowe wrote, "We ought rather to be all the more watchful since we have such a serpent to deal with that can hide...

God isn’t asking us to live a sad life, but according to the Bible and scientific research, allowing ourselves to experience sadness actually...