Spiritual Life Archives

Our time on earth, "but a vapor" as the apostle James called it, is our only opportunity to labor for the God with whom we’ll spend eternity. He...

A common argument asks, “Why would someone in heaven watch what is happening on earth? That would simply make them sad.” But what if God protects...

Christians are the “light of the world” that shine into dark places and situations. If anyone needs to be at the funeral of an unbeliever, it is...

A headline startles our phones awake. A quick glance. Disbelief. We feel it as a nation...and as people. But how are we to react?

When it comes to repentance of our own sins before God, we may view it as a “checklist” of sorts—a mindless confession at the end of the day.

You may say, "Times change." And you are correct, but God’s standards do not. The sin that once amazed us now amuses us.

How do Christians respond when the world tears us down, and we have no tangible evidence that the world is wrong?

God tells us we are to instruct and rebuke, not with our words—with His Word.

We do not know why God does not intervene and stop some tragedies when he does stop others. What we do know is that God stands against evil.

Jesus walked through life as a master of intimacy. His invitations to connection were quite fearless in the face of possible rejection:

The theory of creation is simply the belief that God created all things out of nothing- all of life in its rich complexity happened as the result...

Don’t smother them with questions, Scripture quotes, devotional materials, or books on healing from grief. It’s yet not the time.

Listening to good podcasts can be helpful, but they should never take the place of time you spend in God’s presence learning from Him through...

The word “meditation” has developed something of a bad reputation in certain Christian circles. In this article I want to reclaim it as one of the...