Spiritual Life Archives

Is it better to be poor than to be rich? Does one have to give up everything in order to follow Jesus? Does wealth itself ever keep people out of...

It’s sad to say, but not everyone who claims to be Christian is really a follower of Christ, and none is more dangerous as the Spiritual...

I think I need a new analogy of heaven. The “streets of gold” sound gorgeous, but my mother taught me that precious metals never satisfy for long.

Years ago, when I was serving as a preaching pastor in a church, I was approached by an eleven year-old in our congregation who wanted to introduce...

Here are 5 suggestions for finding and embracing the everyday divine, every single day.

As a professor at a seminary, I have the great privilege of training men for pastoral ministry. Every year new faces come in, full of excitement...

God does heal, but healing is not always the only path that He chooses for us. Sometimes His perfect plan for our lives is to allow us to suffer...

We need to begin to understand the way that porn affects all of us beneath the surface if we want to truly treat the trauma left in its wake.

God craves our praise wherever we go – not just in our church worship services – and music is the universal language of praise.

There are some things in scripture that are crystal clear. God must be worshiped. Fellowship is a necessity. Evangelism must take place. These are...

Abortion is not a new issue. It wasn’t even particularly novel in the first century. In fact, various ways of causing an abortion had been in use...

Evil wasn't some primitive way of describing problems in our world. Instead, evil is a reality from the beginning until now.

While the entire Bible stresses certainty and assurance, there's one section of Scripture that stakes out this theme as its central focus—the...

Everything God does in our lives is for our benefit, including suffering. Though they never seem pleasant at the time, hard times produce wonderful...

Imagine you have read Douglas Adams’ quip before: “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”