Spiritual Life Archives

When you suffer religious abuse, you must deal with the pain of figuring out how to separate the abusive behavior of those who claim to follow God...

Jesus’ stunning statement to those who brought him news of calamity was that every deadly disaster is a merciful call from God for the living to...

Some days I just give up. I wake up and stress greets me, personified by the pile of laundry staring at me. Is it realistic for the Christian to...

If you respond to God’s calling to fight injustice, He’ll give you the love you need to be an agent of change. Here’s how you can learn The...

In One.Life, Scot McKnight offers a manifesto of Christian faith that beckons readers out of the rut of religious rituals to the high places of...

Christians love spiritual stuff. We discuss spiritual fruit and spiritual disciplines, and we argue much about spiritual gifts. But do we really...

Most of us who seek to follow the leadership of Jesus Christ discover that the big lures - murder, adultery, theft and the like - tend to...

I simply cannot bear plain vanilla when life offers so many other colorful and stimulating flavors. Call it the rebel in me, but a fresh run at...

In life, we often focus on the things that haven't changed or the things we are still struggling with. Through R.I.S.E. you can measure and allow...

You don’t need to develop a complicated strategy to grow in your faith. You simply need to devote yourself to what Jesus says matters most...

Wouldn’t it be great to have the ability to overcome everything life throws at us; things like depression, anxiety, anger, lust, or discontentment?...

As new creations, our purposes, perspectives of life and desires should change. If we are new creations in Christ, our desire is to delight in his...

No one can be perfect by following Leviticus' laws. One congregation learned by trying that they're impossible. And realizing that leads,...

Spiritual gifts are very important and quite crucial to how we serve. But if we aren't careful, we can make excuses to be idle if the task doesn't...

From the beginning to the end, we're all in need of someone to reach out and touch us in our ugly leprosy and be Jesus to us.