Spiritual Life Archives

In the midst of all of our celebrations I pray that we will not forget the true liberty that Jesus died to bring to us.

I've been around long enough to know some men and women whose lives were totally sold out to God but who've lost their longing for all He is. The...

Even as I prize my freedom as an American, I am moved to consider a greater freedom.

On television, reality mingles imperceptibly with illusion. Truth is irrelevant.

It's a hot, tough, expensive summer for travel. All the more reason to reflect on how the Lord has kept us safe as we go... and what His purposes...

Job loss, financial crisis, rebellious children, disappointments, rejection, unexpected illness - the list of what we call "bad" goes on. Can...

If God has a plan for your life, how does He reveal it to you?

John 3:16 tells us that God the Father loves the world so much that he sent God the Son to fix it. But we’re told in 1 John 2:15‑17 not to love the...

Don't be someone who believes in Jesus, yet isn't staying close enough to Him to grow. Root yourself in good spiritual soil so you can grow to...

When my father died, he didn’t leave an abundance of personal belongings. Through the years our "holding tree" has become even more than a storage...

The role of the father is increasingly problematic in the context of modern American culture. Fatherhood has been marginalized and the rule and...

Can there be anything that grieves the Father's heart more than the forced enslaving of people made in His own image—by others bearing that same...

If my story is all there is, the disasters in my life are meaningless! They are just chaotic shipwrecks that steal from the flow of a story that I...

"I have an old Bible that belonged to my grandmother, and it's difficult to understand. Where do I begin? How can I get more out of reading the...

Even without a Christian father, I was blessed to be loved by a dad with high standards and moral values. Now, I'm concerned about the shift I've...