Spiritual Life Archives

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...

Recently, Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers was one out away from throwing the 21st perfect game in Major League Baseball history...

If you build relationships with people wherever you meet in your everyday lives, you can generate momentum that will help them eventually connect...

Recently, I was studying what causes people to feel spiritually frustrated. The two top reasons? Bible study and prayer. I get that.

Scripture memory is a wonderful discipline, but people need to internalize more than a Bible verse or two. Stories - in particular biblical stories...

The U.S. leads the world in the percentage of mother-only families, but research overwhelming shows that God's original design for the family -...

"The singular thing about Bonhoeffer that recommends him to this generation is that he calls us to a closer, authentic walk with Jesus," says...

In the story of the Battle of Jericho, the Commander of the Army of the Lord informed Joshua that He was on "Neither" side. Has that ever struck...

Is it true that lurking within every religious believer lies a potential terrorist and that if we get rid of religion the world will be a safer...