Spiritual Life Archives

For too long, we evangelical Christians have maintained an uneasy ecological conscience. I include myself in this indictment. We believe in free...

Especially these days, when Memorial Day seems nothing more than a time for cookouts and swim parties, we cannot be reminded often enough about how...

Stories and characters, along with the morals and themes of good fiction give voice to our own views. They're therapeutic for us as readers. And...

A Texas pastor and grandfather shares with his family how witnessing a local deployment of National Guardsmen changed him.

This doesn't mean that darkness won’t attempt to overcome the light. However, its efforts will be frustrated and unsuccessful because the light of...

You don't have to set some crazy record to be known. Everyone is known for something in their lives. The question is, what will you be known for?

While most television shows specialize in serving up a great big dish of fluff, it is rare to see a show address the philosophical and spiritual...

Humility is a virtue that is, in my humble opinion, seriously misunderstood.

Have you ever reached a point in your life where you needed some direction? Where you wanted someone to just show you the path to take or tell you...

We pray for future events without acknowledging God's help in the past. Our forgetfulness is an indication of our ingratitude toward God, and it...

A teenager named Chris attended a worldview training program run by Summit Ministries. But by the end of the two-week program, he was exhausted. So...

The Bible teaches that acts of hospitality or inhospitality reveal the good or evil of a person or a community. How well do Christians display...

Today's generation of youth leaders are reaching young people in wonderful and innovated ways. Unprecedented resources are being thrown at...

Why must righteousness be a gift from God? Because all humanity is unrighteous, corrupted by sin and unable to live according to God's perfect...

Some have speculated that novels have become less popular with the advent of social media. But novels are, in fact, more deeply social than your...