Spiritual Life Archives

Have you used your daily quota of time for God's glory and your good?

The best way to "keep watch" as Jesus commanded is to know what God has revealed and to attempt a biblical understanding of events. Just bear in...

Emergent leader John R. Franke's new book deserves close attention, for it presents a vision of truth we are sure to confront in years to come.

I have learned to reserve my use of the word hate. I don’t say that I hate those who oppose my faith. I don’t hate those who have opposite...

In an effort to be "nice," many Christians today have stopped trying to persuade others to follow Christ. We don't want to offend people or appear...

Contrary to some contemporary assessments of the importance of the doctrine of justification by faith alone, we recall a different perspective by...

Many Christians are opting out of Halloween, even as the holiday now ranks second only to Christmas in terms of economic impact and festivities. ...

Most people attack a puzzle by finding all of the pieces that have straight edges, forming the boundary of the puzzle and filling in the middle...

You want to get things done, but sometimes it seems overwhelming. Here's help! Taking you from where you are to where you want to be, Carlson...

Someone once said, "For a Christian to celebrate Halloween would be as proper as a Holocaust survivor trying to celebrate Hitler's birthday." Yet...

Even if it's under the clever name of "Harvest Festival," churches throughout our country nonetheless use Halloween as a means for outreach to the...

I don't know about you, but I love having people over to my place for dinner on a regular basis. It's the best way I know to make sure my home...

Some of the costumes being donned these days - especially by young women - have me no longer viewing Halloween as so innocuous.

If you've never prayed, or are out of habit, it can feel like a foreign language. One remedy suggested by Paul is to "pray continually."