Spiritual Life Archives

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."

While only God truly knows what lies beneath the surface of the human heart, a cursory glance around the local denominational zoo quickly suggests...

They stole my thunder, the good folks at Marist College, with their poll of the most annoying words in American conversation.

Josh McDowell and his coauthor Dave Sterrett have written the new book "O" God: A Dialogue on Truth and Spirituality to help Christians learn how...

I went for a walk this morning, and pretty much had the town to myself, it seemed. Few people were out and about at 5:30 in the cold, dark,...

While arguments rage on about whether tithing is a New Testament practice, the author of Tithing: Test Me in This looks above the legalities to the...

Many Christians struggle with what is appropriate when marketing themselves in the world...

God wants us to trust in His provision for our needs, and sometimes that provision requires us to step out in faith and use what resources He has...

Learning to forgive, as God forgives, helps you to grow into a mature, content, and joyful person. It glorifies God because it shows that He is...

Pursuing a full understanding of Scripture necessitates some conversation and debate with fellow believers. How else will iron sharpen iron? But...