Spiritual Life Archives

Fear causes us to trade power for an overwhelming, pervasive feeling of powerlessness. But at the beginning of Paul's Second Letter to Timothy, we...

The first step to leaving a positive legacy is to love your wife. Even if that is no longer an option for you, another way to redeem the...

Two powerful images Paul draws in Romans and 1 Corinthians - living sacrifices and temples - indicate that God is concerned about us caring for and...

Perhaps we miss the central lesson of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Maybe we'd gain deeper insight if we referred to it as the Parable of the...

Through John 21, God spoke to me and anchored me in the truth that above all else the greatest calling on my life was not my marital status or...

Finishing life to the glory of Christ means resolutely resisting the typical American dream of retirement. It means being so satisfied with all...

True faith doesn’t allow any power to be given to doubt, despair, hopelessness, disbelief, impatience, or diffidence. True faith doesn’t change by...

Ultimately, you cannot help someone who refuses to be helped. But there is something you can do for addicts who don't want help: you can stop being...

People often won't be willing to listen to the Gospel message until you've first engaged them in spiritual conversations that prepare their hearts...

Choose what you want from the menu, but eat what you choose. And Grace is not liable if your choice makes you ill.

When I was a child the Memorial Day holiday had an alternate name. Many of my relatives still called it "Decoration Day" because part of the day...

This holiday weekend we celebrate something that I think is sometimes hard for many of us to comprehend...

Life abundant is not perfect. It's not free from danger or from those who would steal it from us. But it is a good life when we fully trust the...

Christians do this kind of thing all the time: if there is not something specific in the Word that directs us concerning a decision we must make,...

If you stop the futile effort of trying to live in balance and instead live in harmony with life's natural rhythms, you'll accomplish what matters...