Spiritual Life Archives

It's time to throw out all the fancy schmancy "-isms" and just deal with one question: What exactly is a Christian? And, most importantly, how can...

Christmas has become an odd mixture of pagan ideas, superstition, fanciful legends, and plain ignorance. The place to begin sorting it out is in...

Since many of the Christmas battles involve a Nativity scene—why not make this the centerpiece of the movement? While continuing the battle for the...

The real message of Christmas is not the gifts that we give to each other, but the reminder of the gift that God has given to us. It is the only...

The classical problem of the existence of evil has been called the Achilles’ heel of the Christian faith. But have philosophers proven that God...

On more than one occasion, I have learned this important lesson: You won't become happy if someone else changes or if the world around you...

Did you know that God commands us to be glad?

Since many feel our country is in trouble I decided to see how our leaders addressed Thanksgiving in other difficult and trying times...

Regardless of how we feel about this new day, I want to share with you some powerful truths that strike home with strange relevance for such a time...

I often struggle seeing how God is using me or those around me. However, if I continually look at my life and my surroundings through Jesus’ eyes...

Don't skip the prepositions in Paul's writings about thankfulness — "in everything give thanks"... "with thanksgiving"... — what we don't see is...

One godly man or woman can make a dramatic difference, even in the darkest of circumstances.

If God has created miracles in our own lives, miracles far beyond what we deserve... well, surely He will reach down and save someone far more pure...

Looking for a way to define Thanksgiving? Philippians suggests "the opposite of anxiety," while the Psalms might call it "the corrective for...

Have you ever wondered if your actions matter at all or if anything you do amounts to a change in the world’s history? For that matter, your own...