Spiritual Life Archives

If the existence of the book and the film are what it takes to challenge Christians to learn their own history, then "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan...

In Dan Brown's book "The Da Vinci Code," Jesus is said to have been married to Mary Magdalene. Is it possible to know Jesus' marital status? The...

Part of the appeal of The Da Vinci Code is its claim that the story is based on historical facts. Part of the appeal of The Da Vinci Code is its...

We sit in the shadow of our sin and are not even aware of it. Somehow, in the busyness of life, everything turns to gray and eventually so dark we...

The effective separation of sex from procreation may be one of the most important defining marks of our age--and one of the most ominous. This...

God is easy to love when He’s as gentle as a kitten. But sometimes His purr turns into a roar, and you’re shocked to encounter a God more powerful...

The gospel—the good news—is that the rule of God has arrived in Jesus to save sinners before it arrives at his second coming in judgment. So the...

We ought to be mindful of the way Jesus spoke to individuals, but this kind of patience is one of the hardest things to learn. Keeping quiet and...

When was the last time you heard someone stand up and say, “You know, the character of Jesus Christ is suspect. I don’t think His teachings are...

Fifty-four years ago the U.S. Congress established an annual day of prayer, and in 1988 designated that day should occur on the first Thursday of...

Do you feel like something is always wrong, that you can't seem to "get it right" in your relationship with God? Then you probably have a diseased...

Healing is God’s choice, and so is the timing of that choice and the method in which healing takes place. When we’re struggling with something or...

What do you think draws us to gossip? What is so important about knowing everyone else’s secrets? Does it make us feel superior to speak ill of...

I am pretty good at figuring out what Jesus would say to others. But the question I need to be asking is what Jesus would say to me. That is where...

Life is good on the mountaintops of celebration. But no matter how much we’d like to spend our lives up there, we need to walk through the valleys...