Spiritual Life Archives

Look around. What part of your world needs flavoring? Is desperate for a little brightness? You will draw others to God-not yourself.

Worship is an event where we respond to what Christ has already accomplished on the cross, rather than seeking to work our way into the Holy of...

Few subjects in life ignite as much passion and longing within us as our desire for love, our interest in sex, and our hope for enduring...

How does Esther's story from pre-Islamic Persia apply to us today? Hidden among the secrets of palace protocol is an encoded portrayal of Bible...

Christian giving is an extremely important topic on the contemporary church's agenda, for I doubt of there is a single Christian enterprise in the...

Hope is more than a wish. Let the Living Word transform your heart and mind and then your hope will come alive.

A Christian ministry that helps poverty-stricken children around the world is observing a milestone – 500,000 children being helped and shown the...

Pluralism is counter to Christianity and, therefore, vital to understand. As Christians we are called to contend for the faith (Jude 3), to defend...

It's one thing to lose the car keys. John Eldredge has a graver concern. The best-selling Christian author fears believers have lost the gospel:...

As we walk through the doors of our meeting place on Sunday morning, are we thinking about friends we need to catch up with or how we can't wait to...

Though Hurricane Isabel left flooding, power outages and wind damage in her wake, God's love was still evident. "The Gospel was really at work. We...

As the fringes of Hurricane Isabel raged outside, volunteers waited at the offices of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Sept. 18 after...

If we are truly to be more than conquerors, we must tie in to the fact that we do not fight the mêlées of this life, but rather Christ wins them...