Spiritual Life

God seems far away. Being a Christian feels abstract and a bit purposeless. As much as we try to connect and pursue God, it feels like we're getting nowhere.

The troubles in your life might feel overwhelming. Here's great news for you—we win. Because in Christ, under His banner, we have protection from the enemy. As He is victorious, we are victorious. 

While every parent makes mistakes, there are some behaviors that can impact a child well into adulthood and even become stumbling blocks to their relationship with the Lord. Here are 7 profound ways parents can skew their children's view of God.

Now that we’ve been going through this mess for almost six months, certain areas have surfaced where – if this is all a big life test – we aren’t exactly getting an “A”. For those who follow Christ, there is one area in particular that deserves attention. It is giving into the temptation to turn inward, to give ourselves over to our emotions and felt needs in ways that aren’t spiritually healthy.

Be honest, who taught you how to date? My husband, Damien, and I were blessed. We both grew up as preacher's kids and in a two parent household. However, to be honest with you, we were never sat down and taught formally (or even causally) on how to date God’s way.

Through Jesus’ example of a peaceful life, he not only showed his followers how to usher shalom into a broken world, but he offers hope for an eternity of peace and shalom with him and with other believers.

From listening, to trusting, to enjoying this one sweet life...here are five lessons worth learning (and living by) at any age.

This is certainly one time in history that we can, and should, exercise our faith. And if your faith is small right now, or if you have none, as you get into God’s Word you will acquire faith which comes by hearing the Word of God.

Despite the fact that N.T. Wright is one of the most well-known and frequently-cited living scholars of the New Testament, he still needs to be better known

The Parable of the Sower could more accurately be referred to as the Parable of the Soils. Because the focus of the passage is on the condition of the soil upon which the seed is sown; not on the one sowing the seed.