Spiritual Life

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  Why Should We Praise God for Who He Is (And Not What He Can Do for Us)? It's abundantly easy to praise God in times of abundance. But we shouldn't praise God for the stuff he gives us but rather for who he is. Hope Bolinger Oct 11, 2021
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  Why Do Bad Things Keep Happening? Maybe you feel overwhelmed by trials and hardships lately. Perhaps you believe everything is going all wrong? We can have hope and confidence that even in difficulties, we can have strength in Christ. John...
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  How a Smile Can Help Foster God’s Kingdom on Earth So many people feel alone, unimportant, and irrelevant. Maybe they have lost loved ones, or gone through a time of pain. Maybe they feel stuck in a dead-end job or are facing a difficult medical diagnosis....
• What Is the Source of Gratitude? What would it be like to write out your Psalm? Start with ten things God has done for you. Ten things with which God has blessed you. And then add the phrase “his love endures forever” after each of them.
• What Does it Mean to Be Crucified with Christ? When we are crucified with Christ, it appears in our decisions, in our relationships, in how we interact at work and at home, how we lead our friends and family. It appears in how we rejoice, how we mourn,...
• 4 Ways the Church Has Mishandled Trauma Survivors - And How We Can Change The Church as a whole has to do more than just winning the lost. Doing the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20)—without loving wounded souls inside the kingdom—is committing a great omission. Dr. Audrey Davidheiser Oct 08, 2021
• Meaningful One-Sentence Prayers of Petition from Your Heart to God's Someone has said there are basically only two prayers that we pray... Ray Pritchard Oct 08, 2021
• Are Tarot Cards Evil or Sinful? The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 11:14 that Satan disguises or masquerades himself as an angel of light. Could it be that tarot cards and fortune-telling fall into this category? Let’s find out. Clarence L. Haynes Jr. Oct 08, 2021
• 7 Ways to Find and Eliminate the “Golden Calf” in Your Life Of all the biblical examples of what not to do, the one that seems the most brainless might be the one we are most likely to imitate. It’s the story of the Israelites worshipping a golden calf after... Cindi McMenamin Oct 08, 2021
• Are Zodiac Signs a Sin? As Christians, where should we stand on zodiac signs? Should we place any value on them and, more importantly, are zodiac signs a sin or are they just harmless fun and a way to start a conversation? Clarence L. Haynes Jr. Oct 07, 2021
• How to Be the Proverbs 31 Woman The Proverbs 31 woman is a woman of great value, who strains toward excellence with every breath she takes and every step she makes. She is a woman God says should be our role model as women. I have...
• Can Satan Read Our Minds? We all know that Satan is our adversary who seeks those who he may devour. I would say that in our spiritual battles sometimes we give Satan too much credit and often blame him or ascribe to him power and... Clarence L. Haynes Jr. Oct 07, 2021