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Soul Cultivation

Growth, Preparation, Spiritual Life, The Heart, The Soul

A great deal of effort is needed to properly prepare a plot of land to become a cultivated garden. This PDF explains the steps…

Freedom In Surrender

Freedom, Grace, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life, Surrender, Weakness

We can learn an important lesson about the spiritual life through the Chinese Finger Trap. It is constructed simply of woven paper, but when…

The Mirror of the Spirit

Spiritual Life, The Heart, The Holy Spirit, The Spirit

One of the Spirit’s main roles is to transform us more into the likeness of Christ. He does this by showing us the reality…

Growth Is Endless

Growing, Growth, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life

Most believers are familiar with the biblical metaphor of the new birth (John 3:7), but birth or belief is just the beginning for the…

Growing In Our Faith

Growth, Learning, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life

Babies are not born speaking, walking, or able to do much of anything for themselves. They grow and learn by using their senses. Research…

A Stage Behind The Stage

Life, Reality, Seen, Spiritual Life, Unseen

Artist and writer Makoto Fujimura, in a commencement address at Belhaven University, described the experience of seeing Our Town by Thornton Wilder in New York City….

Navigating Our World

Christian Walk, Corporate Worship, Spiritual Life, The World, Worship

When you walk in a room in your home, you don’t usually have to think about where the furniture is. Your brain doesn’t have…

Well Wrapped

Christian Life, Faith, Hypocracy, Spiritual Life, The Heart

“One year at Christmastime, my wife wanted some wrapped boxes to use for decoration. She took eight empty boxes and had them wrapped to…

Inward Health

Growth, Spiritual Health, Spiritual Life, The Heart

Inward health is a natural byproduct of a healthy diet. As this funny commercial from the American Heart Association illustrates, superficially attaching something does…

Imitations

Imitations, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life, The Heart

In our highly processed food society, it is easy to find goods that are cheap, fast, and lack any nutritional substance. You can get imitation…

Rollercoaster Ride

Control, Holy Spirit, Power, Rollercoaster, Spirit, Spirit Led, Spiritual Life

Have you ever been on a roller coaster and wondered who was in control? The answer is always the same—not you! There’s something terrifying…

Fishing For You

1 Corinthians 10:13, Bait, Ephesians 4:27, Ephesians 6:11, Fishing, Hebrews 2:18, James 1:12, James 4:7, Lure, Mark 14:38, Matthew 26:41, Patience, Spiritual Life, Temptation, The Devil

Have you ever been fishing? Patience is a key virtue to good fishermen. It’s hard to be a good fisherman and have “fisherman’s ADD.”…

Staying Ready

1 Peter 5:8, 1 Timothy 6:12, Battles, Being Ready, Ephesians 6:11, Ephesians 6:12, John 10:10, Luke 12:40, Prepared, Proverbs 20:4, Readiness, Spiritual Attack, Spiritual Life, Strength, Struggles

Clark Kent, also known as Superman, typically discovers that he must leave quickly in order to save the city. His super suit is worn…

A Conservationist’s Observations

1 Corinthians 11:1, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Action, Application, Behavior, Belief, Discipleship, Faith, Galatians 2:20, James 1:22-25, James 2:17, John 14:15, John 8:31-32, Knowledge, Luke 6:46, Matthew 28:18-20, Obedience, Spiritual Life, Understanding

Discipleship is important because our faith is not grown simply by learning more about God. Conservationist Cara Daneel explained that environmental education experts found…

Church Shopping

Acts 2:42, Acts 9:31-32, Church, Colossians 3:16, Commitment, Communities, Ephesians 4:11-13, Hebrews 10:24-25, Influence, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 18:20, Preaching, Small Groups, Spiritual Life, Vulnerable, Worship

“If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all, and…