God’s Restraint / Spiritual Meditations

Why doesn’t God intervene to rectify various earthly dilemmas? Philip Yancey presents a thought-provoking image of God’s perspective as a partial answer to that question.

Tragedy-Can Anything Good Come Out of It? / Spiritual Meditations

For many people, it takes the jolt of tragedy, illness, or death to create an existential crisis of faith. At such a moment, we want clarity while God wants our trust. How do we respond?

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Working with the Spirit Radicalizes Your Faith / Spiritual Meditations

Being filled with the Spirit is not a one-time act. but an ongoing pursuit of a relationship. We are asked to play an active role in our journey to freedom.

Does it Matter What You Think about the Holy Spirit? /Spiritual Meditations

What you do and how you live are absolutely vital. Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning. But what you believe determines how you act.

Healing Your Heart of Trench Warfare / Spiritual Meditations

The Gospels, silent prayer and Jesus are our antidotes to divisiveness.

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A Spiritual Expert’s Private Thoughts on Meditation / Spiritual Meditations

Prayer & meditation should never be regarded as a science or reduced to a system because it is essentially a living and personal relationship, which tends to become more personal and more simple, as one goes on.

Methaphor for the many who have entered the afterlife

Death Doesn’t Need to be Scary /Spiritual Meditations

This points to the conclusion that Near Death Experiences are real with profound significance and meaning, and also provides evidence of life after death.

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Family Trickery & Kosher Sacrifice / Spiritual Meditations

The original Hebrew adds surprising detail and depth to a story of deceit and cunning.

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How You Can Be Filled with the Holy Spirit/Spiritual Meditations

The Bible names 10 qualities we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit. This post describes 2 spiritual exercises that will give you a chance to obtain this special gift.