Category: Spiritual Formation

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food,...

De manera que yo, hermanos, no pude hablaros como a espirituales, sino como a carnales, como a niños en Cristo. Os di a beber leche, y no vianda;...

When we talk about spiritual formation, the Christian life, or maybe even just growth, we all presuppose a paradigm for what we are talking about....

Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When...

Oíd, hijos, la enseñanza de un padre, Y estad atentos, para que conozcáis cordura. Porque os doy buena enseñanza; No desamparéis mi ley. Porque yo...

My thoughts wandered this morning on my prayer walk. [1] I kept bringing my mind back to prayer, but my mind was wandering from my very first...

God trains us through waiting. On the day I started writing this post, I was waiting for God to answer a prayer. You see, Trudi and I have been...

Everyone is not equally temptable. One person can be severely tempted by something that another person barely or is not-at-all tempted. Some...

This is a Q&A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question When did certain believers in the New Testament...

In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. Then I...

Sacrificio y ofrenda no te agrada; Has abierto mis oídos; Holocausto y expiación no has demandado. Entonces dije: He aquí, vengo; En el rollo del...

What should you do when there is no time to pray? On the surface, this appears to be a simple question, but it turns out to be a bit more...

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will...

« Un mandamiento nuevo os doy: Que os améis unos a otros; como yo os he amado, que también os améis unos a otros. En esto conocerán todos que sois...

Last night before going to bed I asked my wife an unusual question, “Should I get up at my normal 6am time and take my regular prayer walk followed...

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and...

We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for...

Así que, los que somos fuertes debemos soportar las flaquezas de los débiles, y no agradarnos a nosotros mismos. Cada uno de nosotros agrade a su...

Open my eyes that I may see the wonderful things in Your Law. Psalm 119:18 There is a vital connection that prayer and Scripture have for each...

I have the privilege of teaching genre-based biblical interpretation at 51����. Here's something I put together that integrates biblical principles...

“Grief never ends...but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness or a lack of faith...It is the price of...

“El duelo nunca termina. Es un pasaje, no un lugar donde quedarse. El dolor no es un signo de debilidad, ni una falta de fe... Es el precio del...

“All teaching is either about things or signs; but things are learned about through signs.” Augustine In The Silver Chair, Jill Pole is with Aslan...

I went to seminary to be great. I’m sure there was something well-meaning in it, and I’m sure that there was a genuine call on my life to take that...

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some...