Wisdom does not come from age. Instead, it comes from experiences, which can be obtained through age, but are not necessarily given because of age. God gives us our experiences. He knows the path we are going to take.…

By Dave Burchett A tune and a tweet dominated the morning walk and worship time. The tune is from “Jesus, Friend of Sinners” has a number of those powerful lyrics. Jesus Friend of sinners we have strayed so f…

By Sam at Creative Theology One problem I take on in Creative Theology is the misconception that there are creative people, and non-creative people. If you read Genesis 1 with an ounce of attention, you’ll see…

By Tom Zuniga I recently spoke in church. Like…big-people church. Not children’s church or Sunday School or the nursery. It’s about as insane a claim as my slam-dunking over Shaq. At the start of the…

"O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water." --King David There is a table set before God's people, a table from wh…

Acts 8: Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This verse really explains what had happened to me on a Friday after…

Good morning readers! Today is Sunday, which for Christians across the country is a day to get together at the local church, worship God, listen to teaching and spend time with one another. We here at Revelife value hi…

I believe that when we are born, we have as it were a sense of nothing. Absolutely everything we do is new to our internal and external senses. Every plant we touch is a new and wonderful sensation. Every sunrise, and ev…

By Sharon at She Worships This week I faced my first real speed bump as a mother-to-be. I failed my glucose test, which means I might have gestational diabetes. For some reason I took the news REALLY hard. Part of the re…

Every profession, academic discipline, social group, and Harry Potter fan club has its own vocabulary or “jargon.” For example, when a friend of mine who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience talks about her discipline…

The topic of jealousy has been weighing on my mind lately for no reason in particular, and I feel like the only way to figure this out is to really examine and study it. And anyone who knows me knows that the best way I…

I grew up with a dad who was a pastor. There was always a strong emphasis on my sisters and I that people were watching! We had to behave as perfectly as possible, or it was considered a bad reflection on my father and h…

Jesus never said anything about homosexuality, but about divorce he was very clear in Matthew 5: 31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I t…

By JN Hong Life is chaos. We began in chaos. If we were to subscribe to evolutionary theory, we were a few atoms forced together by chance from a million others emanating from a cosmic bang producing hydrogen atoms. From…

By Sam at Creative Theology For the past few months I’ve been attempting to be more aware of all the noise in my life. A while back, I began turning off the car radio on my way to work. This was one small step in…

It's Sunday, readers, and that means that, for Christians all around the world, today is a day to spend time at the local church -- serving, worshiping and learning from wise teachers. We hope that you will be able to a…

By Sharon at SheWorships As I have shared in previous posts, I am thrilled to be pregnant and granted the blessing of creating new life, but this journey has also presented me with unexpected challenges. Although I&rsqu…

I just saw a blog over at Revelife. The post asks, "Do you believe God is hands-off or a puppeteer?" I answered, "Neither. I have seen Him miraculously intervene too many times to think He is "Hands off". And I have seen…

“Christianity isn’t a religion—it’s a relationship.” Would you agree with this statement? Specifically, it’s a relationship with Jesus Christ. This idea is supposed to be the character…

By Sharon at SheWorships Sunday was my first Mother’s Day as a mother, and I was really looking forward to it! Ike had planned all sorts of fun things throughout the day, and I couldn’t wait to celebrate the…

From David Miller

Mercy Ministries is a six-month residential treatment center that treats young women with “life controlling issues” such as self harm, eating disorders, victims of abuse, drug abuse, alcoholism, suicidal tend…

Douglas Wilson has posted a response to those (like myself) who took issue with his "Eleven Signs That Your Church Is Effeminate." I've talked enough on this subject, so I'll mention just one thought: Wilson sidesteps t…

Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man." 2 Samuel 12:7 King David had slept with Bathsheba, the wife of one of his most faithful soldiers. Uriah, on learning that she is pregnant, tries to cover it up. After…

Good morning, everyone! It's Sunday, and for Christians around the world, today is an opportunity to gather together to worship God and to learn more about Him. We here at Revelife believe that the best way to spend Su…

13 year-old-me to Counselor at Church Camp: My mom was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. I keep praying for her to get better, but she just keeps getting worse. Why won’t God make her better? Camp Counselor: I can t…

I do think the issues of gay marriage and polygamy are linked. That is, I do believe there are ethical or religious reasons to object to both, but I'm not sure there's a single compelling legal or legislative objection t…

In the beginning, man created God in his own image... Wait, what? Yes, that's right. Or so many "Christians" would have you believe. After thousands of years of Christian history, and thousands of years of Jewish h…

Greetings, friends! We know at some point you've thought to yourself, "Self, I think Revelife should feature a post about [enter subject here]." Truthfully, we agree! There's really no subject that is entirely off-lim…

There is some really good Christian rap, and there is some really horrific Christian rap. The other night, Dan and I were having a laugh about this video in particular:

I talk a lot about sexual matters and masculinity issues and teach on things that are not normally talked about within the church. I do this because I care about what's on God's heart and I know that he cares about these…

Did you know that a lot of the content featured on Revelife is written by our readers? It's true; Revelife pretty much lives on the content that our readers submit, and we want to encourage you to keep writing and submi…

By Sam at Creative Theology I was at a movie this past weekend, and saw a preview for The Words, which looks like an excellent movie. During the preview, there were sound bites from interviews with the actors, and one l…

By T.G. Blankenship at The Gethsemane Blog The disciples of Jesus compiled their teachings for the Church into a document that is now called The Didache. It's a beautiful work that resembles the Sermon on the Mount in l…

My dog is amazing. We adopted him from a shelter last July. He's about four years old now, but he is still very much a puppy. When we adopted him, his name was Omega. My wife and I decided that Omega was a great name, so…

If I was on the fence about why there was a reason to come back and start blogging my usual tirades against religion, I was given the final push over the edge. Earlier this week, I had a friend attempt suicide due to unt…

By Nic Don at Theopolitical I became a believer and began reading the Bible not long before I turned eighteen. It didn’t take long before I recognized that the writers of the New Testament often seemed to be readi…

By Sharon at SheWorships Some of you may remember that when I was preparing to marry Ike, I struggled a lot with changing my last name. It’s not that I didn’t want to take his last name–I very much did…

By Sam at Creative Theology Rob Bell and Francis Chan are two notable figures as it relates to shaping the theology of the American church. Both men are phenomenal communicators, in preaching sermons, creating video…

Two of the hardest passages to read in the Old Testament both involve rapes. One is the rape of Dinah by Shechem in Genesis 34. (I should mention that there is a minority viewpoint that the sex was consensual). The secon…

By Nic Don at Theopolitical Nationalist Christians often conflate scriptures referring to Christ or to the church with concepts about America or her heroes. Now, this should not surprise anyone. Christianity is sociall…

By Dean Lusk "American Idol". I believe the show's name is unfortunately pretty accurate. The good thing is that it reminds me of how easy it can be for us to be consumed by something or someone other than Christ, and…

1) The Dudes' Club As a kid, I was a mama's boy. An overweight, pudgy little boy who was afraid to touch a spider even with a stick, who was so freaked out by his first week-long trip to summer camp (his first time aw…

By Sharon at SheWorships At the end of last week I noticed a tweet that had been posted by Ed Stetzer as he labored over a blog post for the following day: “Working on a difficult blogpost for tmrw. Trying to spea…