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Not Just on Sunday
Lonetta McKee

So Help Me God | Christian Standard, March 2021 explores truth, biblical authority, leadership, social media, and how Christians speak truth with grace.
So Help Me God | Christian Standard, March 2021 is a theme-driven issue centered on truth, authority, discernment, and the church’s responsibility to live and speak truth in a confused cultural moment. The cover theme is developed through articles that address fake news, biblical authority, social media, preaching, leadership, Bible reading, and the challenge of understanding truth in a cynical world.
Jerry Harris opens the issue by explaining major changes in Christian Standard Media’s publishing plans, while Michael C. Mack frames truth not only as something to be believed but also something to be done. The issue then moves into practical and theological reflection. Tyler McKenzie writes on truth and tone in an age of fake news, John Caldwell examines the question “What is truth?” in a skeptical culture, and Dave Stone explores the balance of truth and love. Brent Bramer considers the church’s dilemma with social media, Ken Idleman highlights character traits of trustworthy church leadership, and Chris Philbeck calls preachers back to biblical authority.
Additional articles address God’s unchanging nature, missions, biblical interpretation, Bible reading habits, political and ecclesial division, and what breaks God’s heart. Taken together, So Help Me God | Christian Standard, March 2021 presents a broad call for Christians to return to Scripture, speak with conviction and grace, and live under the authority of God’s truth. It offers a valuable snapshot of how Christian Standard addressed truth, trust, and discipleship in early 2021.
2-3 — From the Publisher
Moving Forward
6-7 — From the Editor
Truth Is Something to Be Done
10-11 — BOLD
God Does Not Change
Megan Rawlings
12-13 — HORIZONS
An Ending and a Beginning
Laura McKillip Wood
14-15 — e2: Effective Elders
Truth Is Inconvenient
Jim Estep
16-18 — METRICS
The Truth About Bible Reading
Kent E. Fillinger
20 — Truth & Tone in the Age of Fake News
Tyler McKenzie
28 — The Question in a Cynical World:
What Is Truth?
John Caldwell
36 — Truth + Love: The Balancing Act
Dave Stone
42 — The Dilemma of Social Media & the Church
Brent Bramer
46 — Trustworthy Church Leadership
Ken Idleman
52 — How to Preach With Biblical Authority
Chris Philbeck
60 — What Breaks God’s Heart?
Dale Reeves
64 — The Understanding Distance
Chad Ragsdale
78-95 — The Lookout
96 — The Final Word
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