July 28, 2025
PSALMS JESUS COULD HAVE PRAYED
For God to save Jesus meant that we could not be saved; for Jesus to be delivered from evildoers meant that we evildoers could never be delivered.
Devotionals
Devotionals gathers Christian Standard articles designed to encourage daily faithfulness through Scripture, prayer, and reflection. Here you’ll find short, accessible readings that connect God’s Word to everyday life—offering wisdom for discipleship, comfort in hardship, and reminders of the hope found in Christ. These devotionals aim to help readers stay rooted in the gospel, grow in spiritual maturity, and practice consistent habits of worship and obedience.
July 24, 2025
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF
As we take these emblems of Communion, let us do so with deepest respect and reverence for the Son and his sacrifice.
June 3, 2025
The Sheep’s Psalm
Here we celebrate the unspeakable liberty and joy of being a sheep within the fold of Christ, and here we proclaim the Lord’s overcoming death, until he comes again.
March 3, 2025
Oh, How He Loves You and Me
As we come into this sacred time, let us remember that our Savior exhibited the greatest love ever known when he went to the cross to atone for our sins.
March 2, 2025
Walk a Little Farther
Has your faith become complacent? Is your lifestyle a bit too predictable and comfortable? Is the Lord nudging you to do more, give more, or risk more? Don’t quit if the Lord wants you to walk a little farther.
February 3, 2025
LOVING LIKE JESUS
As we partake of the loaf and the cup, we remember the One who loved us enough to die for us. Let us strive to love as he loved so we can be as close to him as possible.
December 24, 2024
Shifting into High Gear at Christmas
Steve Reeves, the minister of Spring Hill Church of Christ in Middletown, Ohio, recalls the Christmas gift of a motorcycle and how learning to ride it can reflect upon one's spiritual development.
December 23, 2024
Our Lion is Greater
Communion reminds us that the Lion of Judah (Revelation 5:5) has conquered the roaring lion (1 Peter 5:8) and freed us from his grip.
December 23, 2024
The Donation of Life at Christmas
Rebekah Hannum, a missionary to Spain, recalls a Christmas gift of life from a friend who donated a kidney and a Christmas gift of life from Jesus.
December 22, 2024
The Day Before the Day
Church planter and minister Brent Bramer shares a memory from childhood of a family tradition that took place on Christmas Eve.
December 20, 2024
Lessons From a Train Station in Rome at Christmas
Pino Neglia, a missionary to Italy and Albania, describes 4 lessons he learned in a train station in Rome at Christmas.
December 19, 2024
Christmas with Jim
Dr. Sara Fudge shares a Christmas memory about a time spent with her brother who had been away as a soldier in the Vietnam War.
December 18, 2024
The Christmas that Stank to High Heaven
Victor Knowles, the Founder and President of Peace On Earth Ministries (POEM) and Editor of One Body Magazine, shares a childhood Christmas memory.
December 16, 2024
A Peace for Every Season
The Communion table may be considered a “peace table,” for by these symbols of the bread and the juice we remember what the Prince of Peace accomplished, “making peace through his blood, shed on the cross” (Colossians 1:20).
December 9, 2024
That View Is Tremendous!
At Communion, we are given another tremendous view: to look at and remember Jesus’ body and blood, represented by the symbols of the bread and the juice.
December 2, 2024
God’s “A” Material
The message of Christmas is that God has indeed used his “A” material with the arrival of Jesus to rescue our broken world.
November 25, 2024
Unfair
Jesus did not demand his rights. He did not hold on to what was fair, but became three unspeakably unfair things for us.
November 10, 2024
The Master of Multitasking
There is much to remember about Jesus as we reflect upon the variety of tasks and titles given to him in Scripture and that he himself used to describe the work he faithfully accomplished.
October 31, 2024
Mary In the Middle of the Mess
Thankfulness and gratitude are choices, and Mary demonstrated great strength in making her choices, which must have been at least one reason why God favored her. Thankfulness and gratitude are choices for us as well.
October 28, 2024
Each One
It’s been estimated that over the course of history more than 100 billion people have lived on this earth. On the cross, Christ paid the penalty for their sins and provided eternal life—not only for every person who has ever lived, but for everyone who will be born after us.
