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What Should We Make of All the Revival Talk Among the Youth?

Many indicators suggest that there is an encouraging surge of curiosity in the supernatural, spiritual hunger, commitment to Jesus, and church attendance.

Christian Standard · November 18, 2025
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Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

Don’t Be Lukewarm

This is the last in a series of weekly articles based on Christ’s letters to the seven churches in the book of Revelation. This week’s church is Laodicea.

Christian Standard · November 17, 2025
Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

Through the Open Door

This is the sixth in a series of weekly articles based on Christ’s letters to the seven churches in the book of Revelation. This week’s church is Philadelphia.

Christian Standard · November 10, 2025
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Rest for the Rest of Us

Once you get a true taste of the rhythms of rest, you will long for more. Stopping our relentless schedules creates a break from our culture of consumerism…

Christian Standard · September 4, 2025
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Rhythm of Rest

In Genesis 1, God created more than earth and the expansive universe. He created measured time, and a vital element of measured time is the rhythm of rest.

Christian Standard · September 4, 2025
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Sacred Rest: A Biblical Perspective

The Sabbath principle isn’t merely Mosaic legislation, but Edenic design—not just a command delivered at Sinai, but a rhythm woven into creation’s very fabric.

Christian Standard · September 3, 2025
Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

The Slow Club

The Slow Club sounds like a great place to just “be” who we claim to be. And while we might try to schedule sabbaticals or study breaks, the…

Christian Standard · September 3, 2025
Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

Stillness

The psalmist offered a remedy for the kind of busyness that keeps us from drawing near to our heavenly Father. He wrote, “Be still, and know that I…

Christian Standard · September 3, 2025
Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

The Fourth ‘R’

Generations of teachers imparted skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic, but maybe we should add a fourth "R" for "ripples.  Decades after I was in their classrooms, my…

Christian Standard · August 25, 2025
Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

The Slow Work of God: Why Spiritual Growth Takes Time

Spiritual growth is not a checklist—it’s a journey. And journeys take time.

Christian Standard · July 22, 2025
Miscellaneous

Crafting With Purpose: How Creativity Can Deepen Your Spiritual Connection

Each moment spend crafting is a chance to share God's love with others, to offer something that came from our hearts and hands as a way to bless…

Christian Standard · November 19, 2024
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Re-becoming a Child of God

What is a child of God? I certainly identified myself this way, but I defined it through my service and leadership in the church. But what happens when…

Jerry Harris · September 11, 2024
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I’m Next, I’m Now, I’m Ready: Embracing the Call to Co-Parent with the Divine

When it comes to our children, we are merely co-parents in God’s divine mission. . . .

Rudy Hagood · July 1, 2024
Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

How Our Desire to Belong Becomes Our God

The Relevance of the Doctrine of Adoption in 2024 . . .

Tyler McKenzie · May 1, 2024
Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

‘The Fool of God’ Introduction

A historical novel about Alexander Campbell has been unexpectedly helpful to us . . .

Christian Standard · March 1, 2024
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