November 5, 2026
Not Just on Sunday
Lonetta McKee
Mark A. Taylor
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Counter Culture
Mark A. Taylor reflects on why church growth numbers matter, pointing to attendance, baptisms, and ministry statistics as tools for encouragement, evaluation, and faithful congregational growth.
Another Statement About What’s at Stake
Mark A. Taylor explains why Christian Standard launched Stake to engage younger leaders, welcome thoughtful dialogue, and help the Restoration Movement think deeply about its future.
Clearing a Path to Life
Mark A. Taylor reflects on a snowbound New Hampshire cemetery and warns that churches can appear active while missing the true life found only in Jesus.
Our Annual Campus Tour
Mark A. Taylor surveys trends from Christian colleges and seminaries, highlighting external focus, institutional growth, student demographics, and questions churches should ask about supporting Christian higher education.
We Have Met the Enemy
Mark A. Taylor reflects on the NACC’s changing role and argues that mission, unity, and spiritual equipping still make the convention valuable for churches today.
For Valentine’s Day . . . a Command
Mark A. Taylor reflects on Valentine’s Day, marriage, and Paul’s clear command that husbands love their wives through obedient action, not merely romantic sentiment.
Calculating Our Generosity
Mark A. Taylor reflects on Evangelical generosity, missions giving, and the broad impact Christian churches and churches of Christ make through support for ministries around the world.
Proclaiming More than Meditating
Mark A. Taylor explains Christian Standard’s 2011 Bible emphasis, urging churches to lift up Scripture through deeper study, clearer teaching, and renewed commitment to biblical literacy.
Worth Discussing
Mark A. Taylor reflects on the Stone-Campbell Dialogue, Great Communion celebrations, and the ongoing call to pursue unity among Restoration Movement churches.
What to Call Our Year of the Bible?
Mark A. Taylor introduces Christian Standard’s 2011 yearlong Bible emphasis and the theme “The Bible: Lift it up. Live it out.”
The Essential About Opinions
Mark A. Taylor introduces “In Opinions, Liberty,” a new feature inviting Christian disagreement marked by humility, patience, freedom, and love.
We Wonder Too
Mark A. Taylor reflects on children singing in a Nairobi slum and the wonder of Christmas: Christ entering a broken world to bring hope into every dark corner.
Blind Copies
Mark A. Taylor considers how churches can move beyond copycat ministry models and embrace missional imagination shaped by their unique calling, community, and purpose.
A Story to Challenge All of Us
New church plants in Greater Salt Lake City grew from years of collaboration, leadership, and prayer among Restoration Movement leaders committed to seeing the work continue.
Worshipping . . . or Watching?
Mark A. Taylor reflects on congregational singing and urges worship planners to move beyond polished presentations toward services that invite meaningful participation.
