March 25, 2024
What constitutes success in the church? The number of seats occupied on Sunday mornings? The number of baptisms per year? . . . For the apostle Paul, one litmus test for church success surely was edification.
September 18, 2023
Some say love is blind—but I disagree. Real love can see quite well, but it chooses to accept (or graciously overlook) the loved one’s imperfections. . . .
February 7, 2022
If grace is God’s love for us that we do not deserve, then faith is how that grace is appropriated in our lives.
January 17, 2022
How did Jesus cause some people to stumble and fall and others to “never be put to shame”?
November 1, 2021
A heart that becomes hard can all too quickly become unbelieving. A hard heart can test the Lord, but an unbelieving heart can cause a person to turn away from God.
This treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson is written by Sam E. Stone, former editor of CHRISTIAN STANDARD. It is published in the May 17 issue of The Lookout magazine, and is also available online at www.lookoutmag.com. ______ By Sam E. Stone The first-century church in Corinth faced special challenges. One problem was that many members placed undue emphasis on those who spoke in tongues. Today we will first study Acts 2, when the church began, so that we can understand the context of Paul”s teaching on this subject to the Corinthians. Tongues at the Church”s Birth | Acts 2:1-7, 12 The Day
July 21, 2014
This treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson is written by Sam E. Stone, former editor of CHRISTIAN STANDARD. It is published in the July 20 issue of The Lookout magazine, and is also available online at www.lookoutmag.com. ______ By Sam E. Stone From the day that the church began in Jerusalem, God endowed certain members with miraculous gifts. These were needed in that day. When the apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, they began to preach in tongues (Acts 2:6-11). These were languages that they did not know and had not studied. As
February 15, 2012
The gardens of Eden and Gethsemane reveal two responses to choice. At Communion, we examine the garden of our own lives and learn again to pray, “Not what I will, but what you will.”
October 16, 2010
George Ross reflects on church conflict, forgiveness, and the surprising sweetness of reconciliation suppers shared with formerly estranged friends in the body of Christ.
September 28, 2008
Victor M. Parachin explores practicing Christian kindness through Scripture, everyday examples, and five practical habits that encourage believers to make compassion and thoughtful action part of daily life.
Jeff Miller examines 1 Corinthians women in ministry through two translation issues, showing how wording and textual structure can shape the interpretation of key passages about women and church leadership.
December 18, 2005
Mary’s Magnificat reveals a heart shaped by Scripture. Learn how studying, meditating, praying, and (eventually) memorizing God’s Word can weave biblical language into everyday rhythms and form our responses to life.
August 30, 2005
Lana West explores the debate over women in ministry by tracing Scripture from creation through the early church, with special attention to 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2 and the role of cultural context in interpretation.
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