October 22, 2026
Setting Our Hearts
Doug Redford
Baptism
Articles tagged Baptism
A Call for Passionate Commitment
Crossroads Christian Church experienced rapid growth, increased baptisms, and expanding student ministry as Chuck Booher emphasized passionate commitment, financial transparency, volunteer service, technology, and outreach.
Megachurches: The 2011 List
Christian Standard’s annual chart identifies more than 100 megachurches and emerging megachurches, highlighting congregations with weekly attendance ranging from 1,000 to more than 2,000.
The Privilege I Anticipate
Bryce Jessup reflects on how Communion grew from a childhood desire into a weekly opportunity to remember Christ's sacrifice, express gratitude, seek forgiveness, and celebrate belonging to God's…
The Priority of Preaching
Eddy Sanders argues preaching should remain a church priority because the church’s identity rests on the gospel message and Scripture places preaching at pivotal moments, from Moses to…
Lesson for April 29, 2012: Blind Man Receives Sight (John 9)
Jesus heals a man born blind in John 9, challenging assumptions about suffering and prompting questions, testimony, and debate over his authority, the Sabbath, and the meaning of…
What’s Missing?
Ron Downs argues that repentance has become neglected in many churches and calls Christians to recover its essential place in the biblical message of salvation.
I Will Save You
Jeff Vines explores what salvation means, why human goodness cannot overcome sin, and how the cross, repentance, commitment, and baptism shape our response to God's promise to save.
Christian Church Colleges?
As more students from outside the Restoration Movement attend its colleges and universities, Christian higher education leaders consider the opportunities, risks, financial realities, and implications for their movement's…
Creeds: A Slogan Reexamined
C. Robert Wetzel considers the Restoration Movement’s complicated relationship with creeds and explores how shared affirmations of faith, whether sung or spoken, can become meaningful acts of worship…
NACC 2012: Interview with the President
Rick Rusaw shares how the 2012 North American Christian Convention aims to refresh ministry leaders through encouragement, connection, fresh ideas, and a renewed sense of commitment and calling.
More Than a Memorial
Tom Lawson examines how Reformation history shaped Protestant language about Communion and argues that the New Testament presents the Lord's Supper as more than a memorial or merely…
What Are We Trying to Restore?
Gary Weedman considers what Christians mean by “restoration,” arguing that the biblical vision reaches beyond restoring church practices to God's larger work of restoring relationships, his rule, and…
Lesson for Jan. 29, 2012: Israel Is Delivered from Egypt (Exodus 1-15)
Moses and Miriam praise God for Israel's deliverance at the Red Sea, while the experience at Marah demonstrates God's continuing provision and his call for his people to…
The Old Has Gone, the New Has Come!
Victor Knowles reflects on Communion at the start of a new year, reminding believers that the Lord's Supper points to forgiveness, resurrection, new life, and Christ's return.
In Just One Year: Tell Me It’s Not Just a Dream!
Eleanor Daniel, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Lord's Supper, discipleship, global missions, congregational worship, church unity, Johnson City Tennessee,
