December 18, 2025
The Best Christmas Ever
Dr. Joe Grana recalls the story of a Christmas that changed everything in his life and was the best Christmas ever.
Articles for tag: Death
December 15, 2025
Lay Down Your Crowns
During this Christmas season, let’s bow in self-abandoned surrender and confess that every honor, accomplishment, and triumph we possess comes from the Lord, who alone deserves the glory.
December 8, 2025
TWO DEATHS
The focal point during this sacred time of remembrance is the death of our Lord on the cross. As we meet around his table we are in essence commemorating two deaths: Jesus dying for our sins and we, as believers, dying to our sins.
November 25, 2025
Review of Death by Lightning
This series has flaws, but it introduces Garfield to a new generation that knows next to nothing about him, and it prompts them to investigate his story.
November 17, 2025
THANKING AND THINKING
This meal of Communion says grace to us each time we take it. Think of all Jesus has done for you and give thanks.
November 4, 2025
Wake Up!
This is the fifth 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 Sardis.
October 20, 2025
TRICK OR TRUTH
Jesus’ words are words of truth and hope, supported by his death for our sins and his resurrection from the grave. Trust Jesus.
October 13, 2025
The Poor Rich Church
This is the second 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 Smyrna.
October 13, 2025
THE ONE WHO PROTECTS AND CALLS US
As we approach this table of Communion, let us remember that the bread and cup symbolize not just individual salvation, but shared life in the flock.
September 22, 2025
Notable Deaths
Coroners sometimes perform a post-mortem to determine the cause of death. It might be wise to conduct our own “pre-mortems” to make sure death doesn’t catch us unprepared. Only Christ Jesus can keep us secure when we arrive at life’s final deadline.
September 3, 2025
Are You Sleep Deprived?
If you’re growing weary in welldoing, I encourage you to adopt a positive “sabbattitude” and find a healthier, more sustainable pace for your life and ministry.
July 28, 2025
The Forgotten Words in Acts 2:38 (Part 2)
Let’s ask, as Peter’s listeners did in Acts chapter two, “What shall we do?” And when we hear the answer, let’s humbly obey.
July 15, 2025
Cane Ridge Meeting House: A Place Worth Seeing
Amid the rolling green hills of central Kentucky’s horse farms lies the Cane Ridge Meeting House, a location of interest to American history, Christian history, and the Stone-Campbell Movement.
The Parent’s Post: Stewarding Adult Children with Grace, Grit, and Snacks
As parents, our job is to do our best and trust God with the rest. We have never been perfect, but God has always been perfect. Like you, we love our children and grandchildren deeply, but God loves them even more. And his love is perfect.
In Remembrance of His Remembrance
May each day we are granted be lived in remembrance of Jesus because of what he did in remembrance of us.
May 12, 2025
Our Cornerstone
Before we come to the Lord’s Table, let’s each examine our heart and our life. Now is the time to repent of any sin and ask God’s forgiveness for time and materials we’ve wasted.
Campus Revivals and the Lord’s Table
As we partake of the Lord's Supper, we’re reminded that the same Jesus who met fishermen by the sea, who called tax collectors and sinners to follow him, is meeting students in lecture halls and late-night study sessions today.
April 21, 2025
Our Opening Day
It may renew and encourage us when we take Communion to think back to the day of our baptism into Christ, when we came forth from our own tomb and our own record of sins was wiped clean.
March 17, 2025
The Worst Thing Became the Best Thing
When earthly death arrives for Christians—God’s people—God sees they are washed in the blood of the Lamb, and he passes over their sins forever, and they live eternally in Heaven.
March 10, 2025
Sharing in Christ’s Death
As we participate in this sacred commemoration of the Lord’s death, may each of us pursue a more intense involvement in the sufferings of Christ.
