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: Father
December 9, 2025
Restore & Renew: Preserving the Legacy of Alexander Campbell
A major new initiative is underway to preserve one of the most significant collections in the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement: The Alexander Campbell Papers.
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.
December 2, 2025
FATHER FORGIVE THEM
Praise God for the assurance that because of the Lord’s sacrifice we are cleansed and forgiven of every trespass. Father, forgive us for we know not what we do.
November 10, 2025
“THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION”
Truly we can say, whenever we gather to observe Communion, “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this," and do so, as Jesus said, in remembrance of him.
September 1, 2025
OFF SCRIPT
Even though Jesus was not the father of his disciples, as their rabbi he led the ritual and retold the old, old story. Then Jesus went off script in Mark 14:22-24.
August 25, 2025
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 teachers still exert a ripple effect in my life.
June 30, 2025
Just as Jesus Said
The Lord is always several steps ahead of us. Have you noticed that things eventually turn out just as Jesus has told us? In the long run, he is always right.
June 10, 2025
A Man of Few Words
Dave Faust wrote this article because this coming Sunday is Father’s Day. His series on the Fruit of the Spirit will resume next week.
March 17, 2025
Yours Is the Glory
Jesus teaches us how to pray, not as a burdensome duty but as a loving response to the Creator who invites us to call him “Father.”
March 3, 2025
Oh, How He Loves You and Me
As we come into this sacred time, let us remember that our Savior exhibited the greatest love ever known when he went to the cross to atone for our sins.
January 27, 2025
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
How can we make prayer a more consistent part of our daily lives?
December 24, 2024
Shifting into High Gear at Christmas
Steve Reeves, the minister of Spring Hill Church of Christ in Middletown, Ohio, recalls the Christmas gift of a motorcycle and how learning to ride it can reflect upon one's spiritual development.
December 21, 2024
The Last and the First
Matt Branum, a church planter and minister, tells the story of a Christmas that turned out to be both a last and a first.
December 16, 2024
December 22 Study | He Comes in Glory
The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem is covered in glory—which matches other moments and aspects of our Savior’s life.
December 9, 2024
December 15 Study | He Comes as the Son of God
Who Jesus of Nazareth was makes what he said and did the most important words and deeds in the history of the universe.
December 9, 2024
December 15 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “He Comes With Distinction” (Luke 3:21-22; 9:18-21; 22:63-71), by Mark Scott.
November 25, 2024
December 1 Study | He Comes with Distinction
When Christ’s coming was actually executed, it was done with the greatest of distinction. It was so distinct that the whole earth would be filled with his glory (Psalm 72:19).
November 11, 2024
November 17 Application | Praise the Alpha and the Omega
The Lord is “the Alpha and the Omega”. In the past he has kept his covenants through all generations. In the present he guides and comforts us through the Scriptures and the presence of his indwelling Spirit. He is forever faithful. The future is not a mystery to him.
November 10, 2024
The Master of Multitasking
There is much to remember about Jesus as we reflect upon the variety of tasks and titles given to him in Scripture and that he himself used to describe the work he faithfully accomplished.
