June 24, 2024
First Thessalonians 5:17 says, "Pray continually." David Faust writes: "What do you do 'continually' in a typical day? Check your e-mail? Look at your cell phone? Grab another cup of coffee? Do you worry continually? If a Fitbit could track your walk with God, what would it record?" . . .
September 11, 2023
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “The Friends Speak” (Song of Songs 1:4b-8; 3:1-11), by Mark Scott.
September 1, 2023
A Biblical Character Study By Doug Redford In the first part of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, entitled “Inferno” (Italian for Hell), Dante comes across the gates of Hell during his travels. There he sees these ominous words etched above the entrance to the underworld: “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.” But when one enters the world of the Bible and travels through the landscape of its contents, a far different message resounds throughout its pages. That message is, “Embrace hope, all ye who enter here.” Paul’s words in Romans 15:4 affirm this invitation: “For everything that was written in
June 26, 2023
Questions for group discussion for use with this week's lesson titled “Hope in Repentance” (Jeremiah 18:1-12; 24:1-10).
June 19, 2023
Questions for group discussion for use with this week’s lesson titled “Warning for Liars” (Jeremiah 28:1-17).
October 31, 2022
The theme of seeking God unites sections of Psalms 63 and 105. In strong parallelism and with beautiful pictures, the psalmists told us where God could be found and what that would mean for the whole world.
October 31, 2022
The pursuit of happiness moves us to seek comfort and convenience, treasure and pleasure, recognition and admiration. But how intense is our desire to know God?
April 11, 2017
By Mark A. Taylor Note: For the last Easter editorial I will post at this site, I”ve chosen to adapt and repost one of the first Easter editorials I wrote for CHRISTIAN STANDARD. This first appeared in the April 8, 2007, issue of the magazine, and I believe its challenge to humility and faith is as appropriate today as then. Skeptics and scholars advance arguments and theories about the death and burial of Jesus, but their musings do not shake us. On Easter Sunday again this year Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ for two reasons. First are the logical
March 1, 2016
This Easter editorial was written by Mark A. Taylor, CHRISTIAN STANDARD’s editor, the 11th in its 150-year history. It first appeared in the April 8, 2007, issue of the magazine. ____ By Mark A. Taylor Today Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ for two reasons. First are the logical and historical evidences: “¢ Confused and afraid disciples became bold proclaimers of Christ”s resurrection after they saw it was true. Their testimony never wavered, even when it cost them their lives. Even if one man might have died for a lie or a fantasy, no one can explain why so many
December 30, 2010
Ken Swatman “Dying on the vine,” it seems to be the new catchphrase among leaders of struggling churches. Often I hear from these ministers and leaders that they do not want to “die on the vine.” Here are some key issues/questions that need to be addressed in order for a church to grow. I do not believe churches just die on the vine. Branches of a vine die because they are either diseased, malformed, infested with parasites, or somehow choked off from their source of nutrition and health. This is also true for churches. Churches wither and die because of
April 29, 2007
By Mary Manz Simon Standard Publishing offers help from Dr. Mary Manz Simon on ways parents can answer their children’s questions about the tragic events at Virginia Tech University The initial shock and disbelief of the Virginia Tech massacre has started to diminish. Now, parents across the country are asking, “What do we tell the children?” This is an appropriate question. “As the news reports unfolded on Monday, our tech-savvy kids text-messaged and e-mailed friends,” says Dr. Mary Manz Simon. “They”ve now heard replays of the chilling pop-pop-pop of gunfire as videophone images replayed on their bedroom computer. The immediacy of
April 4, 2007
By Mark A. Taylor Skeptics and scholars advance arguments and theories about the death and burial of Jesus, but their musings do not shake us. Today Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ for two reasons. First are the logical and historical evidences: “¢ Confused and afraid disciples became bold proclaimers of Christ”s resurrection after they saw it was true. Their testimony never wavered, even when it cost them their lives. Even if one man might have died for a lie or a fantasy, no one can explain why so many would have done so. “¢ The New Testament is filled
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