December 29, 2025
New Year’s Resolutions Every Christian Should Make
From the Christian Standard archives, Dorothy Errett reminds every Christian of New Year's resolutions we all should make to begin the new year.
Articles for tag: New Year’s resolutions
December 26, 2016
Make 2017 a New Year for Your Group or Class
By Michael C. Mack When we make resolutions, we usually emphasize what we will do under our own power and will. When we run out of willpower, we begin to fail at keeping those resolutions. For Christians, there”s a far better way. Move from New Year”s resolutions to spiritual reconstitutions! Here”s how. At your first group or class meeting of the new year, look at the list of what comprises the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22, 23 and discuss what each one looks like in everyday life. For instance, what would it look like to display love for
February 3, 2010
What Will Make My Next Decade Different?
By Mark A. Taylor Her question has stayed with me for weeks. At a family gathering between Christmas and New Year”s, she challenged the group at the table, “Think back to the beginning of the decade that”s about to end. What would the person you were then think of the person you are today?” A day or two later I read a Facebook update from a friend anticipating a family meeting with her husband and two school-age daughters. The agenda: to discuss individual and family goals and dreams for the coming year. As simple as this is, it strikes me
January 27, 2010
Ever Heard a Minister Talk About Himself?
By Mark A. Taylor Usually he”s talking to us about us. He”s asking us about our health or commenting on our children”s good looks. He”s thanking us for our solo or help with the food drive or leadership of VBS. Or he”s telling us why we”d be perfect for the job he has in mind. Sometimes he”s listening to our latest complaint about volume, color, people, or policies. But seldom does the minister talk to us about himself. His job is to serve us, after all, and we”re usually glad to just let him. Either we don”t know him well
