September 29, 2025
Limitations
Limitations are part of life. We should recognize our limitations, viewing our abilities and gifts “with sober judgment” (Romans 12:3).
September 29, 2025
Limitations are part of life. We should recognize our limitations, viewing our abilities and gifts “with sober judgment” (Romans 12:3).
September 22, 2025
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.
April 23, 2024
In his new book, "Not Too Old," Christian Standard contributing editor David Faust explains how "your later years can be greater years." In the book, David encourages readers to continue to "bear fruit in old age" (Psalm 92:14) . . .
January 20, 2022
Here is a column about aging by our friend Dr. Robert F. Hull Jr., a longtime seminary professor who passed away on Saturday. Hull wrote: "It is more important to live wisely than to live long."
February 14, 2016
By Robert Hull In his brief poem “Seventy Years,” Wendell Berry writes: Well, anyhow, I am not going to die young.1 When my mother died at the age of 71, she seemed old to me. But I was only 39 at that time, and still full of vitality. Nowadays we are told “80 is the new 70,” but to someone only 39, my age of 72 is old, and it’s beginning to feel that way to me too. When my Milligan College class of 1965 got together for our 50-year reunion last fall, the list of the deceased included 19
January 22, 2016
By Arron Chambers Christian leaders, some of them preachers themselves, tell us about a sermon they can”t forget””and maybe you won”t either. Ryland Brown Ryland Brown serves as preaching minister with Little Rock Church in Arkansas. He is the author of three books and lives outside of Little Rock with his wife and two children. Along with his ministry in the church, he has been given opportunities to speak on death and dying to medical professionals, church groups, and has done training for a local hospice. Ryland”s Best Sermon: The best sermon I”ve heard is “The God Who Speaks” by
November 8, 2010
This week”s treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson (for November 14) is written by Phyllis Fox who serves as director of church relations and Youth in Ministry at Milligan College in Tennessee. God Is Forever (Psalm 90:1-12) By Phyllis Fox Stephen R. Covey”s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was a best-selling self-help book in the late 1980s and early “90s. Principle 2 says to “begin with the end in mind.” Perhaps Covey was thinking of Psalm 90 when he wrote, “How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and, keeping
Editor”s note: Last week”s article introduced the “openness of God” (open theism) debate by listing difficult questions about God and time that have faced sincere believers throughout history. The author also offered a long list of Scriptures that seem to support the openness idea. He concludes this week with a parallel Scripture list that seems to refute this doctrine and then offers suggestions for reconciling the paradox. Â Â By Knofel Staton Those who advocate open theism say God does not know what will happen in the future because there is nothing yet to know. The future is open not
November 30, 2005
A personal crisis illustrates how urgency reshapes priorities. Drawing from Scripture, Dave Butts calls the church to make the most of time through passionate prayer for revival and the completion of world evangelization.
August 7, 2005
After losing his oldest son in a sudden accident, Chris DeWelt reflects on what grief feels like and shares practical, patient ways to walk with those who mourn—through presence, memories, notes, and Scripture.