AN OLD TESTAMENT GUIDE TO A NEW TESTAMENT SACRAMENT
The Lord’s Supper invites believers to consecrate their lives to Christ, remembering his sacrifice and receiving assurance of forgiveness through his cleansing blood.
Articles for tag: Romans 12
April 6, 2026
ACU Summit 2026
ACU Summit 2026 brings together church leaders and other Christ-followers for thoughtful conversations about faith, ministry, and daily Christian living. Centered on Romans 12, this year’s gathering will explore what it means to become a people of love through biblical teaching, worship, and community-focused learning. Attendees can choose from several ministry communities, hear from featured speakers Sara Barton, Heather Gorman, Josh Graves, and Mitch Wilburn, and connect with others seeking to serve God faithfully in today’s world. The event is scheduled for October 7–9, 2026
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.
March 11, 2024
March 17 Application | ‘Eye Contact’
It’s creepy if a stranger looks directly at your face. In some situations, though, the best way to communicate is eyeball to eyeball. . . .
January 23, 2023
January 29 | Discovery
The New Testament calls the follower of Jesus to be distinct as a “new creation” in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). . . . What values and priorities should be different between us and the non-Christians around us?
January 1, 2023
What Is Truth?
A word study traces the Bible’s primary terms for truth—emet in the Old Testament and aletheia in the New—showing truth as lived faithfulness and embodied in Christ, with a call to “don’t adjust it; trust it.”
November 1, 2022
Thankful . . . in All Circumstances
What the Bible Teaches Us About Unwavering Gratitude
November 1, 2022
How Do We Answer the Great Questions in Life?
By Chris Philbeck Our preaching team decided to devote June to an “Ask Me Anything” series. I know that’s nothing new or dramatic; churches and preachers have been doing these kinds of message series for years. But I’ve never done one, so we encouraged our church family to send in their questions during May. And even though I had a basic expectation of the kinds of questions people would submit, I was surprised by the response. On the first weekend of the series, I began by saying that upon reviewing the questions I was left with two overwhelming feelings. First
October 31, 2022
November 6 | Application (‘Seeking God’)
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?
September 26, 2022
October 2 | Application (‘Giving You a Piece of My Mind’)
If you think about things like food, frustrations, family, finances, and the future, you are not alone. It’s natural and necessary to ponder subjects like these. But let’s not forget about faith!
March 21, 2022
March 27 | Living and Holy Sacrifice
After 11 chapters of doctrine in Romans, Paul shifted his focus to duty in this chapter. . . .
March 21, 2022
March 27 | Application
Romans 12:1 makes me ask myself, "Am I unreservedly devoted to the Lord? What does it cost me to follow Jesus? . . ."
June 28, 2021
JULY 4 | APPLICATION
Why does evening come before morning in the Genesis narrative? Maybe, in part, to remind us that God is always a step ahead.
Make the Jump!
Seeking to understand why people haven’t come back to in-person services, don’t get more involved in the church, and avoid many other good things . . . and what we can do about it
November 16, 2020
Good for You (Nov. 22 Lesson Application)
This “Application” column goes with the Bible Lesson for Nov. 22, 2020: Be Devoted to Doing Good (Titus 3:1-11) ________ By David Faust Three times in Titus 3, Paul emphasizes that believers ought to “do whatever is good” (vv. 1, 8, 14). What does goodness look like on a practical level? Goodness often has a hard edge. Something can be good even when it doesn’t feel good. A mother tells her children, “Eat your vegetables. They’re good for you.” A football coach makes his players run laps around the field when they’re already tired from a long practice session. “The
August 10, 2020
Halting the Downward Cycle (Aug. 16 Lesson Application)
By David Faust “Sin blinds you, then it binds you, then it grinds you.” I don’t know who first said those words, but they ring true. Disobedience to God leads to a downward cycle. “After desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death” (James 1:15)—and that’s true on both a personal level and a societal level. Someone observed, “First we overlook evil. Then we permit evil. Then we legalize evil. Then we promote evil. Then we celebrate evil. Then we persecute anyone who still calls it evil.” There are two
March 23, 2020
Application for March 29: In Our Right Minds
(This “Application“ column goes with the Bible study for March 29, 2020: “Power Over Evil.”) By David Faust Jesus’ encounter with the man possessed by demons known as Legion is a strange-sounding story, but here are three practical lessons we can learn from it. Satan is real; evil is devastating. The prince of darkness isn’t a childish myth. We struggle “against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil” (Ephesians 6:12). Demonic forces nearly destroyed the man. He was violent, self-destructive, and anti-social, and he lived in a cemetery. It’s naïve to deny Satan’s influence.
December 31, 2018
Make Next Year a Great One for Your Staff, Elders, Group, or Family
(Start your year off right by considering our editor’s suggestions in this brief item we first published two years ago. This approach can be used successfully among a wide variety of people who meet regularly and seek to love and honor God.) _ _ _ 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
September 13, 2017
Writing a New Ending
By Diane Stortz We rightly associate faith in Christ with new beginnings””but because of Jesus we can have new endings too. Heaven is a new ending, of course. Death won”t be the final chapter! But what about new endings while we”re here on earth? When Jesus left his home in Nazareth and began to teach and preach, he chose to announce his mission by reading aloud a passage from the book of Isaiah. It begins, “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent
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
