December 15, 2025
Lay Down Your Crowns
During this Christmas season, let’s bow in self-abandoned surrender and confess that every honor, accomplishment, and triumph we possess comes from the Lord, who alone deserves the glory.
December 15, 2025
During this Christmas season, let’s bow in self-abandoned surrender and confess that every honor, accomplishment, and triumph we possess comes from the Lord, who alone deserves the glory.
December 2, 2025
Recent studies contend that the joys of Christmas can be carried beyond December and result in good mental and physical health by regularly going to church.
November 24, 2025
We can’t literally count all our blessings, for there are too many to list. But with childlike awe, why not give it a try?
November 17, 2025
This meal of Communion says grace to us each time we take it. Think of all Jesus has done for you and give thanks.
October 27, 2025
As we look forward to celebrating the day set aside for centering our thoughts on Thanksgiving, let us take time for intensive, quiet contemplation throughout the entire month.
September 8, 2025
If you have been on a hunger strike from Jesus, seek his forgiveness for your neglect, and come again to his table today.
August 4, 2025
Whatever memories the days of our walk with the Lord have provided, we should always remember that they have come only because of the three days we remember especially during Communion.
May 26, 2025
Jesus’ sacrificial death was an event of joy along with a time of grief. This time when God’s people gather to partake of Communion should follow that pattern.
February 24, 2025
Communion is a meal that is not really filling to our bodies (we take just a small piece of bread and a small cup of juice). It is, however, ful-filling.
January 7, 2025
Anxiety and depression are increasing in America, particularly among the younger generation. It’s time to revisit what the Bible says about worry.
October 31, 2024
Let’s honor God in this season as we give thanks for our blessings, as we celebrate our salvation, and as we take the gospel to the world.
October 31, 2024
When the holiday blahs settle in, it’s time to do some self-talk and use the second half of the psalmist’s blues song to tell your soul, “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God” (Psalm 42:5, 11).
October 31, 2024
Thanksgiving is far more than an American holiday. Gratitude Street winds its way through all of God’s Word. Grace and gratitude, double first cousins, are deeply rooted in the heart of God and Scripture.
October 6, 2024
As we come to the table of the Lord to observe the Lord’s Supper, let us remember with thanksgiving and praise the One who made it possible for us to know the love of our Heavenly Father.
June 3, 2024
Jesus stands with us at this table. . . .
May 20, 2024
Obviously, Jesus’ followers should be generous. But the Lord advocated a level of commitment and sacrifice that goes far beyond token giving. . . .
May 13, 2024
In the practices of the church, God has continued to erase differences when people come before him. . . .
December 25, 2023
"What lifestyle habits will nourish your spiritual health in the coming year?" David Faust asks. "Here are some tips I have discovered. . . ."
December 23, 2023
In today's Christmas memory, Christian educator Rick Cherok reflects on Christmas celebrations at Cincinnati Christian University's Restoration Hall, where he was resident director for 13 years.
December 21, 2023
"We need to share Simeon’s experience," Editor Sam Stone wrote in 1978. "We need to see the Lord this Christmas. Simply hearing of the infant in a manger is not enough, however. We must look with the eye of faith to Calvary, knowing that there He died for us." . . .