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November 12: Application (‘Why Do They Go?’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Why would anyone voluntarily leave their native culture and move to a different land?’ David Faust asks. “Why would anyone choose to give up the conveniences of home and adjust to unfamiliar languages, climates, customs, and foods—and raise their own financial support to pay for these inconveniences?” . . .
Driving for Uber a Great Avenue for Faith Conversations
Reading Time: 8 minutes In my second season of driving for Uber, I am having conversations with thousands of people who may never set foot inside a church, and as we talk, my vehicle sometimes turns into a sanctuary. . . .
Hunting Ministry Teaching Kids about Faith, God, Prayer
Reading Time: 5 minutes Jake Ratliff and Josh Hawkins met at Tollesboro (Ky.) Christian Church and bonded over their love of the outdoors and hunting. After noticing many young people lacked dads or father figures, they developed Hunt for the Gospel to help teach young people about hunting, God, and living with Christlike character. . . .
Mike Mack, 63, Was Always Willing to Step Out in Faith
Reading Time: 6 minutes Christian Standard editor Michael C. Mack, who died Thursday, wasn’t afraid to step out in faith. He switched from Catholicism to New Testament Christianity in his early 20s, gave up his business career to enter seminary, left his full-time job to launch a Christ-centered website, and became editor of a magazine for Christian leaders after two decades focused on small-group ministry. . . .
Onward Christian Academy Seeks Students from RM Churches
Reading Time: 4 minutes Jim Macdonald’s quest to provide a solid education for his three daughters in the 1980s has grown and morphed through the years into Onward Christian Academy, an affordable online alternative to public schools. . . .
Stories of Faith and ‘Plain Old Discipleship’
Death by Faith
Scary Faith
Reading Time: 7 minutes God led us to reach thousands more for Christ through a capital campaign for a new building. This is our story of walking with God through whirlwinds of uncertainty.
Simple Faithfulness
December 25 | Application (‘What the Mysterious Magi Can Teach Us About Faith’)
Reading Time: 3 minutes We don’t know about much about the mysterious Magi, but they help to illustrate what it means to live by faith.
Baptism and Thankfulness: 4 Reasons They Are Inextricably Connected
TCI Marks 25th Anniversary Amid War, Campus Occupation, and Continuing Faithful Ministry
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Russian invasion of Ukraine forced Tavriski Christian Institute to move from Kherson to western Ukraine. But as it marks its 25th anniversary, TCI has continued the work of training students for ministry, while also performing incredible humanitarian work.
Preventing ‘Christian Dropouts’: Helping Students Stay Faithful Through the College Years
Reading Time: 6 minutes Everyone knows a student who turned their back on their faith during their college years. Maybe one of your children did—or you’re concerned that someday, one of them will. As the new school year begins, two experts—Robert Witte and Jim Musser—offer their advice to Christian parents of children of all ages.
July 10 | Endurance Inspired by Faith
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s been said that the Christian life is not a sprint but a marathon. . . . One thing hindering the Thessalonian believers from enduring the race was confusion about the end times and return of Christ. Confusion about the future caused them uncertainty in the present.
UKRAINE: Mulberry International Shares Stories of Faith, Perseverance During Wartime
Reading Time: 5 minutes Mulberry International’s ministry to Ukraine—primarily in the hard-hit Mariupol region—has focused on three areas of ministry since Russia’s invasion in February: evacuation of the innocent, humanitarian aid, and sharing the gospel.
‘How Will They Hear without a Chaplain?’
Reading Time: 8 minutes The Life-Changing Ministry of the Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
Charlie and Faith Russell Share Their COVID-19 Journey
Reading Time: 7 minutes Not long after Charlie and Faith Russell celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary, and only days before the birth of their first child, Charlie came down with COVID-19. That was in late July 2021. Charlie was hospitalized for weeks; he calls his recovery “a miracle.”
What They Didn’t Teach Me in Bible College
Nov. 28 | Join the Ranks of the Faithful
Reading Time: 4 minutes The writer of Hebrews encouraged readers not to give up, to look to faithful examples, and to consider Jesus. Therein we can join the ranks of the faithful.
When People of Faith Stand: A New Hope for Afghanistan
Reading Time: 4 minutes Two Afghan nationals are helping meet physical, emotional, and spiritual needs in their nation with support, provision, and encouragement from Western believers through Team Expansion.
HIU Prof Seeks to Help Readers ‘Rediscover’ Jesus at Christmas
Reading Time: 3 minutes Professor of New Testament Dr. Carl N. Toney has written academic books in the past, but with “Ruining Christmas—Rediscovering Jesus,” he targets a wider Christian audience.
Oct. 3 | A Merciful and Faithful High Priest
Reading Time: 4 minutes Jesus experienced the full weight of what it meant to be human. His humanity and suffering qualified him to be a high priest. His death paid the punishment for sin. His temptations gave him compassion for those tempted.
The Faith Practices Churches Emphasize
Seeds of a Movement
Reading Time: 5 minutes Excerpts from Jerry Harris’s devotional thoughts presented on the 220th anniversary of the Cane Ridge Revival earlier this month.
Ministries Responding to Needs in Quake-Stricken Haiti
Reading Time: 5 minutes A survey of Christian church ministries serving Haiti shows that many are lending a hand in the aftermath of the earthquake and tropical storm that have rocked that nation.
Be Faithful with the ‘Few’
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this issue you will see many examples of God supplying all the needs of his church, fulfilling Jesus’ promise, “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it” (Matthew 16:18).
The Angel’s Profound Invitation: ‘Come, See!’
Reading Time: 8 minutes The most profound invitation ever offered to the human mind is couched in the language of the angel who said to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, “Come, see!” (This is a 1961 article about the resurrection by Ard Hoven.)