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Growing Together in Faith

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ (Romans 10:17). Faith is an interesting thing. The apostles asked the Lord to increase their faith (see Luke 17:5) and Jesus responded with a story about a tree and the sea that reflected their lack of faith. It […]

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A Note from the Publisher

My name is Jerry Harris and in addition to being the lead pastor of The Crossing in Quincy, Illinois, I’m the new publisher of Christian Standard Media. As many of you know, now that the Restoration Movement owns our magazines, we have been hard at work updating Christian Standard into something completely new and fresh […]

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A Smile for Everyone

By Jerry Harris It’s interesting how some people can be so isolated, even in a crowded room. That’s the way it was for Susan when I first saw her. Hiding in the Crowd It was in between services at church, and there was the usual commotion with all the coming and going, the white noise […]