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Abortion

• Dreaded Words: "Mom, Dad, I'm Pregnant"
• To Choose or Not to Choose
• What If ... ?

Accuracy of the Bible

• Babylon Clay Tablet Confirms Jeremiah
• Is Mark 16:9-20 Genuine or Spurious?
• Is Mark 16:9-20 Inspired?
• Myth or History?
• The Authenticity of Mark 16:9-20
• The Development of the New Testament Text
• The Historical Accuracy of the Bible
• The Mesha Stele
• What About All Those Mistakes in the Bible?
• What Kind of Flood?

Addiction

• Addiction

Adoption

• Dreaded Words: "Mom, Dad, I'm Pregnant"
• Unwanted Children
• What If ... ?

Age of Accountability

• Age of Accountability
• The "Age" of Accountability

Alcohol

• A Little Wine for Your Stomach's Sake
• Did Jesus Make Alcoholic Wine?
• Does the Gospel Sanction the Use of Beverage Alcohol in Different Countries According to Local Custom?
• Expect More Out of Your Kids
• I Peter 4:3 and 'Social Drinking'
• I Will Take Sickness Away from the Midst of You
• New Testament Beverages
• Old Testament Beverages
• People Change
• Pleasures (From the Study of Ecclesiastes)
• Social Drinking (Spears)
• Social Drinking (Thompson)
• Suddenly Sour Grapes
• The Beer Can
• The Danger of Alcohol
• The Use of Alcohol (From the Study of Genesis)
• The Use of Alcohol
• The Value of Taking a Drink

Anger

• A Soft Answer vs. A Soft Answer

Animal Rights

• Animal Rights and the Bible
• "Let Us Make Man in Our Image"
• Man and Beast
• The Bible Does Not Teach Praying to Dead Animals
• Was Jesus a Vegetarian?

Antichrist

• He is Antichrist
• Origin and Meaning of Antichrist
• The Antichrist

Apathy

• Boredom
• Only the Players Get Paid
• Superficial Faith
• The Dreaded Task
• When Will I Do Enough?
• Why Is It?

Apocrypha

• Reflections on the "Gospel of Judas"
• The Extra Catholic Books
• The Gospel of Judas
• The Gospel of Judas?

Apologetics

• An Introduction to Revelation
• Anachronism?
• Animal Rights and the Bible
• Anything to Make a Point
• Biblical Reliability
• Crossing the Red Sea
• Crucifixion of Christ Incorrectly Portrayed?
• Did Jesus Eat Meat
• Does the Fittest Survive?
• False Teaching 101
• How Did They Know?
• How Do They Do That?
• How Long Is a Day? (From the Study of Genesis)
• How Long Was the Egyptian Bondage?
• How Long Was the Period of the Judges?
• If He is Wrong, What Does the Christian Miss?
• In Case You Thought There Were Facts Behind "The Da Vinci Code"
• Intelligent Design Explains Nothing?
• Is Science the Source of Truth?
• Is Mark 16:9-20 Genuine or Spurious?
• Is Mark 16:9-20 Inspired?
• It's Greek to Me
• Jephthah's Daughter
• Judgment - Understanding Luke 17
• Myth or History?
• The Roman Catholics, 1486 AD, and the "Title Page" Argument
• The Sum of God's Word
• Spirits in Prison
• Spiritually Blind
• Teaching Unpopular Doctrine
• The Authenticity of Mark 16:9-20
• The Baptism of Cornelius
• The Broadening Definition of Racism
• The Christian's Reign
• The Church of Oprah
• The Da Vinci Code: A Review
• The Extra Catholic Books
• The Genuineness of Mark 16:9-20
• The Gospels and the Covenants
• The Letter to Laodicea
• The Question (From the Study of Ecclesiastes, addressing its authorship)
• The Historical Accuracy of the Bible
• They "Gladly Received His Word"
• Was Katrina a Judgment from God?
• What About All Those Mistakes in the Bible?
• Where was God's protection for those caught in the September 11th tragedy?
• Why Believe in the God of the Bible?
• Why Does God Allow Evil?
• Why I Believe the Bible Is God's Only Revelation
• Why We Don't Follow the Old Testament

Apostles

• Apostleship
• Apostolic Succession
• Apostolic Supremacy

Assurance

• Doubting Your Salvation

Astrology

• Did You Ever Wonder Why?

Atheism

• Atheism's Faith and Fruits
• The Fruits and Tendencies of Evolution
• When We Are Provoked
• Where Are the Atheists?
• Why Believe in the God of the Bible?

Attendance

• Christians Without Churches?
• Devaluing the Local Church
• Faithfulness
• Leaving a Vacancy
• Social Compatibility or Scriptural Compatibility
• Superficial Faith
• Telling Members They are Sinning by Deliberately Missing Church
• Two Young Men Baptized
• Why Go to Class?

Attitudes

• Disappointment
• Discouragement
• Encouragement
• How Can I Keep from Singing? (poem)
• It Is My Life and I'll Do What I Want With It!
• Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
• Overcoming Bitterness
• What Are You Looking For?

Authority

• Abiding in the Doctrine
• Apostolic Supremacy
• Authority (From the Study of Ecclesiastes)
• Can you explain "expediency"?
• Changing Churches
• Does the Church Produce the Bible or Does the Bible Produce the Church?
• Finding Liberty in Silence
• Following Bible Examples
• "God Has Spoken," But ...
• God's Authority (From the Study of Genesis)
• Gospel, Word, Truth, Seed, Doctrine
• Hair
• Head Covering: Command or Custom?
• How Do They Do That?
• How Many Roads Lead to Heaven?
• Inspiration
• Is Science the Source of Truth?
• Is the Bible Sufficient?
• It Depends on What You Mean by "Is"
• Jesus and the Sabbath Law
• Justice
• Legalism and The Salvation Army
• Legalism: The Un-Sin
• Mired in Tumult
• No Longer "Living In Sin"
• Once for All
• Parallel Worship (Children's Church)
• Paul, Barnabas, and Us!
• Prove All Things
• Should We be Picky?
• Silence of the Scriptures
• Sola Scriptura Or Sola Papa?
• Teaching Unpopular Doctrine
• The Authority of the Church
• The Deceitful Heart
• The Flip-Flop Generation
• The Hidden Ball Trick
• The Importance of Listening
• The Old Testament, and New Testament Christians
• The Rule of Elders
• The Sum of God's Word
• True Reverence for God
• What About Latter Day Revelation from God?
• What is the Difference?
• Where in the Bible is Instrumental Music Forbidden?
• Where Is The Kiss?
• Who Does God Think He Is?
• You Didn't Say "Not To"

Baptism

• 120 Received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:1-4?
• 21 Reasons Why You Should be Scripturally Baptized
• An Anecdote from "Raccoon" John Smith
• Answering Arguments Against Baptism
• Anything to Make a Point
• Are We Killing the "Old Man?"
• Are You a Bible Christian?
• Are You a Born Again Christian?
• Baptism
• Baptism and the Blood
• Baptism for the Dead
• Baptism: Necessary for Salvation
• Baptized but Not Converted
• Baptized for the Dead
• By One Spirit ... Baptized Into One Body
• Can a man be saved without baptism?
• Circumcision Proves the Necessity of Baptism
• Does the term "brother" indicate Saul was saved prior to baptism?
• Evidence of Pardon: How Can I Know I Am Saved?
• Faith Only
• How to Become a Christian
• Infant Baptism
• Is Acts 2:38 Heresy?
• John Wesley's View of Baptism
• Misconceptions About the New Birth
• Objections to the Essentiality of Baptism for Salvation
• Plan of Salvation
• Preaching the Gospel ... Without Mentioning Baptism
• The Action of Baptism
• The Baptism of Cornelius
• The Bible Puts Baptism Between the Sinner and His Salvation!
• The Flood and Baptism
• The New Birth of Water
• The Spiritual Significance of Baptism
• The Washing of Regeneration
• They "Gladly Received His Word"
• Water
• What Saves Us From Sin?

Benevolence

• Helping the Needy in Our Community
• The Church at Work in Benevolence
• The Ten Cannot
• What Shall We Do Then?

Bible

• Anachronism?
• Biblical Reliability
• Books "Missing" from the Bible?
• Daily Bible Reading Schedules
• Greek, How Should a Knowledge of It be Viewed?
• Has the Bible Been Changed?
• How May We Know the Bible is of God?
• I Can't Make You Read This
• Is the Bible Sufficient?
• It's Greek to Me
• Latter Day Revelations
• Making Bible Reading a Priority
• Once for All
• Reading the Bible from Cover to Cover
• Respect
• Sola Scriptura Or Sola Papa?
• The Authenticity of Mark 16:9-20
• The Benefits of Reading the Bible from Cover to Cover
• The Bible Alone is the Standard
• The Bible and the Old Wicker Coal Basket
• The Bible is Understandable
• The Character of the Bible's Witnesses
• The Development of the New Testament Text
• The Historical Accuracy of the Bible
• The Power of 100 Scriptures (Memorizing Key Passages)
• Tips in Searching for a Quality Made Bible
• Understanding the Will of the Lord
• Why Four Gospels?
• Why I Believe the Bible Is God's Only Revelation

Bible Classes

• That You May Teach Your Children
• Why Go to Class?

Bible Translations

• Anything to Make a Point
• God Forbid!
• Greek, How Should a Knowledge of It be Viewed?
• Modern Versions and Perversions
• Seeking to Establish Their Own Righteousness
• The 100-Minute Bible? Wait a Minute!
• The Development of the New Testament Text
• The New ESV Translation
• The New International Version

Bishops

• See: Elders

Bitterness

• Overcoming Bitterness

Blessings

• From a Fortune Cookie

Buddhism

• No Prophecy

Calvinism

• Can I Lose My Way to Heaven?
• Four Facts Fatal to Original Sin
• Free Will and the Power of God
• Is Sin Inherited from Adam? (From the Study of Genesis)
• Predetermined Destiny
• The Baptism of Cornelius
• The Consequences of "Imputed Righteousness" per Calvinism
• The New Birth of Water
• The New International Version
• Total Depravity or Total Inability
• Unconditional Election
• Was David a Sinner at Birth?
• What happens to children when they die?
• Why I Left the Baptist Church

Canon

• Books "Missing" from the Bible?
• How We Know We Have All the Bible, with No Books Added and No Books Lost
• Is Mark 16:9-20 Genuine or Spurious?
• Is Mark 16:9-20 Inspired?
• The Authenticity of Mark 16:9-20
• The Extra Catholic Books
• Why Four Gospels?

Capital Punishment

• What Would Jesus Do About the Death Penalty?

Character

• Consistency and Character
• No Sense in Pretense
• Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

Charismatic

• Worship - The Emotional Component

Child Rearing, Parenting

• Raising Godly Children (Study)
  • Newborns
  • Toddlers
  • Two and Three
  • Four and Five
  • Five to Nine
  • Nine to Fifteen
  • Sixteen to Nineteen
  • The Problem Child
  • When to Have that Little Talk
• Boredom
• Expect More Out of Your Kids
• Family Time Together is Essential
• Fear of the Lord
• His Parents Were Too Strict
• How do we start biblical discipline when our children are already older?
• I Saw a Child
• Let's Restore Father to His Place in the Family
• Like Arrows
• On Being Educated
• Parents: Consistency is a Key!
• "Punishment Doesn't Help"
• Should I Beat My Child?
• Superficial Faith
• That You May Teach Your Children
• Thoughts on Parenting
• To Be a Parent
• Unwanted Children
• Welcome to Church -- Kids Not Invited
• What Do You Mean by Chasten?
• What Keeps a Man Sexually Pure?
• When Your Child Leaves God
• Who Would You Blame?
• Your Parents Can't Make You Go to Heaven!

Choosing a Church to Attend

• Social Compatibility or Scriptural Compatibility

Christ

• We Preach Christ Crucified

Christian

• Are You a Bible Christian?
• Are You a Born Again Christian?
• Are You a Christian?
• How to Become a Christian
• Insufficient Evidence
• We Are Simply Christians Without Being Members of Any Denomination, You Can be Too!
• Why Be a Christian?

Christian Lifestyle, Christianity

• A New Year's Resolution
• Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
• Appropriate Behavior for the Lord's People
• Are You Teachable?
• Be a Better Person
• Before You Click "Forward"
• Bible Thumpers
• Dad's Nine Rules for Living
• Disappointment
• Disciple or Dabbler?
• Empty Faith
• Expendable
• How to Avoid Having Your Faith Shipwrecked
• How to Thank God for His Gifts
• I am a Restorer
• Just Your Average Joe
• Marks of Maturity
• Need a New Start?
• Needed: The Discipline to Do the Unpleasant
• On Being Educated
• Our Purpose in Life
• Permission and Promotion
• The Brotherhood
• The Myth
• The Palm and Cedar Trees
• The Ten Cannots
• The Ten Virgins
• The Unique Religion of Christ
• They Think It Strange
• What Goes Around ...
• Why I Don't Forward Religious Stories
• You Are Beloved

Church

• A Thought on Business Meetings and Elderships
• Alexander Campbell and the Church of Christ
• Christians Without Churches?
• Congregational Independence
• Devaluing the Local Church
• Going to Church Is Not Like It Used To Be
• Have You Heard About the Church of Christ?
• Helping the Needy in Our Community
• How a Church Loses Its Distinctiveness
• How Effective Is Your Congregation?
• Individual Duty or Local Church Duty?
• Interpretation Versus Belief
• Is the Church of Christ a Cult?
• Majorities and Manners
• Majority Versus Elder Rule
• New and Improved Religion
• Now Concerning the Collection
• Offering an Invitation
• Remembering His Resurrection Annually?
• Sound Doctrine Produces Sound Churches Demanding Sound Doctrine
• Ten Little Christians
• The Autonomy of the Local Church
• The Church Ain't Doing Nothing
• The Church at Work in Benevolence
• The Church Community
• The Church is the Kingdom
• The Church Treasury
• The Church Will Never Be the Same
• The Church: Yours, Mine or the Lord's?
• The Church's Purpose
• The Difference Between Individuals and the Church
• The Kingdom of God Is Within You
• The Lord's Church Is Magnificent
• The Lord's Church: Means or Result of Salvation?
• The Restoration of Giving
• The "Right" Church
• The Silver Thermometer
• What Makes the Church of Christ Different?
• When Was the Church Built?
• Why I am a Member of the Church of Christ

Church Growth

• Did You Think to Pray?

Church History

• A Bit of History
• Alexander Campbell and the Church of Christ
• Alexander Campbell as a Preacher
• An Anecdote from "Raccoon" John Smith
• Churches of Christ Before Alexander Campbell
• Congregational Independence
• Did Alexander Campbell Establish the Church of Christ?
• Give Me that Good ODD Religion!
• How an Old Time Preacher Handled Mischief
• Joe H. Blue
• John Hus: The Pre-Reformer
• Pre-Campbell Christianity
• The Church in 1492
• The Story of the Churches of Christ in Central Europe
• Traces of the Kingdom
• What Makes the Church of Christ Different?
• When Was the Church Built?

Church Organization

• Apostleship
• Congregational Independence
• Don't 'Reverend' Me -- It's Forbidden!
• Five Synonyms: One Office
• Majorities and Manners
• Must a Preacher Move?
• Pastors and Preachers
• Preachers
• Teaching Unpopular Doctrine
• The Autonomy of the Local Church
• The Glory and Kingdom of the Son
• The Thousand Year Reign

Clothing, Modest Dress, Modesty

• Clothing Doesn't Matter?
• Dress Codes
• Modest Apparel
• That Suddenly Uncomfortable Cheerleading Uniform
• What Is Wrong with Mixed Swimming?
• You Can't Tell Me How to Dress!

Collection

• Does I Corinthians 16:1-2 Apply to Us Today?
• Now Concerning the Collection

Comfort

• Comfort

Commitment

• Disciple or Dabbler?
• Needed: The Discipline to Do the Unpleasant
• Social Compatibility or Scriptural Compatibility
• What Keeps a Man Sexually Pure?

Compromise

• Are All Peacemakers Blessed?
• No Room for Compromise
• Toning It Down

Condemnation

• By Any Other Name

Confession

• How to Become a Christian
• Remember the Duck
• Throwing Away the Key

Confidence

• Evidence of Pardon: How Can I Know I Am Saved?
• Peace with God

Confucianism

• No Prophecy

Conscience

• Warning Against "That First Instinct"

Consequences

• Living With Guilt

Consoling, Consolation

• Comfort

Contentment

• See Happiness

Contributions

• Christians and Giving
• Does I Corinthians 16:1-2 Apply to Us Today?
• Giving: Some Things God Says
• If I Had More I Would ...
• The Church Treasury
• The New Testament Pattern of Giving
• The Restoration of Giving

Conversion

• Are We Killing the "Old Man?"
• Baptized but Not Converted
• Concerning One’s Knowledge Before Baptism . . . How Much Is Enough?
• I Wanted to Change the World
• To My Generation

Courage

• The Courage to Start

Courtship, Dating

• A Thing Which Ought Not to be Done
• Choosing a Companion
• How spouses were found in the Bible
• Sixteen to Nineteen (From the Study of Raising Children)
• The Greatest Love Song Written (Study)
• Waiting for the Proper Time
• What Do You Do for Fun?
• What Keeps a Man Sexually Pure?
• Why Sex Outside of Marriage is Wrong
• "You May Now Kiss the Bride"

Creation

• Believing the Bible's Creation Account is Called "Pagan Superstition"
• Creation: Necessary Biblical Inferences
• Did God Create the Earth in One Literal Week?
• "Incredible" Beginning
• Intelligent Design Explains Nothing?
• Science's Rejection of Evolution
• The Evolutionist's Creation Story, Inspired by Naturalism

Creeds, Catechism, Statements of Faith

• Catechimsal Christianity
• "God Has Spoken," But ...

Criticism

• Some Thoughts About Offering Criticism

Crucifixion

• Crucifixion of Christ Incorrectly Portrayed?

Cults

• Is the Church of Christ a Cult?

Cursing

• See also Profanity

Dancing

• But It Is the Biggest Event of the School Year!
• Dancing
• The Moral Danger of the Modern Dance

Death

• Are There "Ghost Amongst Us"?
• Funeral Service for Viola Richardson
• Lesson from a Funeral
• Life Beyond the Grave
• Preparing to Die Well
• Reflections on a Funeral Service
• Sealed in Death
• The Funeral Service of Shunn Hamilton
• What happens to children when they die?

Death Penalty

• Why Have Penitentiaries Anyway?

Demons

• Demoniacs
• What About Demon Possession Today?

Denomination - Baptist

• Four Facts Fatal to Original Sin
• Is Acts 2:38 Heresy?
• Misconceptions About the New Birth
• The Consequences of "Imputed Righteousness" per Calvinism
• The New Birth of Water
• The Truth About Error
• Why I Left the Baptist Church

Denomination - Christian Church

• Finding Liberty in Silence
• Paul, Barnabas, and Us!

Denomination - Church of the Nazarene

• John Wesley's View of Baptism
• Why I Am Not a Nazarene

Denomination - Eastern Orthodox

• Ascetic Vows vs. Scriptural Liberties

Denomination - Episcopal, Anglican, Church of England

• Apostolic Succession
• Ascetic Vows vs. Scriptural Liberties
• Mired in Tumult
• The Bible Does Not Teach Praying to Dead Animals
• The Solution to Episcopalian Church Problems

Denomination - Jehovah's Witnesses

• False Reports from the Watchtower
• How Is Truth Determined?
• Jesus Is God!
• Predictions of the Second Coming by Jehovah's Witnesses
• What About Latter Day Revelation from God?

Denomination - Methodist

• John Wesley's View of Baptism

Denomination - Mormons, Mormonism, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints

• A History Lesson on Mormonism
• Baptism for the Dead
• Baptized for the Dead
• Biblical Reliability
• Changing the Revelations of Mormonism
• Circular Reasoning in the Book of Mormon
• Contradictions in Mormon Documents
• Mormonism and the Virgin Birth of Christ
• He Didn't Write It
• How Is Truth Determined?
• How to Use the Book of Mormon
• Mormons Are Not to Listen to Critical Reviews
• The Character of the Bible's Witnesses
• The Found Tribes of Israel
• The Mormon Plan of Salvation
• The Other Sheep of John 10:16
• What About Latter Day Revelation from God?
• When the Mormons Call
• Why I Believe the Bible Is God's Only Revelation
• Will Men Become Gods?
• Ye Are Gods

Denomination - Presbyterian

• Four Facts Fatal to Original Sin
• Mired in Tumult

Denomination - The Old Order Amish

• The Old Order Amish

Denomination - The Way International

• The Way International: Its Doctrine
• The Way International: Its History
• The Way International: Its Implications

Denomination - Roman Catholic Church

• A Study of the Inquisition
• All Christians Are Priests
• Apostolic Succession
• Apostolic Supremacy
• Ascetic Vows vs. Scriptural Liberties
• Believing the Bible's Creation Account is Called "Pagan Superstition"
• Catholicism Against Itself: Cardinals' Advice on Bible Reading
• Congregational Independence
• Does the Church Produce the Bible or Does the Bible Produce the Church?
• Ghosts of Aaron
• Infant Baptism
• Innocent Statues or Idolatry?
• John Clark's Question
• Learning from the Vatican's Reversal on Galileo
• Mardi Gras
• Roman Catholic Quotes Regarding the Bible
• Roman Catholic Quotes Regarding the Pope
• Sola Scriptura Or Sola Papa?
• The Authority of the Church
• The Bible Alone is the Standard
• The Bible Condemns Catholic Doctrine
• The Bible Does Not Teach Praying to Dead Animals
• The Catholic Church and the Bible
• The Development of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy
• The Extra Catholic Books
• The Lord's Church: Means or Result of Salvation?
• True Reverence for God
• What About Latter Day Revelation from God?
• What's the Weather? Should We Observe Lent?

Denomination - Salvation Army

• Can Christians Help Support the Salvation Army?
• Legalism and The Salvation Army
• When Is One Bidding Godspeed to Another's Error?

Denomination - Seventh Day Adventist

• Sabbath Keeping
• The Origins of the Seventh Day Adventists
• What About Latter Day Revelation from God?

Denomination - Unitarian / Universalists

• Unitarian / Universalists

Denomination - United Church of Christ

• Answering Jeremiah Wright
• The United Church of Christ is Not of Christ

Denomination - United Pentecostal

• 120 Received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:1-4?
• Do You Believe in Three Gods or One?
• Things You Will Never See at a Pentecostal "Healing" Service
• What About Latter Day Revelation from God?

Denominations, Denominationalism

• Denominationalism is Unnecessary
• Give Me that Good ODD Religion!
• How a Church Loses Its Distinctiveness
• Is Evangelism Dying?
• New and Improved Religion
• New Churches
• The Church: Yours, Mine or the Lord's?
• The Ultimate Deception

Discipline

• Reasons to Discipline

Divorce and Remarriage

• A Marriage in Decline
• Is Desertion A Grounds for Remarriage?
• The Gospels and the Covenants
• They Promised to Put Away Their Wives
• When the Vow Breaks

Doctrine

• The Importance of Doctrine

Drugs

• I Will Take Sickness Away from the Midst of You
• People Change

Duty

• That's More Than I Am Supposed to Do

Eating in the Building

• About Church Socials
• Church Kitchens and Fellowship Halls
• Did the Church Come Together for a Common Meal in Acts 20?
• Fellowship Halls
• Fellowship Halls?
• Kitchens and Fellowship Halls: What Was the Issue?
• What About Church Socials?

Education

• On Being Educated
• Schools Among Brethren
• The College Issue
• Understanding the Will of the Lord

Effort

• A New Year's Resolution

Elders

• A Thought on Business Meetings and Elderships
• All the Members Do Not Have the Same Function
• Five Synonyms: One Office
• Husband of One Wife
• Majorities and Manners
• Majority Versus Elder Rule
• Overseers of the Flock?
• Pastors and Preachers
• The Rule of Elders
• The Work of Elders Is the "Critical" Matter
• Where Do Elders Come From?

Emotionalism

• All Feeling, No Proof
• The Deceitful Heart
• Who is Closer to God?
• Worship as Entertainment
• Worship - The Emotional Component

Employment, Jobs, Labor, Work

• In Toil

Encouragement

• Discouragement
• Encouragement
• How to Thank God for His Gifts
• Some Thoughts About Offering Criticism

Endurance

• The Last Fight

Entertainment

• Carnal Appeals
• Going to Church Is Not Like It Used To Be
• The Link Between Ungodly Entertainment and Fornication

Ethics

• An Example of Values Clarification
• "Christian" Situation Ethics
• Seeking to Establish Their Own Righteousness
• Should We Talk About Ethical Issues?
• They Think It Strange
• Warning Against "That First Instinct"
• Why I Don't Forward Religious Stories

Evangelism

• God Needs More Foot-Soldiers
• More Than a Haircut
• Must a Preacher Move?
• Please Knock on My Door!
• Preachers
• Saving Our Children
• Teaching Unpopular Doctrine
• The Work of the Holy Spirit in Teaching

Evidence

• How Did They Know?
• The Church of Oprah

Evolution

• A Great Scientific Find Turns Out to be an Old Stomach Ache for Scientists
• Believing the Bible's Creation Account is Called "Pagan Superstition"
• Did God Create the Earth in One Literal Week?
• Does the Fittest Survive?
• Don't Blame the Monkeys!
• Evolution Is Just a Fairy Tale
• How Did the Elephant Get Its Long Trunk?
• How Long Is a Day? (From the Study of Genesis)
• How the Universe Began - No One Knows
• "Incredible" Beginning
• Intelligent Design Explains Nothing?
• Is Science the Source of Truth?
• "Let Us Make Man in Our Image"
• Science as Shifting Sand
• Science's Rejection of Evolution
• Teaching Unpopular Doctrine
• The Bias Toward Evolution
• The Creation (From the Study of Genesis)
• The Evolutionist's Creation Story, Inspired by Naturalism
• The Fruits and Tendencies of Evolution
• Why Believe in the God of the Bible?
• Wrong About the Grand Canyon

Examples

• Our Own Yard
• The Power of an Example

Excuses

• Accidents Don't Happen
• Are You Teachable?
• Expect More Out of Your Kids
• Faith (From the Study of Genesis)
• Needed: The Discipline to Do the Unpleasant
• Overcoming Fear (From the Study of Genesis)
• Social Compatibility or Scriptural Compatibility
• They Lingered Too Long
• Two Young Men Baptized
• Your Parents Can't Make You Go to Heaven!

Faith

• A Comparison of Romans 4 and James 2:14-26
• Against the Odds
• At What Point Does Faith Save?
• Does One Have a Right to His Own Belief?
• Empty Faith
• Good Faith Desire
• How to Avoid Having Your Faith Shipwrecked
• How to Become a Christian
• John 6:26-59
• Oh, Daddy, I Forgot!
• Partial Faith is Satan's Victory
• Plan of Salvation
• The Courage to Start
• The Obedience of Faith
• The Valley of the Shadow of Death
• Trusting God When Afraid
• Where Is Your Faith?
• Why Believe in the God of the Bible?

Faith Only, Faith Alone

• At What Point Does Faith Save?
• Does Romans 5:1 teach that salvation is by faith alone?
• Faith Only
• No Christian Was Ever Saved By Faith Alone
• Since so many passages mention faith, why is baptism necessary?
• The Baptism of Cornelius
• The Greatest Question

Fall of Jerusalem

• It Can Change So Fast
• Judgment - Understanding Luke 17
• Understanding Matthew 24

False Doctrine, False Teachings

• Be on the Alert
• By Any Other Name
• Did Jesus Eat Meat
• Finding Liberty in Silence
• In Case You Thought There Were Facts Behind "The Da Vinci Code"
• It Depends on What You Mean by "Is"
• Jesus and the Sabbath Law
• Mary Magdalene and the Da Vinci Code
• Must a Preacher Move?
• No Longer "Living In Sin"
• Observing the Sabbath
• Should We be Picky?
• Sin in the Church
• The New International Version
• The Thousand Year Reign
• The Truth About Error
• The Ultimate Deception
• The Work of the Holy Spirit in Teaching
• Understanding Matthew 24
• Why We Don't Follow the Old Testament

False Teachers, False Prophets

• All These Things Will I Give Thee
• Be on the Alert
• Did You Ever Wonder Why?
• False Teaching 101
• For the Love of Money
• Have You Gone to Him About It?
• How Do They Do That?
• Jesus: Intolerant, Confrontational, and Exclusionary
• Hymenaeus and Alexander
• No Prophecy
• Pat Robertson’s Failed Predictions
• Prophets Today? Think Again!
• Racketeering
• Religious Exploitation
• The Benefits of False Teachers
• The Corruption of Money
• The Da Vinci Code: A Review
• Their Mouths Must Be Stopped
• When Is One Bidding Godspeed to Another's Error?
• Who Are the Gnostics?
• Why Are So Many Afraid to Call a Dog -- "A Dog"?

Family

• Dad's Nine Rules for Living
• Dreaded Words: "Mom, Dad, I'm Pregnant"
• Faithful Fathers
• Family Time Together is Essential
• How to Teach Your Father or Mother the Truth
• Permission and Promotion
• Ready to Fly?
• Rearing a Second Family
• Some Thoughts to Consider with Our Mothers in Mind
• Unwanted Children
• When Daddy Prays (Poem)
• Your Parents Can't Make You Go to Heaven!

Fault-Finding

• Conspiracy Theorists

Fear

• Fear of the Lord
• Paul's Fears
• Trusting God When Afraid

Feelings

• All Feeling, No Proof
• Can We Trust Our Feelings About Salvation?

Fellowship

• Cross Congregational Fellowship
• Fellowship: A Word Study
• Fellowship Halls
• Jesus: Intolerant, Confrontational, and Exclusionary
• Needed: The Discipline to Do the Unpleasant
• Paul, Barnabas, and Us!
• Social Compatibility or Scriptural Compatibility
• When Is One Bidding Godspeed to Another's Error?

Flesh

• The Works of the Flesh

Flood

• What Kind of Flood?

Foot Washing

• Foot Washing

Foreknowledge

• Free Will and the Power of God
• Predetermined Destiny
• Spirits in Prison
• Why Does God Allow Evil?

Forgiveness

• Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost
• Forgiveness
• Remember the Duck
• Three Quotes on Forgiving a Brother

Fornication

• Dealing with the Effects of Pre-Marital Sex
• Dreaded Words: "Mom, Dad, I'm Pregnant"
• I Will Take Sickness Away from the Midst of You
• Is It Acceptable to Live Together Before Marriage?
• Marriage's Glue
• Vessels Unto Honor and Vessels Unto Dishonor
• Waiting for the Proper Time
• What If ... ?
• What Keeps a Man Sexually Pure?
• Why Sex Outside of Marriage is Wrong

Free Will

• Free Will and the Power of God
• Freedom Under God
• It Is My Life and I'll Do What I Want With It!
• The Role of Obedience in Salvation

Freedom

• Freedom Can Only Be Found From God
• There is Freedom

Friends

• Choosing Friends
• Faithful Wounds

Gambling

• How to Win the Lottery
• Is Gambling Sinful?
• What Price Gambling

Games

• Bible Literacy Quiz #4
• Bible Trivia (Animals)
• Bible Trivia (At Work)
• Bible Trivia (Death)
• Bible Trivia (Fashion)
• Bible Trivia (General Questions)
• Bible Trivia (In the Home)
• Bible Trivia (Relationships)
• Can You Find the Books?
• Chimney Corner Scriptures
• New Testament Word Search

Ghosts

• Are There "Ghost Amongst Us"?

Giving

• See: Contributions

Gluttony

• Gluttony

Gnostics, Gnosticism

• Books "Missing" from the Bible?
• Mary Magdalene and the Da Vinci Code
• The Antichrist
• The Gospel of Judas?
• Who Are the Gnostics?

God

• A Savior Who Cares
• Do You Believe in Three Gods or One?
• Does God Send People to Hell?
• Free Will and the Power of God
• Ghosts of Aaron
• God and the Nations Today
• God Is Able
• God's Authority (From the Study of Genesis)
• God's Image
• Indwelling
• No Other Gods
• Respect
• Reverend Is His Name
• Understand the Tetragrammaton: How Is It Pronounced?
• With God
• Who Does God Think He Is?
• Who Is God?
• Why Does God Allow Evil?
• Will Men Become Gods?

Gospel

• See: New Testament

Gospel Accounts (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)

• Mary Magalene Much Maligned

Gospels (Old Testament or New Testament?)

• How Do They Do That?
• Jesus' Relation to the Law of Moses
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John: Old Testament or New Testament?
• The "Jesus Came to Israel Only" Argument
• The "Jesus was Born Under the Law" Argument
• The Roman Catholics, 1486 AD, and the "Title Page" Argument
• The Gospels and the Covenants
• Was the Sermon on the Mount Nailed to the Cross?

Gossipping

• Conspiracy Theorists
• The First One to Plead His Cause Seems Right

Government

• Freedom Under God
• God and the Nations Today
• The Legitimate Magnitude of Government
• Vengeance

Grace

• Grace and Mercy
• Obeying the Lord
• What Saves Us From Sin?

Gratitude

• Give Thanks!

Greek

• Greek, How Should a Knowledge of It be Viewed?

Greetings

• Where Is The Kiss?

Growth

• Growth -- The Good and the Bad
• Marks of Maturity

Guilt

• Learning to Let Go
• Living With Guilt

Hair Style

• Didn't Jesus Have Long Hair?
• Hair
• You Can't Tell Me How to Dress!

Happiness

• How Can I Keep from Singing? (poem)
• How to be Truly Happy
• What Shall We Do Then?

Hatred

• The Works of the Flesh: Murder - Real and Imagined

Head Covering

• Command or Custom?
• Hair
• Images of Head Coverings in Worship
• The Message of I Corinthians 11

Health

• See also Medicine
• What Do You Do for Fun?

Hearing

• Are You Teachable?
• How to Become a Christian
• On Being Noble-Minded
• Warnings

Heaven

• Life Beyond the Grave
• Shall We Know One Another in Heaven?

Hell

• Does God Send People to Hell?
• Does the New Testament Teach that the Wicked Will Be Punished Eternally in the Lake of Fire?
• Is There Real Fire in Hell?
• Spirits in Prison
• What is Hell Like?

History

• Ancient Prophets in a Modern World
• Flaws in the "Iraq - Interesting" E-Mail
• It Can Change So Fast
• The City of Babylon
• The Mesha Stele

Holidays

• Christians and Christmas
• Christians and the Passover
• Give Me that Good ODD Religion!
• Halloween
• Holiday Observances
• Holy Days
• Remembering His Resurrection Annually?
• Services Cancelled Due to Christmas!
• Someone Writes Asking About Christmas
• Who Put Christ in Christmas?

Holy Spirit

• 120 Received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:1-4?
• Baptism of the Holy Spirit: A Promise?
• Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost
• By One Spirit ... Baptized Into One Body
• Does God Speak Directly to Mankind Today?
• How Does the Holy Spirit Lead?
• If the Holy Spirit Operated Directly on Mankind ...
• Indwelling
• The Work of the Holy Spirit in Teaching

Homosexuality

• In View of the Bible, Should Churches Accept Homosexuality?
• Is Homosexuality Just Another Way of Life?
• Living With Hideous Monsters
• No "Gay" Gene According to the American Psychological Association
• People Change
• Scriptural Marriage, Traditional Customs, and Civil Laws
• The Broadening Definition of Racism
• The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (From the Study of Genesis)
• The Enormity of It All
• The Perversion of Homosexuality
• The United Church of Christ is Not of Christ
• What Homosexuals Want

Honesty

• What Shall We Do Then?

Hope

• The Value of Hope

Hospitality

• A Richly Blessed Family
• Hospitality
• Hospitality -- Why Bother?
• The Church Community

House Church Movement

• Paying Uninspired Gospel Preachers

Humor

• Idea for a Sermon Topic
• More Sermon Topic Ideas

Hypocricsy

• No Sense in Pretense

Idolatry

• Why Believe in the God of the Bible?

Influence

• Empty Faith
• One Sinner Destroys Much Good
• Peer Pressure
• She Changed My Life
• The Link Between Ungodly Entertainment and Fornication
• Three Examples

Inspiration

• Apostolic Supremacy
• Does God Speak Directly to Mankind Today?
• How May We Know the Bible is of God?
• Inspiration
• Is Mark 16:9-20 Genuine or Spurious?
• The Extra Catholic Books
• Why I Believe the Bible Is God's Only Revelation

Institutionalism

• Church-Supported Orphan's Homes: What Was the Issue?
• Congregational Independence
• Individual Duty or Local Church Duty?
• Individual or Church?
• James 1:27 and the Orphan Home
• New Carts
• Plural Personal Pronouns in Galatians
• Quotes on Institutionalism
• The Autonomy of the Local Church
• The Church at Work in Benevolence
• The College Issue
• The Difference Between Individuals and the Church
• The Lord's Church: Means or Result of Salvation?
• The Sponsoring Church Arrangement: What Was the Issue?
• The Truth About Error

Instrumental Music

• Finding Liberty in Silence
• Give Me that Good ODD Religion!
• Paul, Barnabas, and Us!
• The Amazing History of Instrumental Music in Christian Worship
• What is the Difference?
• Where in the Bible is Instrumental Music Forbidden?

Integrity

• Good Faith Desire

Islam

• An Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth
• Ghosts of Aaron
• Insufficient Evidence
• No Prophecy
• No Room for Compromise
• The Character of the Bible's Witnesses
• What About Latter Day Revelation from God?
• Why I Believe the Bible Is God's Only Revelation

Israel

• The Land Promise
• The Promise and the Law

Jesus

• A Savior Who Cares
• Did Jesus Eat Meat
• He Didn't Fit the Picture
• Indwelling
• Interpretation Versus Belief
• Jesus' Deity While on Earth
• Jesus Is God!
• Jesus: Intolerant, Confrontational, and Exclusionary
• Myth or History?
• Remembering His Resurrection Annually?
• Spirits in Prison
• The "Folly" of God
• The Glory and Kingdom of the Son
• The "Jesus Came to Israel Only" Argument
• The Jesus of Revelation
• The Living Redeemer
• The "Name" of Jesus
• The Offensive Christ
• The Scheme of Redemption in Prophecy
• The Scheme of Redemption in Type
• The Story of Jesus
• The Temptation
• The Thousand Year Reign
• The True Light
• What a Friend We Have in Jesus
• Why I Believe in Jesus Christ
• Ye Are Gods

Jews

• The Found Tribes of Israel

Jokes, Joking

• The Sin of Jesting

Joy

• Be a Better Person

Judging

• An Eye for An Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth
• Conspiracy Theorists
• Don't Jump to Conclusions
• Guilty by Association
• Is It Always Wrong to Judge?
• Judging with Righteous Judgment
• Look to Yourselves
• Problems with Assigning Motive
• Prove All Things
• Should We Criticize Others?
• The Church Ain't Doing Nothing
• The First One to Plead His Cause Seems Right
• The Foolishness of Hasty Judgments
• Why Are So Many Afraid to Call a Dog -- "A Dog"?

Judgment Day

• If the Righteous Scarcely Be Saved ...
• Judgment - Understanding Luke 17
• The Christian's Reign
• The Day of the Lord
• The Thousand Year Reign
• Understanding Matthew 24
• What Will Happen on Judgement Day?

Kindness

• How It Works

Kingdom

• 70 A.D. ism
• The Church is the Kingdom
• The Kingdom of God Is Within You

Law

• Jesus' Relation to the Law of Moses
• Legalism: The Un-Sin
• The Christian's Sabbath
• The Law and the Gospel
• The "Law" in Christ
• The Letter and the Spirit
• The Nature of Law
• The Old Testament, and New Testament Christians
• The Reason for Regulations
• There is Freedom

Laziness

• Boredom

Liberalism

• Church-Supported Orphan's Homes: What Was the Issue?
• Fellowship Halls
• Fellowship Halls?
• Going to Church Is Not Like It Used To Be
• He Didn't Fit the Picture
• Individual Duty or Local Church Duty?
• James 1:27 and the Orphan Home
• Kitchens and Fellowship Halls: What Was the Issue?
• Question and Answer About Church Socials
• Quotes on Institutionalism
• Quotes on the Social Gospel
• The Autonomy of the Local Church
• The Difference Between Individuals and the Church
• The Gospel and the Social Gospel
• The Letter and the Spirit
• The Lord's Church: Means or Result of Salvation?
• The Truth About Error
• What About Church Socials?
• What is the Difference?

Liberty

• Finding Liberty in Silence
• There is Freedom

Life

• The Meaning of Life

Listening

• An Eloquent Man
• The Importance of Listening

Lord's Supper

• A Question about the Lord’s Supper
• Did the Church Come Together for a Common Meal in Acts 20?
• John 6:26-59

Love

• As Long as I Love ...
• Dying Wedding Vows
• How to Build a Love Like Theirs
• "I Don't Love Her Any More"
• Love is ...
• Love Never Ends
• The Greatest Love Song Written
• Toddlers
• Why Is It?
• You Are Beloved

Lust

• The Problem of Private Lust
• Vessels Unto Honor and Vessels Unto Dishonor

Lying

• It Was Only a Small Fib
• Little Lies

Man

• Creation: Necessary Biblical Inferences

Marriage

• A Marriage in Decline
• Affair-Proofing Your Marriage
• Choosing a Companion
• Creation: Necessary Biblical Inferences
• Dying Wedding Vows
• Grains of Sand
• How To Save Your Marriage
• "I Don't Love Her Any More"
• Is Desertion A Grounds for Remarriage?
• Is It Acceptable to Live Together Before Marriage?
• Marriage's Glue
• Only in the Lord
• Scriptural Marriage, Traditional Customs, and Civil Laws
• Should Wives Call Their Husbands "Lord?"
• The Greatest Love Song Written
• The Institution of Marriage
• The Key to Better Marriages
• The Lord of the Ring
• The Necessity of Fidelity in Marriage
• The Spiritual Unity of Marriage
• The Unbelieving Companion
• Waiting for the Proper Time
• Wedded Bliss
• What Keeps a Man Sexually Pure?
• When a Man Has Taken a New Wife
• Why Sex Outside of Marriage is Wrong

Medicine, Medical Practices

• I Will Take Sickness Away from the Midst of You
• Is It a Sin to Take Medicine? -- to Consult a Doctor?

Mercy

• Grace and Mercy

Miracles

• Baptism of the Holy Spirit: A Promise?
• Demoniacs
• Did You Ever Wonder Why?
• Do Miracles Occur Every Day?
• Facts About Faith Healing
• Faith Healers or ‘Fake’ Healers?
• Miraculous Gifts as They Are Designated in the Scriptures
• Prophets Today? Think Again!
• The Age of Miracles

Money Matters

• An Industrious Worker (From the Study of Genesis)
• Boredom
• Did You Ever Wonder Why?
• For the Love of Money
• From a Fortune Cookie
• Is a Christian commanded to physically labor?
• Is it a Sin to be in Debt?
• Jobs and Fame (From the Study of Ecclesiastes)
• Money Myth Debunked
• Now Concerning the Collection
• Planning for Uncertainties
• Surviving the Financial Crisis
• The Corruption of Money
• The Industrious Worker
• The Silver Thermometer
• The Ten Cannots
• Wealth
• What's In Your Hands?
• Your Best Life Now? Really?

Morality

• A Look at Pornography
• A Thing Which Ought Not to be Done
• Addiction
• An Example of Values Clarification
• Anger
• Animal Rights and the Bible
• Careful What You Say
• Clothing (From the Study of Genesis)
• Come Ye Out from Among Them
• Creeping Toward Sodom (From the Study of Genesis)
• Dancing
• Hair
• Is It Acceptable to Live Together Before Marriage?
• It Was Only a Small Fib
• Living With Hideous Monsters
• Little Lies
• Maintain Good Conduct
• Modest Apparel
• Morals in the Pulpit and in the Pew
• New Testament Beverages
• No Longer "Living In Sin"
• Obscene Movies and TV Programs
• Overcoming Fears
• Peer Pressure
• Seeking to Establish Their Own Righteousness
• Should We Talk About Ethical Issues?
• Spousal Rape
• Teaching Unpopular Doctrine
• Ten Commandments
• The Broadening Definition of Racism
• The Enormity of It All
• The Greatest Love Song Written (Study)
• The Industrious Worker
• The Moral Danger of the Modern Dance
• The Sermon on the Mount (Study)
• The Sin of Jesting
• The Use of Alcohol
• They Think It Strange
• Vessels Unto Honor and Vessels Unto Dishonor
• Warning Against "That First Instinct"
• What Do You Do for Fun?
• What is Tolerated Today Becomes Accepted Tomorrow
• What Is Wrong with Mixed Swimming?
• What Keeps a Man Sexually Pure?
• What Our Desires Produce Within Us
• When Is One Bidding Godspeed to Another's Error?
• When to Have that Little Talk (From the Study on Raising Children)
• When Will I Do Enough?
• Why Did God Create Man? (Study)
• Why Sex Outside of Marriage is Wrong
• Wickedness Before Our Eyes

Murder

• The Works of the Flesh: Murder - Real and Imagined

Music

• A Bit of History
• A History of Our Hymnbooks
• A Review of the Hymnbooks
• Be Still, My Soul
• Evaluating New Songs
• How Can I Keep from Singing? (poem)
• Review of Sacred Songs of the Church
• Singing to the Lord
• Sons of Jacob (Children's Class Song) by Jeanie Pratt
• The Amazing History of Instrumental Music in Christian Worship
• The Gospel Songs of Charles H. Gabriel
• The Gospel Songs of Philip Paul Bliss
• The Songs That We Sing
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: American Gospel Songs
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: Early English Hymns
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: German Hymns of the Reformation
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: Greek Hymns of the Early Church
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: Hymns and Gospel Songs of the Twentieth Century
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: Hymn Writers Among Churches of Christ
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: Latin Hymns of the Medieval Church
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: Post-Civil War American Hymns
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: Pre-Civil War American Hymns
• The Young Person's Guide to the Hymnbook: The Psalms
• What a Friend We Have in Jesus
• Why Sing?
• Worship the King (Song) by Glenn Meyer

Muslim

• See Islam

New Age Religions

• The Church of Oprah

New Testament

• Judgment - Understanding Luke 17
• New Testament Beverages
• Revelation
• Spirits in Prison
• The Christian's Reign
• The Law and the Gospel
• The Sermon on the Mount (Study)
• Understanding Matthew 24

Oaths

• See also Promises

Obedience

• Against the Odds
• At What Point Does Faith Save?
• Explaining Exodus 4:24-26
• Needed: The Discipline to Do the Unpleasant
• Obedience to God
• Obeying the Lord
• Save Yourselves
• The Obedience of Faith
• The Role of Obedience in Salvation
• The Scheme of Redemption in Perfection and Presentation
• The Soul of Obedience
• What Constitutes Obedience?
• When Noboby Notices
• Why Was God About To Kill Moses?

Offense

• The Offensive Christ

Old Age, Elderly

• The Palm and Cedar Trees
• When I Am Old and Gray Headed

Old Testament

• Christians and the Passover
• Crossing the Red Sea
• Explaining Exodus 4:24-26
• Genesis (Study)
• Holy Days
• How can the Old Covenant be everlasting and yet come to an end?
• How Long Was the Egyptian Bondage?
• How Long Was the Period of the Judges?
• Jephthah's Daughter
• Observing the Sabbath
• Old Testament Beverages
• Ten Commandments (Study)
• The Book of Lamentations
• The Christian's Sabbath
• The Greatest Love Song Written (Study)
• The Old Testament, and New Testament Christians
• The Sermon on the Mount (Study)
• Types Seen in the Tabernacle and Temple
• Uncleanness
• What About the Ten Commandments?
• Why Did God Create Man? (Study)
• Why Was God About To Kill Moses?
• Why We Don't Follow the Old Testament

Once Saved, Always Saved

• Eternal Security
• Hymenaeus and Alexander
• It Is My Life and I'll Do What I Want With It!
• People Change

Original Sin, Total Depravity, Inherited Sin

• Are Babies Born Sinners?
• Four Facts Fatal to Original Sin
• Is Sin Inherited from Adam? (From the Study of Genesis)
• Was David a Sinner at Birth?
• What happens to children when they die?

Orphans

• Church-Supported Orphan's Homes: What Was the Issue?

Overseers

• See: Elders

Pacificism

• The Bible and a Gun

Pastors

• See: Elders

Patience

• Making Godly Decisions
• Patience in Seeking Truth, a Necessity
• Stay on Message

Paul

• Paul's Sons
• Preaching Like Paul

Peace

• Peace with God

Peacemakers

• Are All Peacemakers Blessed?
• Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Persecution

• Come Ye Out from Among Them
• When We Are Provoked

Personal Work

• The Lost One
• More Than a Haircut

Piercings, Tattoos

• You Can't Tell Me How to Dress!

Plans

• Go Often Askew?

Politically Correct

• Jesus: Intolerant, Confrontational, and Exclusionary
• The Broadening Definition of Racism
• Why Are So Many Afraid to Call a Dog -- "A Dog"?

Polygamy

• Contradictions in Mormon Documents

Pornography

• A Look at Pornography
• The Link Between Ungodly Entertainment and Fornication
• The Problem of Private Lust
• Wickedness Before Our Eyes

Prayer

• A Simple Prayer
• Did You Think to Pray?
• Do You Pray?
• Does God Answer Every Prayer?
• Give Thanks!
• Making Godly Decisions
• Prayer and Preaching
• Quick Fix
• The Buzzard, Bat, and Bumblebee
• The Sinner's Prayer
• Unanswered Prayers
• What a Friend We Have in Jesus
• When Daddy Prays (Poem)
• Whose Prayers are Answered?

Preaching, Preachers

• A Prosperous Journey
• A Soft Answer vs. A Soft Answer
• Alexander Campbell as a Preacher
• An Anecdote from "Raccoon" John Smith
• Ancient Prophets in a Modern World
• Are You Teachable?
• Ascetic Vows vs. Scriptural Liberties
• Bible Thumpers
• Do the Work of an Evangelist
• Does "Hard" Preaching Pay?
• Don't Muzzle the Ox
• God Needs More Foot-Soldiers
• Hard Preaching
• Higher Learning
• How an Old Time Preacher Handled Mischief
• I Can't Make You Read This
• Idea for a Sermon Topic
• Joe H. Blue
• John Clark's Question
• Making Godly Decisions
• More Sermon Topic Ideas
• Must a Preacher Move?
• Offering an Invitation
• Pastors and Preachers
• Paul's Sons
• Paying Uninspired Gospel Preachers
• Please Knock on My Door!
• Prayer and Preaching
• Preachers
• Preaching Like Jeremiah
• Preaching Like Paul
• Reverend Is His Name
• Sound Doctrine Produces Sound Churches Demanding Sound Doctrine
• Starting Over From Scratch
• Stay on Message
• Take Heed Unto Thyself and Unto the Doctrine
• Tell Them of My Way
• That Preacher Offended Me!
• The Blessings of Being a Preacher's Wife
• The Hardship of Preaching
• The Lost One
• Thoughts on Recycling Sermons
• Toning It Down
• We Preach Christ Crucified
• What Are You Looking For?
• What Is the Proper Way to Refer to a Preacher?
• What It Leads To
• What Shall We Do Then?
• When Hard Hearts Need Hard Words of Truth

Predestination

• Can I Lose My Way to Heaven?
• Predetermined Destiny
• Spirits in Prison
• The Christian's Reign
• The Role of Obedience in Salvation

Premillennialism

• An Overview of Premillennial Theories
• Judgment - Understanding Luke 17
• People Love To Have It So: The Rapture
• The Antichrist
• The Christian's Reign
• The Consequences of Premillennialism
• The Dead in Christ Shall Rise First
• The Land Promise
• The Ruse of the Rapture
• The Thousand Year Reign
• Tidbits on Millennial Beliefs
• Understanding Matthew 24
• What is the Rapture?

Presumption

• Presumptous Sins 

Preterist, Preterism, 70 A.D.

• 70 A.D. 'ism and the Date of Revelation
• 70 A.D. 'ism and the Kingdom
• Dating the Book of Revelation
• Has the Second Coming of Jesus Already Occurred?

Pride

• God’s Prophetic Word
• The Sin of Self-Righteousness

Principles Overriding Law

• Jesus and the Sabbath Law

Priorities

• Surviving the Financial Crisis

Profanity

• Careful What You Say
• It Just Slipped Out ... Of What?

Promises

• See also Oaths
• The Land Promise
• The Promise and the Law

Prophecy, Prophets

• An Introduction to Revelation
• Ancient Prophets in a Modern World
• Does God Speak Directly to Mankind Today?
• God’s Prophetic Word
• He is Antichrist
• Latter Day Revelations
• No Prophecy
• Once for All
• Predictions of the Second Coming by Jehovah's Witnesses
• Prophets Today? Think Again!
• The Day of the Lord
• The Land Promise
• The Scheme of Redemption in Prophecy
• Types Seen in the Tabernacle and Temple
• Understanding Prophecy

Protection

• Hezekiah's Comforting Words
• Where was God's protection for those caught in the September 11th tragedy?

Providence

• From a Fortune Cookie
• Where was God's protection for those caught in the September 11th tragedy?

Purpose

• The Meaning of Life

Puzzles

• See Games

Quizzes

• See Games

Racism

• God Shows No Partiality
• Racial Hatred
• The Broadening Definition of Racism

Rashness

• Warning Against "That First Instinct"

Ready

• The Ten Virgins

Reasoning

• An Example of Values Clarification
• An Anecdote from "Raccoon" John Smith
• "Christian" Situation Ethics
• Husband of One Wife
• It Depends on What You Mean by "Is"
• My Concern for Global Warming
• Ten Commandments
• Why Is It?

Rebellion

• You Can't Tell Me How to Dress!

Rebuke

• A Soft Answer vs. A Soft Answer
• Faithful Wounds
• Frankness Finds Favor
• Have You Gone to Him About It?
• Jesus: Intolerant, Confrontational, and Exclusionary
• Their Mouths Must Be Stopped
• What Shall We Do Then?
• Why Are So Many Afraid to Call a Dog -- "A Dog"?

Reconciliation

• Unread Letters

Redemption

• The Living Redeemer
• The Scheme of Redemption in Preparation
• The Scheme of Redemption in Prophecy
• The Scheme of Redemption in Type

Repentance, Repent

• Are We Killing the "Old Man?"
• How to Become a Christian
• It Can Be Done!
• Plan of Salvation
• Repentance Leading to Salvation
• The Elder Brother of the Prodigal Son
• What Repentance Is Not
• What Saves Us From Sin?

Reputation

• Consistency and Character
• One Sinner Destroys Much Good
• The "Name" of Jesus

Respect, Honor

• Lest We Forget
• Respect
• Reverend Is His Name
• Vessels Unto Honor and Vessels Unto Dishonor

Responsibility

• Look to Yourselves

Resurrection

• Life Beyond the Grave
• Shall We Know One Another in Heaven?

Revelation

• 70 A.D. 'ism and the Date of Revelation
• Dating the Book of Revelation
• The City of Babylon
• The Thousand Year Reign

Sabbath Keeping

• "Christian" Situation Ethics
• Jesus and the Sabbath Law
• Observing the Sabbath
• The Christian's Sabbath
• The Origins of the Seventh Day Adventists
• Why We Don't Follow the Old Testament

Salvation

• A Savior Who Cares
• Answering Jeremiah Wright
• Are We Killing the "Old Man?"
• Are You a Born Again Christian?
• Are You a Christian?
• Baptism and the Blood
• Barabbas - A Prisoner Set Free
• But He Never Enlisted!
• Calling on the Name of the Lord
• Can a man be saved without baptism?
• Can I Lose My Way to Heaven?
• Can We Trust Our Feelings About Salvation?
• Does the term "brother" indicate Saul was saved prior to baptism?
• Doubting Your Salvation
• Evidence of Pardon: How Can I Know I Am Saved?
• Faith (From the Study of Genesis)
• Garage Sale
• How to Become a Christian
• How Many Roads Lead to Heaven?
• If the Righteous Scarcely Be Saved ...
• Is Acts 2:38 Heresy?
• Is It Wise?
• Need a New Start?
• No Christian Was Ever Saved By Faith Alone
• Not Our Workmanship, But His
• Obeying the Lord
• Objections to the Essentiality of Baptism for Salvation
• Peace with God
• Plan of Salvation
• Plan of Salvation in One Verse
• Remember the Duck
• Save Yourselves
• Saving Our Children
• Ten Commandments
• The Baptism of Cornelius
• The Greatest Question
• The Living Redeemer
• The New Birth of Water
• The Other Sheep of John 10:16
• The Role of Obedience in Salvation
• The Scheme of Redemption in Perfection and Presentation
• The Scheme of Redemption in Preparation
• The Scheme of Redemption in Prophecy
• The Scheme of Redemption in Type
• The Sinner's Prayer
• There's More to It Than That
• They "Gladly Received His Word"
• Water
• What About the Thief on the Cross?
• What Does the Bible Say About Salvation?
• What Must I Do to Go to Heaven?
• What Saves Us From Sin?
• When Will I Do Enough?

Satan

• Beware of Statan's Tactics
• The Temptation

Science

• Intelligent Design Explains Nothing?
• Is Science the Source of Truth?
• My Concern for Global Warming
• Science and the Bible
• Science as Shifting Sand
• Science's Rejection of Evolution

Second Coming of Christ

• An Overview of Premillennial Theories
• Judgment - Understanding Luke 17
• He is Antichrist
• Has the Second Coming of Jesus Already Occurred?
• My Concern for Global Warming
• People Love To Have It So: The Rapture
• Predictions of the Second Coming by Jehovah's Witnesses
• The Christian's Reign
• The Day of the Lord
• The Dead in Christ Shall Rise First
• The End of the World
• The Ruse of the Rapture
• The Thousand Year Reign
• Tidbits on Millennial Beliefs
• Understanding Matthew 24
• What is the Rapture?
• What Will Happen on Judgement Day?

Self-Defense

• Vengeance

Service

• Creation: Necessary Biblical Inferences
• Our Purpose in Life
• When Noboby Notices

Sexual Sins

• A Look at Pornography
• A Thing Which Ought Not to be Done
• Accidents Don't Happen
• Addiction
• Can adultery be forgiven?
• Coed Slumber Parties?
• Dancing
• Dealing with the Effects of Pre-Marital Sex
• Expect More Out of Your Kids
• Is It Acceptable to Live Together Before Marriage?
• Living With Hideous Monsters
• Marriage's Glue
• Modest Apparel
• No Longer "Living In Sin"
• Sexual Perversions (From the Study of Genesis)
• Spousal Rape
• The Broadening Definition of Racism
• The Children of One's Youth
• The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (From the Study of Genesis)
• The Link Between Ungodly Entertainment and Fornication
• The Problem of Private Lust
• Uncleanness
• Waiting for the Proper Time
• What Homosexuals Want
• What Keeps a Man Sexually Pure?
• "Wholesome Adultery?"
• Why Sex Outside of Marriage is Wrong

Sin

• A Look at Pornography
• A Sin Leading to Death
• A Thing Which Ought Not to be Done
• Anger
• As Long as I Love ...
• Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost
• By Any Other Name
• Careful What You Say
• Changing the Label Makes Sin More Dangerous
• Consider the Cost First to Lessen the Debt Later
• Creeping Toward Sodom
• Don't be Hoodwinked!
• Gluttony
• Hands that Shed Innocent Blood
• Is it a Sin to be in Debt?
• Is Sin Inherited from Adam?
• It Can Be Done!
• It Depends on What You Mean by "Is"
• It Was Only a Small Fib
• Learning to Let Go
• Legalism: The Un-Sin
• Living With Guilt
• Modest Apparel
• Needed: The Discipline to Do the Unpleasant
• New Testament Beverages
• No Longer "Living In Sin"
• No Other Gods
• One Sinner Destroys Much Good
• Overcoming Fear
• People Change
• Point of No Return
• Presumptous Sins
• Remember the Duck
• Sin in the Church
• Slip-Sliding Away
• Spousal Rape
• The Book of Lamentations
• The Broadening Definition of Racism
• The Consequence of Sin Can Outlive Us
• The Consequences of Sin
• The Corruption of Money
• The Elder Brother of the Prodigal Son
• The Fall of Man
• The Lesser of Two Evils
• The Sin of Jesting
• The Sin of Self-Righteousness
• The Use of Alcohol
• The Works of the Flesh
• Throwing Away the Key
• Uncleanness
• Unplanned Consequences
• Was David a Sinner at Birth?
• What Goes Around ...
• What Keeps a Man Sexually Pure?
• What Our Desires Produce Within Us
• Who Is Amenable to God's Laws?
• Who Is Satan?
• Why Does God Allow Evil?
• Why Is It?
• Why Sex Outside of Marriage is Wrong

Skills, Ability

• How to Thank God for His Gifts

Smoking

• Why Is It?

Social Gospel

• About Church Socials
• Carnal Appeals
• Church Kitchens and Fellowship Halls
• Did Jesus Use Carnal Methods to Attact Crowds?
• Fellowship Halls?
• Food, Gimmicks, and Recreation
• Going to Church Is Not Like It Used To Be
• Is Evangelism Dying?
• Kitchens and Fellowship Halls: What Was the Issue?
• Outreach
• Question and Answer About Church Socials
• Quotes on the Social Gospel
• The Gospel and the Social Gospel
• What is the Social Gospel?

Society

• Why Have Penitentiaries Anyway?

Spanking

• "Punishment Doesn't Help"
• Should I Beat My Child?
• What Do You Mean by Chasten?

Speech, Language

• A Soft Answer vs. A Soft Answer
• An Eloquent Man
• Careful What You Say
• Flattery
• Is That What You Meant to Say?
• It Just Slipped Out ... Of What?
• It Was Only a Small Fib
• Little Lies
• The Sin of Jesting

Spirit

• "Let Us Make Man in Our Image"

Study

• I Study My Bible Like I Plow My Field
• More Fair-Minded
• That's Just Your Interpretation

Submission

• Give It Up!
• Should Wives Call Their Husbands "Lord?"
• You Can't Tell Me How to Dress!

Suffering

• Be Still, My Soul
• His Eye Is On The Sparrow
• Sand and Pearls
• The Buzzard, Bat, and Bumblebee
• Unanswered Prayers
• Was Katrina a Judgment from God?
• Where Do You Turn?
• Where was God's protection for those caught in the September 11th tragedy?
• Where Would You Be If ___ Never Happened to You?
• Why Do Bad Things Happen?
• With God

Suicide

• His Name Was Jake

Swearing

• See Oaths
• See Profanity

Symbols, Figurative Language

• The Scheme of Redemption in Type
• Types Seen in the Tabernacle and Temple

Teaching

• Are You Teachable?
• Bible Thumpers
• How It Works
• How to Teach Your Father or Mother the Truth
• I Can't Make You Read This
• God Needs More Foot-Soldiers
• Please Knock on My Door!
• Quick Reference for Personal Workers
• She Changed My Life
• Talking To Others About The Lord
• Ten Little Christians
• Tell Them of My Way
• The Ideal Bible Teacher
• The Next Generation

Tempatation

• Beware of Statan's Tactics
• The Temptation

Ten Commandments

• God's Image
• Hands that Shed Innocent Blood
• It was Only a Small Fib
• No Other Gods
• Observing the Sabbath
• Ten Commandments
• Ten Commandments (2)
• The Christian's Sabbath
• The Law and the Gospel
• The Sermon on the Mount
• Were the Ten Commandments Nailed to the Cross?
• What About the Ten Commandments?
• Why We Don't Follow the Old Testament

Terminology

• Only in the Lord

Thanksgiving

• Give Thanks!

Thoughts

• The Importance of Thoughts

Titles

• Don't 'Reverend' Me -- It's Forbidden!
• What Is the Proper Way to Refer to a Preacher?

Tolerance

• Living With Hideous Monsters

Trials

• A Prosperous Journey
• Death
• His Eye Is On The Sparrow
• Justice
• Overcoming Fears
• The Myth
• The Offering of Isaac
• Trials of Life
• What happens to children when they die?
• When Life Hurts
• When the Vow Breaks
• Where Would You Be If ___ Never Happened to You?
• Why Does God Allow Evil?

Trinity

• Do You Believe in Three Gods or One?
• If There is Only One in the Godhead

Trust

• Oh, Daddy, I Forgot!

Truth

• Different Views of Truth
• How Is Truth Determined?
• Is Science the Source of Truth?
• Patience in Seeking Truth, a Necessity
• What Makes the Difference?
• Why I Don't Forward Religious Stories

Types and Antitypes

• Types Seen in the Tabernacle and Temple

Understanding

• Interpretation Versus Belief
• It's Greek to Me
• Patience in Seeking Truth, a Necessity
• That's Just Your Interpretation
• Understanding the Will of the Lord

Unity

• Grains of Sand
• "Shall the Sword Devour Forever?"

Unity in Diversity (Acceptance of Denominations)

• Gospel, Word, Truth, Seed, Doctrine
• Is It Always Wrong to Judge?
• The Jesus Proposal (Book Review)

Vegetarianism

• Animal Rights and the Bible
• Man and Beasts
• Was Jesus a Vegetarian?

Vengeance

• Vengeance

Vows

• See Oaths

War

• Vengeance

Wealth

• Boredom

Wisdom

• Becoming Wise Men
• Wisdom and Youth

Witchcraft

• Are There "Ghost Amongst Us"?

Withdrawing

• Reasons to Discipline

Women's Roles

• All the Members Do Not Have the Same Function
• Let Women Keep Silent in the Churches
• She Changed My Life
• The Blessings of Being a Preacher's Wife
• The Power of an Example

Works

• How It Works
• Obeying the Lord
• Not Our Workmanship, But His
• Save Yourselves
• That's More Than I Am Supposed to Do
• The Obedience of Faith
• The Washing of Regeneration
• Works in the Book of Romans

Worry

• God Is Able
• His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Worship

• Creation: Necessary Biblical Inferences
• Dress Codes
• Foot Washing
• Now Concerning the Collection
• Parallel Worship (Children's Church)
• The Restoration of Giving
• Welcome to Church -- Kids Not Invited
• Worship as Entertainment
• Worship - The Emotional Component

Youth

• I Wanted to Change the World
• The Children of One's Youth
• Wisdom and Youth

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