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Abortion

To Choose or Not to Choose

Accuracy of the Bible

Babylon Clay Tablet Confirms Jeremiah
The Historical Accuracy of the Bible
What About All Those Mistakes in the Bible?
What Kind of Flood?

Addiction

Addiction

Age of Accountability

The "Age" of Accountability

Alcohol

Expect More Out of Your Kids
New Testament Beverages
Old Testament Beverages
Pleasures (From the Study of Ecclesiastes)
Social Drinking
Suddenly Sour Grapes
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"
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?

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?
It's Greek to Me
Jephthah's Daughter
Judgment - Understanding Luke 17
The Roman Catholics, 1486 AD, and the "Title Page" Argument
The Sum of God's Word
Spirits in Prison
Teaching Unpopular Doctrine
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 We Don't Follow the Old Testament

Apostles

Apostleship
Apostolic Succession
Apostolic Supremacy

Astrology

Did You Ever Wonder Why?

Atheism

The Fruits and Tendencies of Evolution
Where Are the Atheists?
Why Believe in the God of the Bible?

Attendance

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

Attitudes

Disappointment
Discouragement
Encouragement
It Is My Life and I'll Do What I Want With It!
Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
What Are You Looking For?

Authority

Abiding in the Doctrine
Apostolic Supremacy
Authority (From the Study of Ecclesiastes)
Can you explain "expediency"?
Changing Churches
Finding Liberty in Silence
God's Authority (From the Study of Genesis)
Gospel, Word, Truth, Seed, Doctrine
Hair
Head Covering: Command or Custom?
How Do They Do That?
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: The Un-Sin
Mired in Tumult
No Longer "Living In Sin"
Once for All
Parallel Worship (Children's Church)
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 Hidden Ball Trick
The Importance of Listening
The Old Testament, and New Testament Christians
The Sum of God's Word
Where in the Bible is Instrumental Music Forbidden?
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: Necessary for Salvation
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
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
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
They "Gladly Received His Word"
Water

Benevolence

Helping the Needy in Our Community
The Church at Work in Benevolence

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 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 Historical Accuracy of the Bible
Why Four Gospels?

Bible Classes

That You May Teach Your Children

Bible Translations

Anything to Make a Point
God Forbid!
Greek, How Should a Knowledge of It be Viewed?
Seeking to Establish Their Own Righteousness
The 100-Minute Bible? Wait a Minute!
The New ESV Translation
The New International Version

Bitterness

Overcoming Bitterness

Blessings

From a Fortune Cookie

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
What happens to children when they die?
Why I Left the Baptist Church

Canon

How We Know We Have All the Bible, with No Books Added and No Books Lost
The Extra Catholic Books
Why Four Gospels?

Capital Punishment

What Would Jesus Do About the Death Penalty?

Character

Consistency and Character
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
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
On Being Educated
Should I Beat My Child?
Superficial Faith
That You May Teach Your Children
To Be a Parent
Welcome to Church -- Kids Not Invited
What Keeps a Man Sexually Pure?
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?
Insufficient Evidence
We Are Simply Christians Without Being Members of Any Denomination, You Can be Too!

Christian Lifestyle, Christianity

Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Appropriate Behavior for the Lord's People
Are You Teachable?
Dad's Nine Rules for Living
Disappointment
Disciple or Dabbler?
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
The Ten Virgins
They Think It Strange
What Goes Around ...
Why I Don't Forward Religious Stories

Church

A Thought on Business Meetings and Elderships
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 Effective Is Your Congregation?
Is the Church of Christ a Cult?
Majorities and Manners
Majority Versus Elder Rule
Now Concerning the Collection
Offering an Invitation
Remembering His Resurrection Annually?
Sound Doctrine Produces Sound Churches Demanding Sound Doctrine
The Church Ain't Doing Nothing
The Church at Work in Benevolence
The Church Community
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: Means or Result of Salvation?
The Restoration of Giving
The "Right" Church
The Silver Thermometer
When Was the Church Built?

Church Growth

Did You Think to Pray?

Church History

An Anecdote from "Raccoon" John Smith
Churches of Christ Before Alexander Campbell
Congregational Independence
Give Me that Good ODD Religion!
How an Old Time Preacher Handled Mischief
Joe H. Blue
John Hus: The Pre-Reformer
The Church in 1492
The Story of the Churches of Christ in Central Europe
When Was the Church Built?

Church Organization

Apostleship
Congregational Independence
Don't 'Reverend' Me -- It's Forbidden!
Majorities and Manners
Must a Preacher Move?
Pastors and Preachers
Preachers
Teaching Unpopular Doctrine
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
You Can't Tell Me How to Dress!

Collection

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

Condemnation

By Any Other Name

Confession

Remember the Duck
Throwing Away the Key

Confidence

Evidence of Pardon: How Can I Know I Am Saved?

Conscience

Warning Against "That First Instinct"

Consequences

Living With Guilt

Consoling, Consolation

Comfort

Contributions, Giving

The Restoration of Giving

Conversion

Are We Killing the "Old Man?"

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 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"
Did God Create the Earth in One Literal Week?
Intelligent Design Explains Nothing?
Science's Rejection of Evolution
The Evolutionist's Creation Story, Inspired by Naturalism

Creeds, Catechism

Catechimsal Christianity

Crucifixion

Crucifixion of Christ Incorrectly Portrayed?

Cults

Is the Church of Christ a Cult?

Dancing

Dancing
The Moral Danger of the Modern Dance

Death

Are There "Ghost Amongst Us"?
Funeral Service for Viola Richardson
Lesson from a Funeral
Reflections on a Funeral Service
The Funeral Service of Shunn Hamilton
What happens to children when they die?

Death Penalty

Why Have Penitentiaries Anyway?

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 - Church of the Nazarene

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 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

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

A History Lesson on Mormonism
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
The Character of the Bible's Witnesses
The Found Tribes of Israel
The Mormon Plan of Salvation
When the Mormons Call
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
Ghosts of Aaron
Infant Baptism
Innocent Statues or Idolatry?
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 Catholic Church and the Bible
The Extra Catholic Books
The Lord's Church: Means or Result of Salvation?
What's the Weather? Should We Observe Lent?

Denomination - Salvation Army

Can Christians Help Support 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

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

Denominations, Denominationalism

Denominationalism is Unnecessary
Give Me that Good ODD Religion!
New Churches
The Church: Yours, Mine or the Lord's?
The Ultimate Deception

Demons

Demoniacs

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

Elders, Bishops, Overseers, Pastors

A Thought on Business Meetings and Elderships
Husband of One Wife
Majorities and Manners
Majority Versus Elder Rule
Overseers of the Flock?
Pastors and Preachers

Education

On Being Educated
Schools Among Brethren
The College Issue

Emotionalism

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

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!
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
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?

Examples

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?
John 6:26-59
Oh, Daddy, I Forgot!
Partial Faith is Satan's Victory
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

At What Point Does Faith Save?
Does Romans 5:1 teach that salvation is by faith alone?
Faith Only
Since so many passages mention faith, why is baptism necessary?
The Baptism of Cornelius

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
Pat Robertson’s Failed Predictions
Prophets Today? Think Again!
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
Faithful Fathers
Family Time Together is Essential
Ready to Fly?
Rearing a Second Family
Some Thoughts to Consider with Our Mothers in Mind
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

Fellowship

Jesus: Intolerant, Confrontational, and Exclusionary
Needed: The Discipline to Do the Unpleasant
Social Compatibility or Scriptural Compatibility
When Is One Bidding Godspeed to Another's Error?

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
Remember the Duck

Free Will

Free Will and the Power of God
The Role of Obedience in Salvation

Freedom

Freedom Can Only Be Found From God
There is Freedom

Gambling

Is Gambling Sinful?
What Price Gambling

Games, Puzzles, Quizzes

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

Ghosts

Are There "Ghost Amongst Us"?

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?
Free Will and the Power of God
Ghosts of Aaron
God and the Nations Today
God's Authority (From the Study of Genesis)
God's Image
Indwelling
No Other Gods
Respect
Understand the Tetragrammaton: How Is It Pronounced?
Who Does God Think He Is?
Who Is God?
Why Does God Allow Evil?
Will Men Become Gods?

Gospels (Old Testament or New Testament?)

How Do They Do That?
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

Government

God and the Nations Today
Vengeance

Grace

Grace and Mercy

Gratitude

Give Thanks!

Greek

Greek, How Should a Knowledge of It be Viewed?

Growth

Growth -- The Good and the Bad
Marks of Maturity

Guilt

Living With Guilt

Hair Style

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

Happiness, Contentment

How to be Truly Happy

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

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

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?
Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost
Does God Speak Directly to Mankind Today?
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
Scriptural Marriage, Traditional Customs, and Civil Laws
The Broadening Definition of Racism
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (From the Study of Genesis)
The Perversion of Homosexuality
The United Church of Christ is Not of Christ
What Homosexuals Want

Hope

The Value of Hope

Hospitality

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

Humor

Idea for a Sermon Topic
More Sermon Topic Ideas

Idolatry

Why Believe in the God of the Bible?

Influence

One Sinner Destroys Much Good
Peer Pressure
The Link Between Ungodly Entertainment and Fornication

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

Institutionalism

Congregational Independence
Individual or Church?
James 1:27 and the Orphan Home
New Carts
Plural Personal Pronouns in Galatians
Quotes on Institutionalism
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 Truth About Error

Instrumental Music

Finding Liberty in Silence
Give Me that Good ODD Religion!
The Amazing History of Instrumental Music in Christian Worship
Where in the Bible is Instrumental Music Forbidden?

Islam, Muslim

An Eye for An Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth
Ghosts of Aaron
Insufficient Evidence
No Room for Compromise
The Character of the Bible's Witnesses

Israel

The Promise and the Law

Jesus

A Savior Who Cares
Did Jesus Eat Meat
He Didn't Fit the Picture
Indwelling
Jesus Is God!
Jesus: Intolerant, Confrontational, and Exclusionary
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
Ye Are Gods

Jews

The Found Tribes of Israel

Jokes, Joking

The Sin of Jesting

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?
Look to Yourselves
Prove All Things
Should We Criticize Others?
The Church Ain't Doing Nothing
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

Kingdom

70 A.D. ism
The Kingdom of God Is Within You

Law

Legalism: The Un-Sin
The Christian's Sabbath
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

Fellowship Halls?
Going to Church Is Not Like It Used To Be
He Didn't Fit the Picture
James 1:27 and the Orphan Home
Quotes on Institutionalism
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

Liberty

Finding Liberty in Silence
There is Freedom

Life

The Meaning of Life

Listening

An Eloquent Man
The Importance of Listening

Lord's Supper

John 6:26-59

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

Lust

The Problem of Private Lust

Lying

It Was Only a Small Fib
Little Lies

Marriage

A Marriage in Decline
Affair-Proofing Your Marriage
Choosing a Companion
Dying Wedding Vows
"I Don't Love Her Any More"
Is Desertion A Grounds for Remarriage?
Is It Acceptable to Live Together Before Marriage?
Scriptural Marriage, Traditional Customs, and Civil Laws
Should Wives Call Their Husbands "Lord?"
The Greatest Love Song Written (Study)
The Institution of Marriage (From the Study of Genesis)
The Lord of the Ring
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

Is It a Sin to Take Medicine? -- to Consult a Doctor?

Mercy

Grace and Mercy

Miracles

Demoniacs
Did You Ever Wonder Why?
Facts About Faith Healing
Miraculous Gifts as They Are Designated in the Scriptures
Prophets Today? Think Again!

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
The Corruption of Money
The Industrious Worker
The Silver Thermometer
Wealth
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)
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"
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 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
Warning Against "That First Instinct"
What is Tolerated Today Becomes Accepted Tomorrow
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

Murder

The Works of the Flesh: Murder - Real and Imagined

Music

Be Still, My Soul
Evaluating New Songs
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 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
Why Sing?
Worship the King (Song) by Glenn Meyer

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 Sermon on the Mount (Study)
Understanding Matthew 24

Obedience

Against the Odds
At What Point Does Faith Save?
Explaining Exodus 4:24-26
Needed: The Discipline to Do the Unpleasant
The Role of Obedience in Salvation
The Soul of Obedience
What Constitutes Obedience?
Why Was God About To Kill Moses?

Offense

The Offensive Christ

Old Age, Elderly

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 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!

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)
What happens to children when they die?

Pacificism

The Bible and a Gun

Patience

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

Peacemakers

Are All Peacemakers Blessed?
Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Personal Work

The Lost One
More Than a Haircut

Piercings, Tattoos

You Can't Tell Me How to Dress!

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

Prayer

Did You Think to Pray?
Do You Pray?
Does God Answer Every Prayer?
Give Thanks!
Making Godly Decisions
Quick Fix
The Buzzard, Bat, and Bumblebee
The Sinner's Prayer
Unanswered Prayers
When Daddy Prays (Poem)
Whose Prayers are Answered?

Preaching, Preachers

A Soft Answer vs. A Soft Answer
An Anecdote from "Raccoon" John Smith
Ancient Prophets in a Modern World
Are You Teachable?
Ascetic Vows vs. Scriptural Liberties
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
Making Godly Decisions
More Sermon Topic Ideas
Must a Preacher Move?
Offering an Invitation
Pastors and Preachers
Please Knock on My Door!
Preachers
Preaching Like Jeremiah
Sound Doctrine Produces Sound Churches Demanding Sound Doctrine
Starting Over From Scratch
Stay on Message
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
We Preach Christ Crucified
What Are You Looking For?
What It Leads To
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 Ruse of the Rapture
The Thousand Year Reign
Tidbits on Millennial Beliefs
Understanding Matthew 24
What is the Rapture?

Preterist, Preterism, 70 A.D.

70 A.D. ism

Pride

God’s Prophetic Word
The Sin of Self-Righteousness

Principles Overriding Law

Jesus and the Sabbath Law

Promises

The Promise and the Law

Prophecy

An Introduction to Revelation
Does God Speak Directly to Mankind Today?
God’s Prophetic Word
He is Antichrist
Latter Day Revelations
Once for All
Predictions of the Second Coming by Jehovah's Witnesses
Prophets Today? Think Again!
The Scheme of Redemption in Prophecy
Types Seen in the Tabernacle and Temple

Prophets

Ancient Prophets in a Modern World
The Day of the Lord

Protection

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

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
Have You Gone to Him About It?
Jesus: Intolerant, Confrontational, and Exclusionary
Their Mouths Must Be Stopped
Why Are So Many Afraid to Call a Dog -- "A Dog"?

Redemption

The Living Redeemer
The Scheme of Redemption in Prophecy

Repentance, Repent

Are We Killing the "Old Man?"
It Can Be Done!
The Elder Brother of the Prodigal Son

Reputation

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

Respect, Honor

Lest We Forget
Respect

Responsibility

Look to Yourselves

Revelation

Dating the Book of Revelation
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?
Barabbas - A Prisoner Set Free
Calling on the Name of the Lord
Can a man be saved without baptism?
Can I Lose My Way to Heaven?
Does the term "brother" indicate Saul was saved prior to baptism?
Evidence of Pardon: How Can I Know I Am Saved?
Faith (From the Study of Genesis)
If the Righteous Scarcely Be Saved ...
Is Acts 2:38 Heresy?
Is It Wise?
Need a New Start?
Not Our Workmanship, But His
Objections to the Essentiality of Baptism for Salvation
Remember the Duck
Saving Our Children
Ten Commandments
The Baptism of Cornelius
The Living Redeemer
The New Birth of Water
The Role of Obedience in Salvation
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 Must I Do to Go to Heaven?
What About the Thief on the Cross?
When Will I Do Enough?

Satan

Beware of Statan's Tactics
The Temptation

Science

Intelligent Design Explains Nothing?
My Concern for Global Warming
Science's Rejection of Evolution

Second Coming of Christ

An Overview of Premillennial Theories
Judgment - Understanding Luke 17
He is Antichrist
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 Ruse of the Rapture
The Thousand Year Reign
Tidbits on Millennial Beliefs
Understanding Matthew 24
What is the Rapture?

Self-Defense

Vengeance

Service

Our Purpose in Life

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
Expect More Out of Your Kids
Is It Acceptable to Live Together Before Marriage?
Living With Hideous Monsters
Modest Apparel