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- Ancient words...but
ever true?
Can we still trust the Bible? - The Dead Sea Scrolls—60 years later
- Do we have the right books in the Bible?
- Evidence of Black Africans in the Bible
- Is the Bible just a white man's book?
- Should you take the Bible literally?
- Loaded Bibles and made-up minds
- Which is the best translation?
- No contest: Why the argument over Genesis?
- Matthew 9: The purpose of healings
- Matthew 16: What kind of Messiah?
- Lessons from Mark - a series of 31 lessons
- John 1: The Word made flesh
- John 2: Turning water into wine
- John 3: An odyssey of faith
- John 4: True worship
- John 6: Let nothing be wasted
- John 9: A blinding light
- John 10: Which voice do you hear?
- John 11: Lazarus, come out!
- John 14: In his name
- John 19: Crowned with thorns
- Romans 8:18: The glorious freedom
- 1 Corinthians 1: The wisdom of weakness
- 1 Corinthians 15a: Will we live again?
- 2 Corinthians: What Paul wished members knew about ministers
- Galatians 1: The gospel revealed
- Galatians 2: Justified by faith, not by law
- Galatians 3: Redeemed from the curse of the law
- Galatians 4: Born of a woman
- Galatians 5: The purpose of freedom
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Galatians 6: Do good to all also katartizo
- Ephesians 5: Christian life and marriage
- Philippians 2: Learning to live like Jesus
- Colossians 1: Already in the kingdom
- Colossians 2: Victory on the cross
- Colossians 3a: New clothes for new people
- Colossians 3b-4: Relationships in and out of the church
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1 Thess. 2: We were not a burden Also: ekklesia.
- Titus 1: Leaders in truth
- Titus 2: Making grace look good
- Titus 3: Saved by God's mercy
- Hebrews 11a: Faithful heroes
- Hebrews 11b: Abraham's example of faith
- Hebrews 11c: Faith in victory and in death
- Hebrews 12a: Dealing with difficulties
- Hebrews 12b: A mountain of joy
- Hebrews 13: Final exhortations
- 1 Peter 1: Real wealth lasts forever
- 1 Peter 2: Special roles for special people
- 1 Peter 3: Setting a good example
- 2 Peter 1: Plan for spiritual success
- Joe Aldrich, Lifestyle Evangelism
- Athanasius, On the Incarnation
- Karl Barth, Dogmatics in Outline
- Greg Boyd, Repenting of Religion
- Michael Emerson and Christian Smith, Divided by Faith
- Gabriel Fakre, Ronald Nash, and John Sanders, What About Those Who Have Never Heard?
- Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
- Bob George, Classic Christianity
- Justo Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity
- Michael Green, Evangelism Through the Local Church
- Stanley Grenz and others, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms
- Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce (heaven and hell)
- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
- C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
- Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel
- Alister McGrath, Dawkins' God
- Brian McLaren, Everything Must Change: Global Crises and a Revolution of Hope
- Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy
- Hemant Mehta, I Sold My Soul on eBay
- Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son
- Roger Olson & Adam English, Pocket History of Theology
- Eugene Peterson, Traveling Light
- Stephen Sizer, Christian Zionism: Road Map to Armageddon?
- Lewis Smedes, Forgive and Forget
- Rodney Stark, Cities of God
- Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ
- Charles Swindoll, The Grace Awakening
- T.F. Torrance, The Mediation of Christ
- Michael Yaconelli, Messy Spirituality
- William P. Young, The Shack
Children
- Building believing children
- Can you do that in school? (prayer in U.S. public schools)
- Celebrating "Holland"
- Equipping children for ministry
- If you knew Susie...
- Increased emphasis on ministry to children
- Introduction to children's ministry - a manual
- Majors & minors
- Mom, I'm not sure there is a God!
- Our children's heroes
- Principles of effective children’s ministry These six articles in Word or PDF.
- "Send us some children": A story of transformation
- A timely gift
- Using Christmas to teach children about Jesus
- A Week to Change Your Life
- Winning lost children
Christian living
- As ugly as sin
- The beauty within
- Being human
- The boys
- Confessions of a part-time waitress
- Dead to sin—oh really?
- Don't just go — leave a legacy
- Dumpy, Dumpy moments
- Free to be
- Get salty
- How selfish is your Christianity?
- How ugly are the feet?
- Impress yourself
- Just a nobody?
- A miracle in torn blue jeans
- Now wash your hands
- "People, I just want to say, you know, can't we all get along?"
- The problem of forgiveness
- Sharing in Jesus' life
- Sorting the seed
- There is a hole in my campus
- A time for love
- Too old to be useful?
- When trees grow together
Church
- Getting it back to front
- Hand in hand
- Hope for the left-behind church: an interview with Ruth Tucker
- Managing the postmodern church
- Moving mountains in Appalachia
- Sticking together
- Turn-key or makeover?
- Whatever happened to church growth?
- Why don't more people go to church?
Church history
- The African-American church in America
- The Apostles Creed
- Athanasius lists the New Testament writings
- Augustine: "Father" of the Western Church
- Billy Graham: evangelist to the world
- Black history month: an interview with Curtis May, with section about M.L. King, Jr.
- Christmas past and present in the church
- Depth perception
- Easter in the church
- Fasting and repentance after the Salem witch trials
- The first church Christmas
- The Great Awakening—a "work of God"
- The great disappointment: When Jesus did not return in 1844
- The 'great schism' of the church: Western and Eastern churches separate
- How Russian became Christian
- Irenaeus and the second-century church
- Jesus Christ 'of one substance with the Father" - the formula of Nicea
- Karl Barth: "prophet" to the church
- The Nicene Creed
- Persecution, penance, and "the lapsed"
- The Protestant Church in Hitler's Germany and the Barmen Declaration
- One 'mere Christian' in church history: C.S. Lewis
- Pentecost: birth of the church
- Vatican II and the future of church unity
- William Seymour and the rise of Pentecostalism
- William Tyndale and the birth of the English Bible
- William Wilberforce: Christian abolitionist, reformer, statesman
- When astronomy became a theological football: Galileo
Discipleship
- Guarding Hitler's deputy
- It was OK for Timothy
- A matter of perspective
- Peace in Christ, by John McLean
- Right idea... wrong foundation
- Tired of life, with everything to live for
- WWJD?
Evangelism
Faith
- Fluffing the faith
- Forgiveness and faith
- Helping our unbelief
- Still small voices
- Stirred—but not shaken
- Where are you, Lord?
- You'd have to have been there
Families
- Advice to husbands from a nomadic tribe
- Do you have time for a happier family?
- Encounter 2008
- Encounter 2008: all generations gathered as one family
- Facing up to Autism
- The Gift, by Jeb Egbert
- My father's living will
- My struggle with pornography
- Oh no... I'm a mother-in-law
- Unmasking male depression
- Worldwide Church of God Generations Ministry Camps 2008
God
- Don't just accept the Trinity
- God told me...
- I think God hates me!
- Let God be God
- Perichor...what? A discussion with C. Baxter Kruger
- Theology: what difference does it make?
- The Trinity: just a doctrine?
- The way of Trinitarian love
Gospel
- The boy in the airport
- The chink in death's armor
- Come just as you are?
- A covenant of forgiveness
- Does it all depend?
- An E-ticket ride
- Getting real
- God's video
- Going on a guilt trip?
- A good way to go
- The gospel according to Sam
- The gospel and Superman
- "If you really had repented..."
- Interview with Robert Farrar Capon
- Losing our evangelistic buts
- Lost in New Orleans
- A new look at The Good Samaritan
- The radical consequences of justification, by T.F. Torrance
- Tell Peter
- The thief's story
- Was Jesus plan "B"?
- We were always on his mind
- What time is it?
Holidays
- Christmas light
- Christmas past and present in the church
- Easter in the church
- The first church Christmas
- Pentecost: birth of the church
- The Tree
- Using Christmas to teach children about Jesus
- What does Jesus want for Christmas?
Jesus
- 21st-century bystander
- The beautiful anointing
- The bride's story
- Elizabeth
- The great fever
- He's alive!
- I am Pilate's wife
- In remembrance of what?
- Is Jesus enough?
- Is Jesus really God? A look at the Arian Controversy
- It isn't just about how he died
- Joanna
- Lunch basket extraordinaire
- Martha
- Mary Magdalene
- The perfect communicator
- The Prince who smells good
- Playing Jesus—a discussion with Bruce Marchiano
- Resurrection and ascension: what it means to be 'in Christ'
- Salome
- Slugging it out
- The synagogue ruler's wife
- The unclean woman
- Widow of Nain
- The woman accused of adultery
Mental health
- Good things
- Lovers of pleasure... Are we trying too hard to be happy?
- Mid-life melancholy
- Running away from intimacy
Ministry
- An elephant's tail
- Generosity as a way of life
- Little steps in the right direction
- Women in the ministry of Jesus
Missions
- Camp with a mission
- Cleaning up Katrina: after the cameras move on
- Good news to the poor. An interview with World Vision President
- Hope floats
- Is a short-term mission trip worth it?
- Modern Slavery: the unheard cries
- Watching God work in the Philippines
Money
Music
Prophecy
- Bible prophecy: What's it all about?
- Heaven's above - or is it?
- Hope and a future
- Immortality: The "Mother of All Changes"
- Praying for the peace of Jerusalem
- Sinners in the arms of a loving God
Reconciliation
- Making history in Montana
- Meeting a living legend: Fred Shuttlesworth
- A place where everybody belongs
- A sorry state of affairs: understanding the power of an apology
- Will it play in Peoria?
Science
- The faith of an atheist — a discussion with Alister McGrath
- Intelligent Design: What it is ... what it isn't
Serving others
- Being there
- Cleaning up Katrina
- A cup of cold water
- The Greeks had a word for it: antilepsis
- Loving them to the end
- Making friends with the disabled
Spiritual
- A fool for Christ
- A lesson in humility
- Keep on walking
- Loving in deed
- Moving mountains and cursing fig trees
- The prayer God always answers
- Praying with great interest
- Put on the armor of God
- Saying grace graciously
- Who's afraid of the big, bad... lion?
Suffering
- An answer in the dark
- Disaster in New Orleans
- God vs. tsunami
- "Not Long Now..."
- Safe in God's hands
- Small miracles
- Tsunami report: an insider's view
Writing
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