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articles of
David W. Chadwell


The articles printed in Family Lines, "The Weekly Bulletin of the Family of God at West-Ark," which are not about a specific local event or situation are included in this list.

These articles may be republished in other church bulletins.


Listed Alphabetically

Link to Chronological list

A Changeless God In A Changeable World (5/24/09)
A Deliberate Remembrance (Psalm 92)
A Love That Surpasses Our Greatest Hate (10/17/11)
A Matter of Perspective (7/26/07)
A Matter of Spiritual Maturity (5/11/06)
A New Feature (8/1/11)
A Paradox (7/17/08)
A Personal Commitment (Psalm 101)
A Personal Evaluation (10/9/08)
A Relevant Look At the Mosaic Law (8/22/11)
A Second Chance (Psalm 85)
A Sense of Privilege (3/22/07)
A Small Piece Brings a Huge Machine "to Life" (8/10/06)
A Tribute to a Godly King (Psalm 72)(6/26/13)
A Tribute To Israel's God (Psalm 111)
A Tribute to the Supreme Power of God (Psalm 68 A) (4/22/13)
Access to God (2/26/09)
Adding the Devil to the Details (11/7/11)
Addressing Spiritual Needs - 25 April 1999
Admiring Jesus (12/14/06)
Advancing Closeness - 4 June 2000
Agenda -- God's or Mine? - 27 January 2005
All Blessings Have A Price (7/31/08)
Allowing God to "Set Me Apart" for Him - 24 November 2002
Always Growing; Always Maturing - 9 November 2003
Am I Ruled By God? - 29 April 2004
"Am I the Same Me?" (2/22/07)
"...And I Know What I Am Talking About!" - 16 November 1997
And Then There Was One (10/24/11)
And They Cried, "Why Did This Happen?" (Psalm 79)
The Answer (02/20/12)
The Answers (4/23/12)
Anticipating Heaven - 9 April 2000
Appetite's Blessing - 16 June 2002
Are You A "Good Person?" (8/16/09)
Are You Passionate for God or a Slave to a Process? (7/19/07)
Artificial Differences Vs. Real Differences - 13 January 2005
Assembling, Serving, or Both? (10/4/09)
Assets and Obstacles - 6 August 2000
The Astounding Turnaround! - 6 January 2005
An Attitude of Modern Idolatry - 25 May 2003
Anxiety: The Soul of Worship (8/14/08)
August, Frantic August! - 10 August 2003
Authority: The Difference Between God and Man - 18 July 1999
Awareness and Appreciation - 20 December 1998
Awareness of Blessings Often Comes From Unexpected Sources (11/21/11)
Awarenesses - 10 February 2002
The Balance (3/6/08)
The Bargain Route May Not Be A Bargain? (5/23/10)
The Basis of Good Decisions - 12 December 1999
Because God Cares ... - 8 April 2001
Because of Hope, We Endure (5/4/06)
BEING Christian Is A Wonderful Experience! (6/5/08)
Beginning Again (12/20/07)
The Beginning of Faith (3/28/10)
Being What You Want To Be; Doing What You Want To Do - 23 January 2000
Believing In What God Did In Jesus (6/28/09)
Between Me and Me, and Me and God (Psalm 69A) (5/7/13)
Bible Study:  A Formidable Challenge! - 20 Apr 1997
Bigger Than "Me"? - 9 May 1999
The Big Hurdle (7/12/09)
The Blessing of Light - 14 April 2002
Blinded By Our Blessings - 11 May 1997
The Bottom Line - 18 October 1998
Brother, Thank the People Who Sent You! - 14 November 1999
"But It Does Not Feel Like It!" (9/28/06)
Can You Help in Cameroon? - 3 October 2004
Calculating Truth (01/03/13) (Psalm 39)
Catch Your Breath! - 1 April 2001
Cause (Again) To Evaluate - 20 April 2003
Caution: God At Work! - 15 February 1998
Celebration - 21 January 2001
Certainty In Uncertain Times - 23 March 2003
The Challenge (12/04/08)
The Challenge (10/25/09)
The Challenge - 4 August 2002
The Challenge That Encourages - 26 August 2001
The Challenge That Never Ends - 2 April 2000
The Challenge Facing Congregational Leadership (1/11/07)
The Challenges of Difficult Commitments (5/25/06)
Changing Focus (8/2/07)
"Change? Me Change? In What Ways?" - 27 July 2003
Children of the Savior - 6 April 2003
The Choice (9/11/08)
The Choice (2/5/09)
Choices (3/7/10)
Choosing Life Is A Continual Choice (11/01/09)
The Christian Life Is Based On Conversion - 26 March 2000
Christian Morality: The Challenge - 22 October 2000
Christians, Don’t Let Weariness Make You Give Up! - 25 July 2004
The Christian's Use of Painful Situations - 8 August 2004
The Circle (11/20/08)
The City of Jerusalem -- A Special Role (Psalm 87)
The City, State, Nation, and World For Christ - 5 September 2004
Combining Heart, Imagination, and Challenge - 24 May 1998
The "Comfort" Factor - 25 March 2001
Commitment Based On Memory - 27 January 2002
Communication: Transferring Understanding - 21 July 2002
Communion Focus - 1 February 2004
Complacency: Satan's Weapon of Choice - 25 February 2001
Complimenting God (Psalm 103)
The Complexity of Working With People (04/16/12)
Confusion (3/5/09)
Confusion, Confusion, Confusion - 23 September 2001
Confusion Can Surround God's Actions Without Questioning His Identity or Purpose Psalm 89, Part C
Confusion Can Surround God's Actions Without Questioning His Identity or Purpose Psalm 89, Part B
Confusion Can Surround God's Actions Without Questioning His Identity or Purpose Psalm 89, Part A
Confusion in Reality (Psalm 22)
Congregational Family Needs Analysis - 29 September 2002
Consequences and Blessings - 15 February 2004
The Constant Need To Learn, Change, and Grow - 29 June 2003
The Continuing Conflict (Part 2) (6/26/12)
The Continuing Conflict (Part 1) (6/25/12)
The Contrast (01/02/13) (Psalm 36)
Convictions and Daily Life - 1 July 2001
Could It Be That the Way to Become Something Is to Be Nothing? (4/18/10)
Courage and Character (9/7/06)
The Courage to Learn (12/19/11)
The Courage to Let Faith in God Guide - 27 June 2004
The "Craving" - 13 May 2001
Crisis: Potential For Good And Evil - 3 September 2000
Danger and Benefits (10/2/08)
Dealing with Struggles - 25 August 2002
Decisions: Do You Hate Them or Love Them? - 2 November 1997
Definitions - bulletin article for 6/9/05
Despair and Hope - 24 October 2004
Determining the Important - 26 January, 2006
Different But Necessary - 7 August 2005
Difficult and Dangerous vs. Convenient - 21 November 1999
The Difficult Line Separating Wisdom and Foolishness (5/9/10)
The Disappointment of Failed Expectations - 27 September 1998
"Do I Have To?" - 8 September 2002
Do I Know Who I Am? - 13 October 2002
Do We Need a God? - 18 April 1999
Do You Fear Doing Good? (3/15/07)
Do You Dare Imagine (6/14/09)
Do You Get Tired of Doing Good? - 1 September 2002
Do You Want to Be Part of God's Family? (2/20/11)
Does Anything Ever Remain The Same? - 18 November 2001
Does January's Intents Affect December's Results? - 7 January 2001
Do's and Don'ts (03/12/12)
The Dream Becomes Reality - 13 February 2000
Educating For Eternity - 10 January 1999
Elder Appreciation Week - 2 August 1998
Encouragement While Facing the Realities of Evil - 7 March 1999
An Encouraging or Discouraging Experience? - 26 October 2003
Enduring Injustice in a Society Controlled by Injustice, Pt. 1 (Psalm 94)
Enduring Injustice in a Society Controlled by Injustice, Pt. 2 (Psalm 94)
Even Christians Know Sorrow 05 February, 2006
Even Jesus Got Tired! 05 December, 2010
Even In Your Times of Misery, Trust the Lord (Psalm 69B) (5/8/13)
Everyone Needs Appreciation - 18 February 2001
Evil Seemed So Powerful (Psalm 64) (3/6/13)
Exciting Challenges Become Exhausting Demands - 3 March 2005
Excuses Not to Love (04/09/12)
Eyes, Eyes, Everywhere Eyes (2/28/08)
Faith ... In What? - 15 December, 2005
Faith Is ... - 4 February 2001
Faith Is ... (1/3/08)
Faith or Control (9/27/07)
Faithless Christians - 7 December 2003
Faith’s Benefits Depend on Jesus’ Resurrection - 5 October 2003
Faith's Challenge (9/16/11 -- bulletin article)
Faith's Two Sides - 10 June 2001
"Fall is coming!" Yea! "Prioritizing time!" Again? - 12 September 1999
A Family Meets For Many Reasons - 22 August 1999
The Fear of Finding Peace - 28 May 2000
Feeling Overwhelmed - 22 June 2003
Fleeing Enemies (Psalm 11) (10/24/12)
Focusing On God's Concern - 06 October, 2005
Focusing On Our Purpose as a Congregation - 29 February 2004
Following Christ Produces A Humble Mind (3/19/09)
Following God Can Be Weird! (2/21/08)
For Your Thoughts - 11 July 2004
Following God Is Never Easy (2/14/10)
Freedom To Grow Spiritually - 16 January 2000
Freeing Me By Freeing You - 26 Jan 1997
A Frightening Parallel - 29 October 2000
From the Head and the Heart, Think and Pray - 22 June 1997
From Permanent to Temporary -- In 36 Hours (1/30/12)
Frustrating The Hungry Lion - 27 February 2000
The Gap (10/30/08)
Getting It! (11/15/09)
Glimpsing God's Majesty (Psalm 66) (3/25/13)
The Goal (5/15/08)
God and Hope - 2 September 2001
God, Because You Are! (4/4/10)
God Deserves My Praise! (12/13/12)
God Has More Than One Side (10/11/07)
God In Christ Can Make Us New! (11/29/07)
God Is A Tribute to Life (Psalm 16) (9/12/12)
God Is Always At Work! - 31 August 1997
God Is At Work In Our Midst! - 19 November 2000
God is Bigger Than Nature's Awe (Psalm 93)
God Knows How to Take Care of Us (10/18/09)
God--Lord of the Entire Earth (Psalm 97)
God Loves You! But I ... But We ... - 30 January 2000
God Made . . . And God Gave - 15 November 1998
God, Never Stop Opening the Eyes of Our Hearts - 19 July 1998
The God of Greatness (12/12/12)
God Is Not Shallow (8/16/07)
God is the Foundation of Salvation (5/10/09)
"God, Please Focus Us!" - 19 August 2001
God, Please Hear My Prayer - 25 April 2004
God the Deliverer (Psalm 18:1-29)
God, the Father of His Family - 13 September 1998
God--the One Who Deserves (Psalm 98)
God, What Do You Expect From Me? (11/15/07)
God You Are Beyond Adequate (Psalm 23) (9/23/12)
The God Who Creates - 25 July 1999
The God Who Renews - 20 February 2000
God's "Comfort Zone" - 16 April 2000
God's Concern Is Not One Dimensional - 13 Apr 1997
God's Family - 15 April 2001
God's Fingerprints - 8 October 2000
God's Greatest Investment - 24 Nov 1996
God, Jesus, and Peace - 17 March 2005
God's Fingerprints (11/16/06)
God's Kids - 3 June 2001
God's Kingdom (7/4/10)
God, My ONLY Defense (11/19/12)
"God Open Your Eyes and See What Is Happening To Us!" (Psalm 74) (07/19/13)
God's Patience - 28 April 2005
God's Quilt - 21 April 2005
God, Respond to My Sincere Devotion to You (11/18/12)
God's Rule - 2 December 2004
God's Strides Are Bigger Than Human Sight (Psalm 75) (07/20/13)
God, You Turn My World Around (Part 2) (6/8/12)
God, You Turn My World Around (Part 1) (6/8/12)
The God Who Sees and Is Moved By Motives - 18 January 2004
Going Through The Motions - 2 June 2002
Good Intentions, Temporary Resolve, Or Commitment? (1/3/10)
Good News! - 6 July 2003
The Good News of the Kingdom (10/31/11)
Good Reasons For Continued Earnest Prayer - 9 November 1997
Good Things, Not Bad - 25 January 2004
Got You Again! (2/7/08)
Grace: Understanding Salvation (5/17/09)
Gratitude and Prayers - 26 April 1998
Gratitude: The State and the Discovery - 26 September 1999

The Great Deceit - 11 November 2004

The Great Opportunity - 18 November 2004
Great Opportunities Equal Great Responsibilities - 13 December 1998
The Greatest Expression of Kindness - 6 September 1998
Greet One Another! - 2 Mar 1997
Growing Toward Spiritual Maturity - 5 November 2000
The Guide - 15 July 2001
Hang In There! (7/5/09)
Hard Choices (6/12/08)
Hard Decisions, Not Half-Hearted Promises - 4 July 2004
Hate's Chain Reaction - 9 December 2001
Hatred Produces Only Victims - 4 April 1999
The Haunting Question - 1 August 2004
Have You Considered God Lately? (Psalm 75)
Having Faith When It Is Too Late To Believe (10/3/11)
Healthy Congregations, Part 1 -- Focus on God's Purposes (3/27/08)
Healthy Congregations, Part 2 -- Let Jesus Be The Christ (4/4/08)
Healthy Congregations, Part 3 -- Respect for Each Other (4/10/08)
Healthy Congregations, Part 4 -- Being An Example Within (4/17/08)
Healthy Congregations, Part 5 - Examples Without (4/24/08)
Heaven On Earth - 18 March 2001
Helping Others Find the "Hope of Glory" - 2 May 2004
Helping The Helpers - 27 August 2000
"Help Us, God! Please Rescue Israel!" (Psalm 83)
Hi and Bye! - 4 January 2004
Hope: For What? - 23 February 2003
Hope In a Hopeless World - 2 November 2003
Hope in Despair (12/21/06)
Holy Manners (4/19/07)
Holy Manners: Be An Example (7/5/07)
Holy Manners: Encouragement (5/17/07)
Holy Manners: Healthy Speech (6/14/07)
Holy Manners: Honesty (6/07/07)
Holy Manners: Humility (6/28/07)
Holy Manners: Kindness (5/31/07)
Holy Manners: Love, Pt. 2 (5/03/07)
Holy Manners: Love, Pt. 1 (4/26/07)
Holy Manners: Respect (5/24/07)
Holy Manners: Sincerity (6/21/07)
Holy Manners: The Challenge (7/12/07)
Holy Manners: Unselfishness (5/10/07)
How Can You Know So Much & Understand So Little? - 18 May 1997
How Can We Become Spiritually Stronger? - 12 October 1997
How Do I Define Me? - 17 October 2004
How Do I Determine My Needs? (12/13/09)
How Do I Seek Purity? (1/30/11)
How Do I Show That I Fear the Lord? (9/12/11)
How Do We Make Sense Out of That? -  22 September, 2005
How Do We Measure Trust? - 18 June 2000
"How Do You Get Ahead?" (2/8/07)
How Do You 'See' God? 3 November, 2005
How Does a Wish and a Goal Differ? - 17 October 1999
How God Would Change Us - 9 July 2000
How Is "Growth" Measured? - 29 April 2001
How Quickly Awareness Grows - 8 February 1998
How Quickly Things Change! - 17 November 2002
How Will God Use My Struggles? - 07 April 2005
How Would God Have to Say It? (10/05/06)
The Hypothetical Versus the Actual - 9 June 2002
I Am Glad That I Am Not God - 3 May 1998
"I am just saying ..." (5/29/12)
I Am Not Afraid of God's Examination (10/9/12)
I Am Proud to Be Part of You! - 29 December, 2005
I Have You Covered (11/14/11)
I Notice! - 14 October 2001
I Want ... - 23 Feb 1997
"I Will Answer for Me" (7/19/09)
"I Will Give You Rest" - 17 September 2000
"I Would Not Do It That Way" - 13 August 2000
The Idea and the Actuality - 16 July 2000
If God Can Save You, I Should Respect You - 19 April 1998
If God Could Change Me Any Way He Wished ... (4/12/07)
If God Planted A Seed In You, Would It Grow? (8/3/10)
"If I Can Do Anything ..." - 21 May 2000
"If I Had Known ..." - 5 May 2002
"If I Had Only Known . . ." - 22 March 1998
If There Were No Clouds - 17 March 2002
If We Don't Eat and Drink, We Die - 21 February 1999
If You Don't Have Love ... - 19 March 2000
The Illusion of Control (12/6/09)
"I'm Sorry! I Didn't Know!" - 5 December 1999
In Awe of God (Psalm 20)
The Impact of "My" Life - 17 February 2005
In Frustration Is Opportunity - 26 May 2002
In Righteousness, Sorrow Often Accompanies Joy - 16 February 2006
In Spite of Everything, It's Happening! - 14 April 2005
Increasingly Alive - 10 May 1998
The "Information" Challenge - 4 July 1999
Is Faith in God an Asset? - 28 October 2001
Is God More Generous Than I Am? - 17 February 2002
Is Jesus Big Enough To Be Your Christ? - 18 April 2004
It Always Depends On God, Not On Us - 5 September 1999
It Depends On Your Focus! (7/24/08)
It Doesn't Know It's Broken (7/3/08)
It Is Not Fair! - bulletin article for 6/30/05
It Is Okay To Be Different - 15 June 2003
It Just Is Not Fair! - 9 Feb 1997
It Takes More Than Acquiring the Outfit (2/12/09)
It's All In What We See - 2 Feb 1997
"It's So Easy!" -- Are You Sure? (12/06/07)
It's Summer Time When the Living Is . . . Overscheduled - 1 June 1997
Jabulani - 18 August 2002
Jesus and "No Win" Situations - 4 April 2004
Jesus Came To Do Good, And Did - 22 Dec 1996
Jesus Often Did the Unusual (4/26/09)
The Journey - 3 March 2002
A Journey, Not A Destination - 23 November 2003
The Joy and Fear of Commitment - 20 January 2002
The Joy of the Lord (5/8/08)
Joy Is Contagious! (11/9/06)
The Joy of Salvation Expresses Itself - 16 Mar 1997
Jumping Boxes (3/20/08)
Just How Big Is the God Who Sent Us Jesus? - 8 August 1999
Just How Important Is That? - 19 May 2002
Just Perfect? (11/30/06)
Keeping Promises (11/28/11)
The Key to Success (Psalm 20)
Kicking Dirt Or Shouting Encouragement? - 11 October 1998
Killed By Friends - 16 December 2001
The King's Confident Overview (Psalm 62)
Knowing God Changes Me - 1 December, 2005
Knowing the Difference - 9 January 2000
Knowing What Is Best For Christ - 12 April 1998
The Laotian Eight Are Free! - 13 June 1999
Learning To Be Free (9/26/11)
Lessons From the Past (8/9/09)
Let Him Guide You! - 12 October 2003
Let the Reflections Begin? 16 December 2004
Life: "Do I Believe...?" - 7 May 2000
Life's "Beyond My Control" Matters - 25 May 1997
Life's Rear View Mirror (Psalm 51)
The Light - 22 July 2001
Life Is Transition - 9 December 2004
Lifting the Burden (2/6/11)
Like My Lord - 15 Dec 1996
The Lion Will Roar! - 7 February 1999
Limiting God (8/9/07)
Listen to Know; Listen to Do (10/25/07)
"Listen! You Can Hear It Coming!" - 23 May 1999
Living For Eternity or Right Now? - 31 August 2003
Living For God's World In Ours -- The Struggle (Psalm 86)
Living In God's Image (4/13/06)
Living Too Long (8/24/06)
The Loneliness of Need - 7 November 1999
Longing For "Times When Things Were Simple" - 2 May 1999
Looking Ahead - 3 December 2000
Looking For Heaven's Gate - 6 Apr 1997
Looking for Water? Look for the Trees! (11/8/07)
Lord, Give Us Wisdom (2/07/10)
Lord, Help Me Not Be Smug Or Hopeless - 22 February 1998
"Lord God, Help Me Represent You and Jesus Christ Well!"
Lord, I Know You and You Know Me! Help Me Anyway! (10/8/12)
Lord, I Hunger For Spiritual Growth--But My Religion Keeps Getting In My Way - 1 February 1998
"Lord, What Did You Intend?" (4/19/09)
Lord, You Fill Me, But Your People Are In Distress (Psalm 108)
Love Grows (5/15/12)
Love Takes the Nasty Out of Nastiness (5/29/08)
Love to Learn! (9/18/08)
Loving God's Character - 19 January, 2006
Loving Others and Selfishness (7/26/09)
Made to Live - 23 June 2005
Making Disciples Eager to Serve Others - 22 February 2004
The Man Was Upset! (9/25/08)
The Maturing of My Faith - 5 May 1997
May God's Hand Be With Us! - 28 March 2004
May I Commend Our Great God To You? - 26 July 1998
May Our Spirits Exalt Our Lord! - 21 September 1997
Me Looking At Me - 27 Apr 1997
The Meaning of Jesus Being the Christ - 28 March 1999
A Meaningful Promise To Yourself - 13 January 2002
Meet Chris and Karen Benjamin - 28 September 2003
Memories - 24 March 2002
Mind Games - 20 September 1998
Minutes Lead to Hours, to Days, to Years, to . . . ? (9/6/09)
Missions Awareness - 15 October 2000
Mistakes and God (2/28/10)
Momentum: That Invaluable Quality! - 9 August 1998
Moving In God's Direction - 14 May 2000
Moving Toward God's Unity [Part One] (9/13/09)
Moving Toward God's Unity [Part Two] (9/20/09)
Moving Toward God's Unity [Part Three] 9/27/09)
My Challenge To Myself - 19 December 1999
My Changing Situation and My Faith in God (Psalm 71:12--24)(6/25/13)
My Distress! Whose Fault Is It (Psalm 70) (5/30/13)
My Personal Gratitude - 22 December 2002
My Prison - 4 March 2001
"My" Salvation: So Many Are Involved - 7 July 2002
Need to Turn Your Life Around? Look to the Lord! Pt. 1 (Psalm 107:1-22)
Need to Turn Your Life Around? Look to the Lord! Pt. 2 (Psalm 107:23-43)
The Need (12/18/08)
The Need for Commitment (5/3/09)
Neither God Nor Jesus Used Cookie Cutters - 23 November 1997
Never Forget There Is Something Greater Than You (Psalm 110)
The Next Time You Say, "It's Not Fair!" (1/4/07)
No Middle Ground (4/11/10)
No Stainless Steel in God's Kingdom! - 16 May 2004
Not All That Is Terrible Is Disaster (7/31/11)
Not All That Looks Promising Is Good (8/8/1)
"Now" Is Today -- Which May Be All There Is! (12/7/06)
"Now That Is What I Had in Mind!" - 28 April 2002
The "Now" -- Twenty Years Later - 11 February 2001
The Objective (1/8/09)
Often, Our "Good Intentions" Destroy Us (3/29/07)
"On That Day ..." - 24 August 2003
One of Life's Little Reminders - 19 September 1999
One of West-Ark's Big Weekends - 12 November 2000
Oops -- Too Late! (6/19/08)
Open Eyes Astound the Psalmist With God's Creation (Psalm 104, Pt. B)

Open Eyes Astound the Psalmist With God's Creation (Psalm 104, Pt. A)

Operation Encouragement - 3 August 1997
Opportunity Knocks - 16 Feb 1997
Our Amazing God (04/02/12)
Our Amazing God! (8/23/09)
Our Challenge Before God In Christ - 6 January 2002
Our God Is Bigger Than Life - 8 September 2005
Our God Of Transition - 11 July 1999
Our Greatest Influence - 03 February 2005
Our Mission - 31 October 1999
Our "Safe Place" (3/21/10)
Our "World Wide Touch" - 31 January 1999
Overwhelmed By Love! - 19 October 1997
A Parable About God - 27 June 1999
Participatory Leadership - 23 July 2000
A Passion For Souls - 1 October 2000
The Past Is the Past - 19 October 2003
Perhaps the Hardest Thing to Believe (10/19/06)
Permanent Good (12/20/09)
Personal Struggles Have a Purpose? - 2 March 2003
A Personal Understanding of Our Purpose - 27 May 2001
Placing God's Kingdom First In My Life - 8 December 2002
Praise in the Middle of Unnecessary Tragedy, Pt. 2 (Psalm 106:24-48)
That Dreaded Stage of Life Has Come (Psalm 71:1-11) (5/31/13)
The Pouring of Oneself As An Offering to God (12/26/11)
The Power of Choices (8/7/08)
The Power of Christian Encouragement (10/12/06)
The Power of Contentment - 23 March, 2006
The Power of Wonder (Psalm 19)
The Power of Personal Influence - 13 April 2003
The Power of Tenacity (5/30/10)
The Power of Visions and Dreams - 31 May 1998
The Powerful Spirit That Triumphs! (1/24/10)
Praise in the Middle of Unnecessary Tragedy, Pt. 1 (Psalm 106:1-23)
Praying On A Bad Day (4/27/06)
The Precious Gift of Commitment (3/12/09)
The Price for Spiritual Freedom - 8 November 1998
Priorities - 3 January 1999
The Problem (12/11/08)
Procedures Verses Trust (8/29/11)
The Protective God is More Than Adequate (Psalm 91)
Purpose in Confusion - 10 October 2004
The Question - 27 October 2002
"Reading" People - 7 April 2002
Rearview Mirror and Binoculars - 24 February 2002
Recognizing the Unrecognizable (1/17/08)
Reconciliation?  What is That? - 12 Jan 1997
Reflecting Jesus' Compassion - 23 Mar 1997
Reflective Longing (Psalm 84)
Reflections - 12 May 2005
Rejoicing and Groaning - 8 June 2003
Remember - And Let Gratitude Flow (Psalm 105)
Remember the Good News! (6/26/08)
Removing the Stinger (4/12/09)
Representing God Well (02/12/20)
The Resurrection Principle - 23 August 1998
Reveal Yourself! (4/20/06)
The Role Change (Psalm 18:30-50)
Running From or Running Toward (8/21/08)
Sunday Night Family Meeting (10/26/06)
Satan Sifts; Jesus Helps (8/8/11)
The Search for Meaning - 19 September 2004
Searching For Peace - 14 September 2003
A Sense Of Privilege - 15 August 1999
Seeing God With the Look of Gratitude (Psalm 100)
Seeing the Obvious Blesses; Ignoring the Obvious Curses (Psalm 95)
Seeking to Reconcile Opposite Realities (Psalm 102)
Several "Think Abouts" - 10 August 1997
Shepherding -- A Leadership Style (1/18/07)
Shock and Amazement (a 9/11 Message)
Simple Isn't Simple Anymore--and Probably Never Was - 5 October 1997
Sitting Duck - 10 October 1999
Situations Change, But This World Does Not (Psalm 12)
"So It's December! What Is the Big Deal?" - 23 December 2001
So You Want To Be A Righteous Person? (9/19/11)
Sobering Reminders - 9 February 2003
The Solution (1/1/09)
"The Solution Is So Obvious!" Really? - 9 March 2003
Somebody Does It - 31 March 2005
Something Only God Can Do - 6 February 2000
"Sometimes It Is Just Plain Difficult!" (3/8/07)
Sometimes Seeing Now Is Remembering the Past (Psalm 76)
Sometimes the Where Is Not Clear ... Always the Who Must Be Clear - 15 September 2005
"Sore Thumbs" and Christians - 27 April 2003
Spiritual: By Accident or Intent? (6/15/06)
Strange How Words Change Concepts! - 29 September, 2005
Sunday Nights 2005 - 30 December 2004
The Speed of Time - 1 June 2003
The Spiritual Ones - 5 March 2000
Spring ... Again! (5/1/08)
The State That Does Not Exist - 1 November 1998
The Strength of Faith in God - 30 September 2001
The Strength of Relationship - 28 January 2001
Struggle Is Opportunity to Declare Confidence (Psalm 17) (9/11/12)
Struggles - 30 June 2002
Survival Is As Significant As Birth - 9 September 2001
Take Heart! - 8 February 2004
Talking To God, Christ, the Spirit, and Each Other - 6 July 1997
The "Tell Them and Leave Them" Approach (1/16/12)
Testing the Boundaries (6/1/06)
Thank You, Brad! (9/20/07)
Thank You For Your Concern! (6/8/06)
Thank You, God! (6/7/09)
Thank You, Mat and Jo - 11 March 2001
Thank You, Sam Roberts! - 30 April 2000
Thanks! (6/3/10)
Thanks for Going to Macedonia - 19 May 2005
Thanks! See You Sunday! - 29 July 2001
That "Overwhelmed" Feeling - 23 June 2002
The Courage to Learn - 6 April, 2006
Theory Is Fine, But Practicing Is Hard - 9 March, 2006
The Fog Lifts--Slowly (1/23/12)
The Higher Calling (2/14/08)
The Power of God's Patience - 8 December, 2005
The Power of Words: God Spoke (1/31/08)
The Wonderful Moment of Divine Victory (Psalm 68B) (4/23/13)
There Is "No Quit" In Them! - 16 August 1998
There Is No Substitute For Faith In Jesus' Identity - 20 June 2004
There Was a Man... - 7 October 2001
They Did Not! We Must! - 2 July 2000
"They would not do that -- would they?" (9/21/06)
Things Faith Did Not Do - 21 June 1998
Things Just Keep Changing (11/08/09)
Things That Do And Do Not Burn (3/14/10)
Thinking -- The Learning Process - 28 July 2002
Thinking Instead of Reacting Is Hard! - 11 April 2004
This Congregation "Shakes Me Up!" - 1 September 2005
This Imperfect World - 15 August 2004
"Three Measures of Convenience, Please!" (10/11/09)
Time - 5 May 2005
A Time For Prayerfulness - 12 January 2003
A Time to Think About the "Unthinkable" - 30 March 2003
A Timely Prayer - 5 January 2003
Times of Uncertainty...and Faith - 17 January 1999
'Tis The Season To Want - 6 December 1998
To Find Strength, Refine Focus - 26 January 2003
Toothpaste Tubes (1/29/09)
Toy or Vehicle? (03/05/12)
To Change the Way People Act, Values Must Change (5/2/10)
To Forget is To Guarantee Peril, Pt. 3 (Psalm 78:65-77)
To Forget is To Guarantee Peril, Pt. 2 (Psalm 78:32-64)
To Forget is To Guarantee Peril, Pt. 1 (Psalm 78:1-31)
To Others, Unbelievable; To Us, Reality - 14 March 2004
To The Rescue! - 20 June 1999
Transforming Christianity Into A "Me" Religion (5/30/12)
Transitions (8/28/08)
The Transition (Psalm 90)
Treating Each Other As We Should: Not A Simple Responsibility! - 14 July 2002
Trusting Something Stable (12/05/11)
Trying to Grasp the Unimaginable - 13 June 2004
"Turn Around" Time - 17 December 2000
Turning Loose (4/30/12)
Two Masters At Work - 15 June 1997
"Uh-Oh, I Wanted the Automatic Version" (8/2/09)
Ultra-Selfishness and God's Forgiveness - 11 August 2002
Unbelievable Kindness (09/04/08)
Understand Who God Is (Psalm 99)
The Understanding (1/15/09)
Unfathomable Human Stupidity (Psalm 14)
The Unexpected - 10 March 2002
The Unpredictable (7/10/08)
The Urgency of Choosing Wisely (4/2/09)
The Victim With A Choice (3/13/08)
Waking the Sleeping Giant (11/22/09)
We Are Not Alone - 15 September 2002
We Can't. God Can - 12 March 2000
We Have Something Special! - 3 October 1999
We "Make" God Too Simple - 24 June 2001
We Want Guests -- But Not That Way! (1/31/10)
We Really Acted Stupidly! (Psalm 60)
What An Encouragement! - 3 August 2003
What Are You Looking For? (May 16, 2010)
"What Can I Do? I Am Only One Person!" - 16 February 2003
What Did You Learn About You From Others' Mistakes? (10/23/08)
What Do You Have That Someone Wants? - 6 May 2001
What Do You Look For? - 20 October, 2005
What Do You Want In and Expect From Your God? - 1 August 1999
What Does Faith in God Mean? - 30 March, 2006
What Does That Look Like? (11/10/05)
What God Did In Jesus Christ Worked! - 15 December 2002
What Human Act Does God Find Impressive? - 20 July 2003
What Is and Is Not Eternal - 14 February 1999
What Is Happening? - 11 April 1999
What Is Happening? That Is Not the Way I Would Do It (Psalm 82)
What Is In Control of Me? - 21 December 2003
What Is the Answer? (Psalm 9 & 10) (10/23/12)
What Is To Come - 10 December 2000
What Is Your Reaction: To Follow or To Destroy? - 21 March 2004
What Is Your View of God? (12/12/11)
What Messes We Produce for Ourselves (3/27/11)
What Shall I Accept? - 4 November 2001
What Will Be Learned? - 10 September 2000
What Would It Mean If We Succeeded? (4/5/07)
"What Would You Do If ..." - 2 March, 2006
What Yet Will Be - 2 December 2001
What You Do Not Want To Be (11/1/07)
When Darkness Is REALLY Dark - 23 February 2006
When Faith Directs the Person, God Uses Everything - 5 April 1998
When God Refreshes - 24 September 2000
When Godly People Do Satan's Work (1/23/11)
When God's People Value That Which God Does Not Value - 20 January 2005
When I Cannot See What Is Ahead - 20 October 2002
When Importance Cannot Be Exaggerated - 11 June 2000
When the Cost Exceeds God's Intent (12/13/07)
When the Focus Is On Jesus, Things Happen! - 9 Mar 1997
When the Vague Hypothetical Becomes the Sobering Actual - 28 September 1997
When Walls Fall - 31 March 2002
When You Follow Jesus, Something Dies (4/25/10)
When You Look At Me, What Do You See? - 14 December 2003
Where Do You Look For Rewards? (Psalm 52)
Where Do You Run? - 17 June 2001
Where Is the Hole? (7/28/06)
Where Is the Joy? - 29 August 2004
Where Will My Knowledge Lead Me? (8/30/09)
“Wish I Could Have Been Abraham!” -- Really? (1/17/10)
The "Who" and "What" of Our Identity - 2 February 2003
Who Are "The Faithful"? - 6 June 1999
Who Benefits? - 16 May 1999
Who Do You Seek to Please? - 16 March, 2006
Who Is He? (12/12/10)
Who Is The King? (Psalm 24) (9/24/12)
Who Is the Worst Off? - 19 January 2003
Who Needs To Change? - 18 May 2003
Who Is Weak? - 9 February, 2006
Who or What Determines Who I Am? - 17 August 2003
Who Owns You? - 11 January 2004
Who Reflects Whom? (1/24/08)
"Who Wants To Help?" - 6 October 2002
Who/What Teaches You How To Think? - 4 May 2003
Who Would Want to Be An Elder Today? (1/10/08)
Whom Do You Trust? - 8 July 2001
Why Am "I" A Christian? (8/17/06)
Why Do We Turn To Christ? - 5 August 2001
Why Is Everyone Shocked? - 14 March 1999
Why Would Anyone Endure So Much? (5/18/06)
Why Would Anyone Want To Be Like God? - 21 October 2001
"Why Would Anyone Want to Lead Me?" (2/1/07)
The Width of Separation Between Compliement and Insult Is Small - 10 March 2005
Wisdom Does Not Change (2/21/10)
Wise and Peaceful or Thoughtlessly Harmful - 21 March 1999
The Wonderful Blessing of "Seeing" (Psalm 65) (3/7/13)
"The World Should Be Christian!" - 25 October 1998
The Worthiness of God (Psalm 67) (3/26/13)
Would It Make a Difference? - 11 May 2003
Would You Like To "Be God For A Day?" - 1 March 2007
Would Your Congregation Choose You? - 9 May 2004
"Wow! What Faith!" - 28 February 1999
The Year 2000: Preparation For Life - 2 January 2000
You Can Smell What Has Been Stored Within (2/19/09)
You Can Depend On His Promises! (5/22/12)
You Still Control Who You Are - 17 November, 2005
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Articles from other publications:
Building Unified Families - Mar 1997
Nicodemus, You Must Be Born Again - Aug 1992

Tipi improbabili - 5 September 1999 (in Italian)
Quanto grande è Dio? - 15 February 2000 (in Italian)
"Wow che fede!" - 5 September 1999 (in Italian)


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