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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.


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Link to Chronological list

A Matter of Perspective (7/26/07)
A Matter of Spiritual Maturity (5/11/06)
A Paradox (7/17/08)
A Sense of Privilege (3/22/07)
A Small Piece Brings a Huge Machine "to Life" (8/10/06)
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
Anticipating Heaven - 9 April 2000
Appetite's Blessing - 16 June 2002
Are You Passionate for God or a Slave to a Process? (7/19/07)
Artificial Differences Vs. Real Differences - 13 January 2005
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
Awarenesses - 10 February 2002
The Balance (3/6/08)
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)
Being What You Want To Be; Doing What You Want To Do - 23 January 2000
Bible Study:  A Formidable Challenge! - 20 Apr 1997
Bigger Than "Me"? - 9 May 1999
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
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 - 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 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 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
Confusion, Confusion, Confusion - 23 September 2001
Congregational Family Needs Analysis - 29 September 2002
Consequences and Blessings - 15 February 2004
The Constant Need To Learn, Change, and Grow - 29 June 2003
Convictions and Daily Life - 1 July 2001
Courage and Character (9/7/06)
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
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 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 Get Tired of Doing Good? - 1 September 2002
Does Anything Ever Remain The Same? - 18 November 2001
Does January's Intents Affect December's Results? - 7 January 2001
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
Even Christians Know Sorrow 05 February, 2006
Everyone Needs Appreciation - 18 February 2001
Exciting Challenges Become Exhausting Demands - 3 March 2005
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 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
Focusing On God's Concern - 06 October, 2005
Focusing On Our Purpose as a Congregation - 29 February 2004
Following God Can Be Weird! (2/21/08)
For Your Thoughts - 11 July 2004
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
Frustrating The Hungry Lion - 27 February 2000
The Goal (5/15/08)
God and Hope - 2 September 2001
God Has More Than One Side (10/11/07)
God In Christ Can Make Us New! (11/29/07)
God Is Always At Work! - 31 August 1997
God Is At Work In Our Midst! - 19 November 2000
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
God Is Not Shallow (8/16/07)
"God, Please Focus Us!" - 19 August 2001
God, Please Hear My Prayer - 25 April 2004
God, the Father of His Family - 13 September 1998
God, What Do You Expect From Me? (11/15/07)
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 Patience - 28 April 2005
God's Quilt - 21 April 2005
God's Rule - 2 December 2004
The God Who Sees and Is Moved By Motives - 18 January 2004
Going Through The Motions - 2 June 2002
Good News! - 6 July 2003
Good Reasons For Continued Earnest Prayer - 9 November 1997
Good Things, Not Bad - 25 January 2004
Got You Again! (2/7/08)
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
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
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
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 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 Proud to Be Part of You! - 29 December, 2005
I Notice! - 14 October 2001
I Want ... - 23 Feb 1997
"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 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
"I'm Sorry! I Didn't Know!" - 5 December 1999
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'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
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)
Kicking Dirt Or Shouting Encouragement? - 11 October 1998
Killed By Friends - 16 December 2001
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
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
The Light - 22 July 2001
Life Is Transition - 9 December 2004
Like My Lord - 15 Dec 1996
The Lion Will Roar! - 7 February 1999
Limiting God (8/9/07)