ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF ARTICLES

E	Description
ENLIGHTENMENT	Are human intellectual capabilities sufficient to replace the work of the Holy Spirit?

O	DESCRIPTION
On The Other Hand	Jesus was not a "mild-mannered Clark Kent"
Our Prayer Lives	How much do we really believe in the effectiveness of prayer?
On Love and War	Our first reaction to an insult is usually to insult back; when hit to hit back, when hurt, to hurt back. Who can blame us? But is that as it should be?
Oh Lord My God	It’s getting increasingly difficult to "see" the works of His hands.
One Holy, Universal Catholic Church	Can one imagine a worse nightmare than such a monstrosity?
Out of Church Into Church	We have been taught to think of Sunday morning as the limits of our "church" obligations.
Out of Missions Into Missions	The classical missionary/evangelical model has failed. It has failed at home. It has failed abroad. It failed in the past. It is failing today.
One Of You	Not only do organizations preserve, some would say stultify, they also depersonalize.
Ownership	Most Christians do not feel the "church" belongs to them
OPPORTUNISTS~CHRISTOTUNITST Faith	The cause may be just, the mission holy and certainly the "flock" righteous.

A	Description
A BOOK REPORT	Wouldn't it be nice if there was Scriptural support for restricting "ministerial" and "pastoral" gifts and then elevating them to preeminence within the community of saints?
A Certain Man	Which do you suppose hurt worse, the trouncing at the hands of the robbers or the snubbing from his fellow Jews?
A Dead End	The apostle James spoke of faith without works as being dead
A HIGH VIEW OF THE CHURCH	Have you noticed an absence of lessons about the Holy Spirit?
A Paradigm Shift	American Christianity is facing the very serious problem that it is no longer a significant force in society
A Neighbor of Mine	We think our allotted time is endless until it is too late.
A Priest, A Levite A Neighbor?	We are that man lying in the gutter. But God had mercy on us and didn't pass us by.
A Relational or an Organizational God	Is it true that God has moved away from personal relationships?
A Rich Man Died Today; Everyone Cried	If the "church" is full of partiality, can it be full of the Spirit?
A Time and a Place	Christ’s commands to the "church" to Go ye into all the world, just as surely as, Feed my sheep. Yet, they represent two distinct Gospel messages.
ALL GOD'S PEOPLE ARE MINISTERS	Whether it is the reticence from vested self-interest or from a genuine belief to the contrary, most contemporary clergy today seem unable to embrace a meaningful lay movement.
All of Israel Will Be Saved	Are there Scriptures commissioning Christians to forthrightly participate in creating a new nation called "Israel,"
All I Have Needed	We, living in the most prosperous and powerful country in the world, complain.
Ambition	If you can dream it, should you do it?
America and the New Jerusalem	And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away;
Am I My Brother's Keeper?	What is, or perhaps we should ask, what should be our response to an errant brother or sister in Christ?
An Empty Belly and Charity	If things were right with Christianity, we would not see hunger and hurting in our communities.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE	Worship cannot be isolated from life.
And Grieve Not	Why would grieving the Holy Spirit put us in danger of eternal damnation?
And I Saw No Temple Therein	No temple; no priests; no sacrifices; no mortal intercessor.
And Make Disciples	Does a disciple "graduate?" Is there a point when we have learned sufficient that we may stop?
And the Word Was Made Flesh	There is something troubling about the person of Christ existing for the sole purpose of atonement
Apostles	In selecting the twelve, was Jesus singling out these few to be an elite class within the church?
At Last: Factual/Scientific Proof for Christianity	Answering Skeptics, Encouraging Believers
And They Shall Make An Ark	Repeating the same mistakes over and over.

B	Description
Be Still	Relax, stop struggling so much, to leave matters to God
Back to Basics	It seems unlikely we can build bridges or become contagious Christians without knowing the fundamentals of our own faith.
Building the Body or the Body Building	Does the "church" help us disciple or do members build buildings?

C	Description
Cessationism	Now, they are telling us the Holy Spirit is dead.
Curb Your Advice	How seriously should someone take the "advice" of a Christian and accept salvation when there is no telling him from anyone else?
Cultural Christianity	It is a lack of commitment critics use to belittle religion as a moving and dynamic force in human affairs.
Christians and Civil Disobedience	Are Christians forbidden from rebelling against unjust and unreasonable authority?
Called, Appointed, Ordained	In the New Testament, the process of one becoming an apostle, bishop, elder or deacon is somewhat confusing.
Christian Capitalists	Is the idea of a "Christian capitalist" an oxymoron?
Contemporary Christianity's Second Great Commandment	Christians like to haggle
CAIAPHAS	Astonishing that the works of men had totally supplanted the will of God in the church of the Chosen People.
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION	By what authority do we hear confession of sin and grant forgiveness?
Cold Storage	New Christians start out being treated like trays of frozen food in cold storage.
Christian Communalism	All things in common? You've got to be kidding!

D	Description
Do You Trust the Holy Spirit?	One of the tragedies of modern Christianity is that it has trivialized the Holy Spirit and dismissed Him.
Dispensationalism	Do the doctrines of the Bible still apply Today?
Directed by the Spirit or How Strong is Our Faith	Contemporary Christian theologians appear to believe in others paying for their ministry
Distractions	What distracts Christian organizations
Distractions II	We don’t seem to profit from reading of others mistakes.
DIVIDED WE STAND	Do we need a new "paradigm" for the church?

F	Description
Faith/Works	This new strategy must help churchgoers identify what is necessary for them to advance along the "Faith/Works Continuum.
False Pretences	Are we about to see a TV program called "The Come to Christ Game?"
Foolishness of Man	The Pleasure Principle has become a Christian virtue.
Fellowship	Fellowship is the cornerstone of the true church
Focus	Jesus knew the power of perception long before any psychological theory.
Feed My Sheep	Where are the pastures for His sheep?
False Preachers and Teachers	How are we to separate truth from lies? How are we to know who is preaching the True Gospel and who is not?

G	Description
God's Wrath, His Love and Our Sins	And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
God's Rating Scale	Recently a group of Christians was asked to think about people’s lives and how God would rate them.
God's External Manifestations and His Intimate Spirit	The external, provisional, and temporary nature of the Old Testament Covenant was full of things
God is For Us, With Us, In Us	We think linearly, from yesterday to today and plan tomorrow not yet ours. God is yesterday, today and tomorrow. We are becoming, He is.
Get the "Lay" out of Ministry	Is the day over of an ordained minister of Word and sacrament in every church
Give and It Shall Be Given Unto You	Lessons on living.
Giving as an Investment	Bribery is defined as the act of promising, giving, receiving, or agreeing to receive money or some other item of value with the corrupt aim of influencing a public official in the discharge of his official duties.
Gangs Dressed in the Clothes of Religion	Apostasy comes in many forms; not always easy to recognize
Growing Churches	Christianity in America seems to be in "The Jesus Market."

H	DESCRIPTION
He Kissed Us	Isn't the account of how the LORD God created us just simply beautiful?
How Can I Know God?	The comfort we draw from our knowledge that Christ, the Scriptures and the other sources reveal God has a double edge.
High Watermark	What is the high point of our Christian careers?
He Breathed on Them	Has Jesus breathed on us? We were not at the tomb or at Pentecost. Is the Holy Ghost with us? Are we His apostles?
He is Patient for Our Sake	He would that not one would be lost.
He followeth Not With Us	Should we be so hasty in condemning the beliefs of other Christians?
Harmony	What price, what must Christians sacrifice in the name of harmony?
Holdest Thy Peace	What when and where is Christian witness?
How the Lilies Grow	Is materialism and worldly pleasures meaningful goals for today's Christians?
Harmony, Reconciliation and Christian Values	Where is it written that Christians are to strive for peace or religious neutrality?
How Many Souls Have You Saved Today?	Unless we are part of that Trinity, perhaps we should not lay claim to any of their accomplishments.
Have We Gone Too Far?	What could be more Christ-like than humility as we recognize our total dependency upon Him?
How To Find A Church	What should we really be looking for in our church home?

I	Description
In the Beginning	Isn't it fascinating how even the most brilliant humans cannot quite figure out the Alpha and Omega of existence?
It is I Speaking in Righteousness, Mighty to Save	"Who is this robed in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of His strength?"
In Its Fullness	Are you receiving the fullness of the Gospel?
If You Continue in My Word	And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God
Ich Und Du (I and Thou)	What is this love we are to strive for?
Its God's Plan for My Life	When we say it do we know it? How?
It Took Two (and it still wasn't enough)	No sacrifice done by human hands is sufficient atonement.
Imagine There is No Hell!	What is our Christian responsibility to non-believers?
I Will Strike the Shepherd	The Bible is full of the folly of men, none more common than our inclination to rely on our own strength and understanding.
It Started in the Garden	With our lips we make empty concessions to His control over our lives, in our hearts we seek our own.
INDULGENCES? WHY NOT?	Why not use a tried and true method for fund raising?
INSIDE THE BELTWAY	Is the same "disconnectivity" found in Washington, D.C. infecting the church?
Is It A Matter of Name Calling?	Speak not evil one of another, brethren.
Insiders/Outsiders	Do we sometimes confuse ourselves about how we treat Christians and non-Christians?
Is Bigger Really Better?	Bigness, greatness, fame and recognition are the corner stones of success in America, but does this apply to Christianity?
Is the Christian Life a Journey filled With Good Fortune?	We, above all, are so very blessed. How could we want for anything?

J	Description
Jesus	He always was, He is, He always will be

L	Description
Lord's Day But why are you called a Christian?	Is the label "Christian" something more than just that, a label?
Lukewarm	because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth
Life's Decisions	By the decisions we make, we are forever changed.
Love Thy Neighbor	For many of us, love thy neighbor is more an exercise in toleration than an expression of love.
LAWGIVER	The Biblical foundations of the church. What was and what isn't.

M	Description
Mote Beam and the other Son	Who are we to condemn?
Me and My SUV	I'd rather be with my children ??

N	Description
Neturei-Karta Guardians of the City	National Zionism is selfish, anti-Semitic, because it condemns the Jews of the world who, like other heathens, have not accepted Christ.
Now	Life is metered out in seconds, not days, weeks, months or years.

P	Description
Paraclete	Perhaps there is no English word broad enough to cover all the significance of the word "Paraclete" except the word "Helper.
Preach the Gospel	When is preaching the Gospel second best?
Pride	We all need to be "empty" waiting for the urging of the Holy Spirit
Parables	Why did He speak in parables?
Pathos	And the "lust" is a desire or craving of other things, not just for persons of the opposite sex.
Persecution in America	If we look carefully, Christianity is under attack in America.
Problems, We Got Problems	The world is full of them. American seems swallowed up by them.
Practicing Women	Maybe females could ascend to the pulpit if they weren’t "practicing women
Prosperity	The "good life" is it really a Christian right?
Perks	Do you ever get tired of being told about the advantages of being Christian?
Promises	Shouldn't we be careful of the "benefit package" we offer to non-Christians?
Poimhvn (Pastor or shepherd)	The word "pastor" appears one time in the New Testament?