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BELIEF:

I Believe

We Believe

Why the Cross Matters

BIBLE:

What Is the Bible? Part 1 of 4

Should the Bible be Interpreted? Part 2 of 4

Four Foundational Strategies Part 3 of 4

Five Points to Consider When Studying Scripture Part 4 0f 4

The Bible: What It Is and What It Isn’t

10 Twisted Scriptures

Battle About the Bible

Is the Bible the Word of God?

God Lets His Children Tell the Story

The Bible Clearly Says…

Inspired, Infallible & Inerrant?

How the WORD Read the Word

CHRISTIANITY:

Christianity Without the Religion

The Last Christians

Soren Kierkegaard: Father of Christianity Without Religion

What’s So Christian About Christianity?

When Did God Become a Christian?

CHRISTIAN LIVING:

The Golden Years—Aging with Grace

God’s Plan for Your Life?

The Matrix – Distinguishing between Reality and Illusion

Behaving Badly

More Than a Watchmaker

Regret – The Silent Killer

Everything Happens For a Reason

CHRISTMAS:

What Christmas is All About

Christmas… What It Means for You

The King Who Became a Man

Good News of Great Joy

When the Time Had Fully Come

Was Christ a Created Being?

CHURCH:

Finding a Healthy Christ-Centered Church

The Universal Body of Christ

The Church: it’s the people, not the steeple!

Nones and Dones

Abraham Lincoln – A “None” Before His Time

One Road – Two Ditches

CRUCIFIXION:

Did Jesus’ Crucifixion Satisfy God’s Wrath?

Who Killed Jesus?

Why Did Jesus Die?

Teaching the Cross to Children

CULTS:

From Cult to Christ

A Perilous Spiritual Journey

DEATH:

Ashes to Ashes

When Your Time Comes

The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man

What does the Afterlife Look Like for Unbelievers?

What Do You Make of “Soul Sleep”?

EASTER:

Pascha! Empty Grave and Living Lord

The Wounds That Heal

EVANGELISM:

Kissing Evangelism Goodbye

FAITH:

Contending for the Faith

Journey to Faith — Vol.1 — “God…Who Needs Him?”

Journey to Faith — Vol. 2 — “Jesus…More Than a Man”

Journey to Faith — Vol. 3 —”Good News”

Journey to Faith — Vol. 4 — “Faith That Makes Sense”

Journey to Faith — Vol. 5 — “The Bible”

Journey to Faith — Vol. 6 — “Prayer”

Journey to Faith — Vol. 7 — “The Body of Christ”

Journey to Faith — Vol. 8 — “Go Into All the World”

FORGIVENESS:

Forgiveness: Experiencing Real Freedom

I’ll Forgive You If

Forgiveness-Who First?

Just How Does “Dying for Our Sins” Work?

Deserve’s Got Nothing to Do With It

FUNDAMENTALISM / EVANGELICALISM:

The Gathering Storm of Fundamentalism

Moving On

GIVING:

Legacy Giving to CWR/PTM

Giving Thanks to the Master

Giving — the Heart of God

GOD:

In Search of God’s Will

He Loves Me—He Loves Me Not

What if God was One of Us?

God Is Love, God Is Love

God Is Just Like Jesus

God… More than a Christian?

Why I Still Believe in God

GOD’S PRESENCE:

Waiting For God to Act

Did “All People” Receive the Holy Spirit on Pentecost?

God With Us

God Is Love & Love Never Ends

He’s There For You and With You

One Nation Under God?

GOSPEL:

The Center of the Gospel

The Gospel in Three Words

Ghouls, Ghosts and Gospel!

Fear Not

What Itching Ears Really Want to Hear

GRACE:

Objections to Grace – part 1

Objections to Grace – part 2

Responding to the River of God’s Grace

The Mother of Us All

Grace on Trial

Mothers and the Grace of God

GRIEF:

Grief: Getting Through the Darkness

HEAVEN / HELL:

Looking Into Heaven: Who, What, Where and When?

Who’s Going to Heaven?

Do Only Christians Go To Heaven?

Eternal Torture—Divine or Human Vengeance

If God Is Love, Why Would He Allow a Place Like Hell?

JESUS:

The Jesus Way

The Great Descent

He Left His Footprints

The Great Scandal That God Became Man

Jesus, Son of Adam

The Cleansing of the Temple: Does Jesus Sanction Violence?

KINGDOM OF GOD:

Whose Image Is On the Coin?

Vive la Revolution

Does God Give Ultimate Authority to Human Leaders?

This World Is My Home and I Am Not Just Passing Through!

LOVE:

How Great Is the Love?

Reckless Love

A Legacy of Love

Inconspicuous Hope

MARRIAGE:

Building a Stronger Marriage

Love and Marriage: 50 Years of Lessons

Marriage Counseling

NEW COVENANT:

I Will Give You Rest

The Mother of Us All

A Transformation – Not a Transaction

PRAYER:

Prayer: Direct Connection with God

What is Prayer All About?

When Words Fail

PROPHECY:

Flaws and Fallacies of Plugging Headlines into the Bible

What Do You make of Preterism?

The End Is Here – Part 1

The End Is Here – Part 2

Is It The End?

RELIGION:

Losing Your Religion

Thinking May Be Hazardous to Your Religion

A Perilous Spiritual Journey

Conforming and Performing

The Dogs of Legalism

RESURRECTION:

Lazarus’ Story is the World’s Story

SALVATION:

Can God Be Too Good?

A Covenant Not a Contract

Have I Truly Accepted Christ?

Are You Saved?

Salvation-How Many are Saved-Who, Where, When and Why

Out For Blood?

Stop Trying to Get Saved

The Verdict Is In

Dare to Hope

7 Myths About Christian Universalism

32 Scriptures that Dare Us to Hope

Wishful Thinking? Or Blessed Hope?

If You Want to see Folk Damned

10 Affirmations on Divine Judgment – An Inclusivist Perspective

SIN:

Missing What Mark?

The One Who Sins is the One Who will Die?

I Was Tempted and I Caved in to Sin

Golgotha-Collision of Sin and Grace

SUFFERING:

When Towers Fall

Being Cross-shaped in a World Bent Out of Shape

TRINITY:

The New Math of the Gospel of John

Does the Trinity Really Matter?

The Trinity as a Weapon

The Trinity: A Beginner’s Guide