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List of shorter Bulletin Articles
1. You Get Dizzy
2. Thanksgiving Thoughts
3. Wanted: Dependable People
4. Question: Holy Spirit Baptism
5. Camouflage
6. Get On Track and Stay There
7. Death of a Hero
8. Send the Fire Truck!
9. Placing Membership in a Local Church
10. Drop-Outs
11. 7 Things That Will Help You Grow Spiritually (Grover Stevens)
12. Absence is a Symptom
13. Keep Your Fork
14. The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee
15. Everything I Need to Know about Noah’s Ark
16. “No Mam, I Wont Ever” - by Mike Riley
17. How to Please Everyone, by Wendell Ward
18. When You Make an Error
19. Clone the Shepherd
20. The Continuity of the Word of God
21. Don’t Mark Your Mistakes (New Year’s Article)
22. How to Know What God Wants Me to Do - Greg Gwin
23. Try it — You’ll Like It — Are You Sure?
24. The Limpit and the Rock
25. The Urge to Worship
26. Light Up the Church Building
27. Go Ahead! – Start a Problem!
28. It’s Hard to Convince Your Children
29. Essential Church Members
30. New Year Begins Any Time
31. Who’s Important?
32. The Old Fisherman
33. The Convention
34. Drinking Alcoholic Beverages — Take the Test
35. Is It Narrow Minded? - by Jere Frost
36. A Sunday With No Absences
37. Liberty Throughout the Land - 4th of July article
38. Just What is the Gospel? - (E.C. Fuqua)
39. Forcing an Opinion
40. Finding Fault
41. Reading the Bible - (grandfather and grandson)
42. Too Much TV?
43. What Keeps a Local Congregation Going?
44. What We Are All About
45. The Church in Their Hands
46. China Eggs
47. The Bible ant the TV Guide
48. What is Jesus to You?
49. The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ
50. A Monkey and a Typewriter
51. Reading the Bible Helps
52. Dachshunds and Great Danes
53. A Mirror for the Soul
54. Before You Say, “I Can’t” or “I Don’t . . .”
55. My Child Was Lost and is Found — by Joe Price
56. Loyalty to the Lord
57. Don’t Stop Growth
58. I Know
59. Don’t Go Near the Lion’s Den (To Young Folks)
60. How Do You Hear the Gospel?
61. Divorce is Expensive (Based on 2003 TV Show)
62. Too Little Too Late, by Mark White
63. Eagles in a Storm
64. Mom, by Edgar Guest
65. What About Your Funeral?
66. A Mother’s Scar
67. The Mother Watch - by Edgar A. Guest
68. Traditional — Contemporary — Scriptural, Which? by Terry Sanders
69. Life’s Obstacles, by Johnny Ramsey
70. Twinkies and Root Beer
71. The Worth of Bible Classes
72. N.B. Hardeman - Church Work
73. On Being Well Liked
74. There Was Once a Little Boy -by Mark White
75. A Special Man (Father’s Day article)
76. Close to, Round About, or Near By
77. How are You Taking Care of Yourself?
78. Turn and Live!, Don Boice
79. Misunderstanding Legalism
80. Glory to the Reader or Writer? David Diestlekamp
81. Belief in the Bible is Infallibly Safe (by Ben Franklin)-
82. As Tolerant as Jesus
83. In God We Trust ???
84. How to Go to Hell - by Lewis Sharp
85. A Cab Ride
86. Armageddon
87. Call on the Name of the Lord, Robert Turner
88. “If Only” by Greg Litmer
89. Dirt Roads
90. Lessons from the Ark
91. What This Church Needs
92. How to Please Everyone
93. Unconditional Love
94. Taking Up False Reports, G. C. Brewer
95. Goals for 200
96. Don’t Mark Your Mistakes
97. Worship God
98. New Year’s Prayer
99. Repentance and Faith
100. When Dressing, Put on a Smile
101. Find a Storm Shelter!
102. Foot (or Feet) Washing
103. Taking Up a False Report
104. “Two Gun Crowley”
105. “Milked or Fed”
106. Enjoy Life
107. God Has Spoken — Listen!
108. Congregational Growth
109. Words of Warning, by Keith Greer
110. The Scarlet Worm, by Henry Norris
111. I Liked My Minister
112. Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
113. He Called a Jail Cell “Home”
114. Take Heed to Hearing
115. Confessions of a Liar
116. What Determines Right? by Bill Crews
117. How to Ruin Our Influence
118. A Letter From Brother Lukewarm
119. Why Do People Go To Church
120. “He Never Let On”
121. “Big Name” Preacher
122. Modernism— Not So New
123. God and “Oneness”
124. Sexual Harassment
125. Alcohol is Dangerous!
126. Trash It!
127. A Painting of a Dying Church
128. Seven Ups
129. Winter’s Here
130. My Next Twelve Hours
131, The Ten Minutes Before and After Services
132. A Christian Is . . .
133. Pray for God to Kill Him
134. The Rapture - Is it a Reality?
135. Marriage is For Life
136. Enthusiasm
137. Doldrums or Tantrums
138. A Poem on Influence, Edgar Guest
139. Cocktails & Christians, Warren Berkley
140. When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking
141. God’s Economy
142. Scopes 2005: Evolution Vs. Intelligent Design, by Wayne Jackson
143. You Say - God Says, submitted
144. A Pleasant Rumor, via Brief Exhortations
145. Potpourri
146. Facts About Revelation 20
147. Don’t Quit
148. The Preacher’s Coffee and a Sequel
149. Empty Seats
150. God Didn’t Write It, Book of Mormon
151. Examine Yourself
152. I’ve Never Known
153. What I Want
154. When Someone Gossips to You
155. Don't Be Anti???
156. How to Plant Your Garden
157. A Boy to Train, by Wendell Wiser
158. About Abortion, Just Wondering
159. Advice to Andrew Jackson
160. Who Repented and Who Didn’t
161. Be Content . . .
162. When is a Drinker Drunk?
163. Never Turn Back, Albert Barnes
164. Consequences of Pentecostalism
165. The Name of the Church
166. Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible
167. Let’s Proselyte
168. “Sounds Good With a Fiddle” - Cled Wallace
169. Poem - “For” in Acts 2:38
170. The Law and the Prophets Were Until John
171. Is it “Narrow Minded”?
172. Lord’s Supper or Marathon?
173. Many Members, One Body
174. Three Dispensations
175. The Greater Love
176. A Return to Paganism, by Bill Brummit
177. Bible Reverenced; Not Read
178. Change Pebbles to Jewels
179. Beauty from Tragedy
180. Spiritual Vandalism, Tom Sutherland
181. Danger of Drifting, M. Norvel Young
182. Mary Had A Little Child, Brian Martin
183. Monuments to the Resurrection, Tom Sutherland
184. God Requires Effort -- Not Results
185. The “Gospel of Judas,” by Boyd Jennings
186. Tributes to the Bible
187. The Sin of Baby Murder
188. Jesus is The Christ, N.B. Hardeman (1943)
189. Mark Twain and the Age of the Earth
190. Prescription for Unhappiness
191. Selling Jesus
192. Hi-Fi Religion, by Herschell Patton
193. If Jesus Passed the Plate
194. Bitterness, by Walter Henderson
195. Preacher Search
196. My Mother
197. How Cheetahs Survive
198. “Are You Jesus?”
199. “Wanted: Dependable Person”
200. “Fruitful in the Land of Affliction”
201. Mother’s Reward
202. The Unbelieving Companion
203. Drinking From My Saucer
204. Looking Strong
205. Who Would You Blame?
206. The Meaning of Acts 2:38, Barry L. Davis
207. Daddy Won't Be Coming Home, Bob Dickey
208. Are All of the Pieces Needed?
209. I Quit
210. How You Can Have a Happy Family
211. Treasures in Heaven, Tom Sutherland
212. Happy and Sad
213. Apathy
214. What's Your IQ?
215. How to Become a Christian - with Chart
216. Infant Baptism
217. June 14 - Flag Day
218. A Famous Father
219. Unnecessary Cooperation
220. God Iz Grate
221. Can We Follow the Bible Only? by Wayne Chamberlain
222. It Will Mend
223. Friendships that Endure
224. Try Pressing ESC . . .
225. My People Love to Have it So
226. Do You Believe in Miracles?
227. Hand in Hand - A Child and I
228. What Makes a Pattern in Christianity? B.G. Hope
229. Start With A Brownie
230. Be Not Conformed to this World
231. Working Together
232. Who Then is This?
233. Early Morning Attitude, by Warren Berkley
234. Go About Your Business
235. If There Were No Salt
236. The Preacher Interview
237. Be Sure of Your Course
238. Admiral Rickover and TV
239. Why I Pray
240. ‘I Sucker My Plants’ - John S. Sweeney
241. The Art of Self-defense
242. Idle Worship, by Don Boice
243. “The Survey Shows”
244. Evolution and the Chemistry of Water
245. The Mark of the Beast 666
246. My Brother’s Keeper
247. The Dollar Carries the Message
248. Closed Eyes and Truth - and Shut Mouths
249. The Farmer’ Mule
250. You Started It!
252. 2242 A.D. - Archaeology
253. What Makes the Difference? - Aaron Beard
253. ‘Contemporary Worship Services’ - Greg Gwin
254. Are We Loyal?
255. Monkey Psychology??
256. The Importance of Love, Tom Sutherland
257. Planting Time
258. The Law Written on their Hearts
259. Judging Motives
260. The Worthy Name
261. Preacher and Song Leader Conflict
262. True Wisdom
263. Faith and Works
264. The Seventh Friend
265. Spiritual Growth
266. The Farmer and His Hound
267. A Worm in the Fire
268. The Choice is Ours
269. The Grandfather Clock
270. A Lasting Monument
271. The “Big Potatoes” of Life
272. Could the Ark Hold All the Animals?
273. Drinking and Obesity
274. Be Careful, You're Bending That Twig
275. The Bible and the Cell Phone
276. “Try It Again”
277. Start With the Right Seed
278. Dam it Up, by Steven Deaton
279. A Dozen Ways to Murder a Church
280. The Power of Purpose
281. Let Us Be Thankful
282. Sleeping When the Wind Blows
283. Proper and Improper Controversy, Irven Lee
284. While We Walk This Pilgrim Pathway
285. It’s Character That’s Important
286. What’s Wrong With Mrs. Craig?
287. Sermons We See, Edgar Guest
288. Being Put Forth By Her Mother, Jim Rury
289. God’s Wings
290. Gossip and the Scriptures, by Louis Sharp
291. Courage and Confidence
292. Twelve Ways to Enrich Your Life
293. What Do You Look For in a Church?
294. “Close to, Round About, or Nearby”
295. Guard Your Steps, Glenn Seaton
296. Excape From Confusion, James W. Adams
297. Seeking In The Light, Helen Keller
298. How About Your Lasting Impact?
299. Why We Lost Young People
300. Four Lessons from Geese
301. Nicotine
302. To Be a Christian is to Be in the Church
303. Evidence of Revealed Religion
304. “But I Want You to Know”, Steve Deaton
305. A Walk Through the Bible
306. “How Many Times Have You . . .?”, C.A. Burcham
307. Your Hidden Potential
308. Silent Violins
309. Spelling Integrity
310. Three Little Boys, “Where’s God?”
311. What is a Minister?
312. Cooperation
313. Why?
314. Missed Opportunities
315. Members Support Each Other
316. There Will Always Be God
317. Solo or Symphony?
318. Raising a Godly Son, via Wisdom's Edge
319. Are You Too Busy?
320. No Hands But Ours
321. Perspective — A Puzzler
322. Moses and Standard Oil
323. Youth
324. “Halloween”
325. You Say - God Says
326. Christians are Devoted to Christ
327. How Christians Worship
328. I Worry
329. Why Armageddon?
330. Anxiety for the Church
331. You Will Be Missed
332. The Lord’ Supper
333. Night Watch
334. Good Things about Alzheimer's . . .
335. Righteous Lot
336. The Lost Batallion
337. How Do You Define “Faithful”?
338. What is a Christian? by Johnny Ramsey
339. Can I Prove it is Wrong and Sinful?
340. Boost Attendance
341. Can You Teach? by Steve Deaton
342. Alphabet of Life, by Don Boice
343. Old Tree-New Wood
344. Making Soap to the Glory of God
345. Let’s Sow More Seed
346. Case for a Vanishing Church
347. Church is not Like it Used to Be!, by Kent Heaton
348. To a Hireling
349. You Preach First
350. A Doctor Explains Death
351. Can A Christian Fall? (Poem)
352. When Tomorrow Starts Without Me (Poem)
353. An Anecdote from “Racoon” John Smith
354. Church Dropouts by Cloyce Sutton II
355. God's Temple of Revelation
356. Facts About Faith Healing, by Rick Duggin
357. Feet Washing, by Benjamin Franklin
358. Quiz on the Local Church
359. Those Who Ask
360. Thanksgiving Day, by Homer Hailey
361. David Lipscomb on Fellowship
362. Moralizing, by Frank Himmel
363. Being Thankful
364. Thanksgiving Trip
365. Neither Catholic, Protestant, or Jew
366. Offending the Little Children
367. Only a Pebble
368. What Are You Doing Sunday
369. How to Identify a Lukewarm Christian
370. Uncommon Valor, A Common Virtue
371. Learn About God and Yourself
372. We Are Never Alone
373. Jesus' Obituary
374. Burying Dead Church Members
375. “And He Died”
376. The Fire
377. Departure From Faith is Gradual
378. All of Life is Worship
379. Bible Conversion
380. From a Traveler
381. Shall We Dance?
382. One Book - the Bible
383. Done With God
384. Don’t Go Near the Lion’s Den
385. The Lord’s Supper
386. Almost Persuaded?
387. The Trouble Tree
388. Hope in God
389. Diary of a Bible
390. I Know Not What
391. Suffering With
392. Who is Right, Man or God? by Donald Boice
393. Sandpaper People
394. Do it Together
395. I’m Just One . . . by Greg Gwinn
396. Temperatures are Dropping
397. A Faithful Dog
398. The New Infidelity - Is THIS Cheating?
399. Bible Class 101
400. The Five Finger Prayer
401. What Are You?
402. The Double Cure, by Lewis G. Hale
403. Let Us Not Divorce Them!, by Gayle Oler
404. What is Lost in Divorce
405. What is a Teacher?
406. Loving One Another, H.M. Phillips
407. Dolley’s Courageous Rescue
408. Directions to His House
409. Refining Silver
410. Churches Are Not Built by Just Fighting Error, - Jesse M. Kelley (deceased)
411. Little Things
412. Prime the Pump
413. Preacher/Pastor - What's the Difference?
414. A Word to Mothers, by W. Lipscomb
415. Thinking About Perfection
416. Opportunity
417. Lincoln’s Most Beautiful Prose - Memorial Day
418. The Church That Became a Submarine
419. Take Care of Your Bible, by Don Boice
420. A Little Boy
421. Underestimating Values, by Shane Williams
422. Reading With Understanding, by Donald C. Boice
423. Faith on the Wire
424. Ogre in the Pit
425. The Passing of Someone Else
426. Some Ts of Bible Teachers
427. God's Image, by Shane Williams
428. Not on Sunday Night
429. Someday I Would Be Good Enough to Teach
430. The Countdown
431. Twelve Evidences That We have Lost Our “First Love” For the Lord
432. The New Convert, by Donald C. Boice
433. The Sacrificial Life
434. The Church - Mine, Yours, or His?
435. Honesty
436. Where Did I Get All That Money?
437. Examine Your Church
438. Your Hut’s On Fire
439. Strong Only in Appearance
440. Perils to the Soul, by Rick Duggin
441. Sodium
442. Glad To Go To Church
443. Unexpected Alligators
444. Contribution – If I Give . .
445. Why Should He Love Me So?
446. The Card Sender
447. What if it Rains?
448. Wake-Up Calls
449. If I Had But One Sermon . . .
450. Called Back by the Shepherd
451. Who Would Miss Us?
452. Straight to Heaven
453. Thomas Edison—Successful Failure
454. Juniper Tree Junkets, by Paul R. VanGorder
455. Making it Stick
456. The Definite Article THE, by Donald Boice
457. The Importance of One
458. Faith or Superstition?, by Donald C. Boice
459. Married Without Consent?, by Tom Wacaster
460. Six Qualities of Strong Families
461. Brahms’ Paradox
462. Satisfied With Riches?
463. Pilate’s Wash Bowl
464. Rejoice or Wail?
465. You Cannot Waste Time
466. Serving God’s Purpose
467. My Life is Worth Something
468. The Beatitudes of Sunday School Growth
469. Bruised and Broken
470. The Seed Sower
471. Are You Smarter Than a Frog?
472. It’s a Long Story
473. Who Supported the Church?
474. Paint Specks
475. Life on Death Row
476. Rescued By A Raven
477. Right Signal
478. Set in Concrete
479. The Forward Look
480. People Problems
481. The Coming of the Army
482. The Church as an Organization
483. Real or Artificial?
484. It Makes Me Wonder
485. 10 Things No “Pentecostal” Preacher Can Do
486. Promise Yourself
487. Preacher Song Leader Conflict
488. The Bible as Light
489. Need a Push?
490. A Sound Investment
491. The Great Irony
492. I Sucker My Plants
493. A Wise Answer
494. Plenty of Steam
495. Attitude Toward the Lord’s Supper
496. Who is Most Important?
497. A Serious Warning!
498. Take As Directed
499, A New Location
500. How to Study
501. Wealth Makes Many Friends
502. Who Is a Disciple?
503. Regular Attendance As Seen By Some
504. The Taste of Dust
505. Effects of No Church Discipline, by the late Irven Lee
506. Getting the Wrinkles Out
507. Stopped Reading Too Soon
508. Enthusiasm
509. How Long?
510. Only a Nail
511. Noah Needed Oxygen?
512. Human Psychology
513. What do You Believe?
514. Primary Duties Take Precedence
515. Now is the Time
516. Why Do They Do It?
517. Congregational Loyalty
518. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
519. “Stengelese”
520. Brownies With a Difference
521. When Church is Boring, by Frank Himmel
522. It’s Hard . . .
523. Paul’s Conversion, The Work of the Holy Spirit
524. Life From Death, by Shane Williams
525. Gossip and the Sewing Machine
526. Questions for a Baptist “Pastor”
527. Positive Thinking
528. What is a Minority?
529. How Many Comings of Christ?
530. Three Marbles
531. Advice to Preachers
532. What to Forget
533. Inconsistency
534. The Church is Not the Building, by Heath Rogers
535. Bowling Alley Conversion
536. “This is Good”
537. Teen Commandments
538. Sheep Don’t Wallow
539. Why Be Baptized?
540. Washing Away of Sins, by Raymond Kelcy
541. Weary in Well Doing
542. A Prayer
543. Just Suppose
544. Food for Thought
545. Christ Goes Before Us
546. The Simplest Advertising
547. Consecration
548. Power in an Acorn
549. You Can Argue With a Barometer
550. Whose Heart the Lord Opened, John T. Hinds
551. Follow Through
552. Whodunit?
553. Venturesome Reptiles, by Cled E. Wallace
554. It Sounds Familiar
555. I Want My Child to Have Everything
556. Henry Clay Was Not Sleepy
557. Saved Like the Thief
558. "But-or-Therefore"
559. “Praying Hands”
560. “The Great Law”
561. “Worry and Anxiety”
562. Moses Lard’s Tribute
563. The Upside of Aging
564. What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality, by Heath Rogers
565. You Tell on Yourself, contributed by Jean Forsythe
566. Why We Celebrate Jesus’ Death, by Jon Quinn
567. ‘Tis the Season, by Ethan Longhenry
568. Why Is The Local Church Not Growing? by Dennis Reed
569. My Best Friend, by Monie Matthews
570. Terrorist Groups Operating in Churches
571. The Lord’s Supper on the Moon
572. Pure Milk
573. Whom Shall I Believe?
574. What’s the Use?
575. Religious Frogs, by Bill Lambert
576. Now This is My Interpretation, by Robert Turner
577. “How Can I Get More Out Of Bible Study?” by Mark White
578. Honor to Whom. . .
579. Stars Still Shine, by H. L. Lester
580. Let’s Attack
581. “Have You Ever”
582. How I Know the Bible Is the Word of God, R.A.Torey
583. A Mistake - written by David Lipscomb
584. “You Won’t Recognize a Thing”
585. “Your Lasting Impact”
586. “Ready or Not”
587 “Clap Your Hands”
588 “Receive Jesus Christ (as your Personal Savior)
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