articles of David W. Chadwell

Thoughts From Matthew, online daily devotionals for 2011 written by David Chadwell. (Mobile viewing version also available.)

The articles printed in Family Lines, "The Weekly Bulletin of the Family of God at West-Ark," written by David Chadwell since November 1996 which were not about a specific local event or situation are included in the list below.
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• Access to God - 26 February 2009
• Addressing Spiritual Needs - 25 April 1999
• Admiring Jesus - 14 December 2006
• Advancing Closeness - 4 June 2000
• Agenda – God’s or Mine? - 27 January 2005
• All Blessings Have a Price - 31 July 2008
• Allowing God to "Set Me Apart" for Him - 24 November 2002
• Always Growing; Always Maturing - 9 November 2003
• ... Always the Who Must Be Clear - 15 September 2005
• Am I Ruled By God? - 29 April 2004
• Am I the Same Me? - 22 February 2007
• "... And I Know What I Am Talking About!" - 16 November 1997
• Anticipating Heaven - 9 April 2000
• Anxiety: The Soul of Worry - 14 August 2008
• Appetite's Blessing - 16 June 2002
• Are You a “Good Person”? - 16 August 2009
• Are You Passionate for God or a Slave to a Process? - 19 July 2007
• Are You Willing to Let God “Finish His Work”? - 30 August 2007
• 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
• Assembling, Serving, or Both? - 4 October 2009
• 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 - 6 March 2008
• The Bargain Route May Not Be a Bargain! - 23 May 2010
• The Basis of Good Decisions - 12 December 1999
• Because God Cares ... - 8 April 2001
• Because of Hope, We Endure - 4 May 2006
• Beginning Again - 20 December 2007
• The Beginning of Faith - 28 March 2010
• Being an Example Within - 17 April 2008
• Being an Example Without - 24 April 2008
• BEING Christian is a Wonderful Experience! - 5 June 2008
• Being What You Want To Be; Doing What You Want To Do - 23 January 2000
• Believing In What God Did In Jesus - 28 June 2009
• Bible Study:  A Formidable Challenge! - 20 Apr 1997
• The Big Hurdle - 12 July 2009
• 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!" - 28 September 2006
• But What Is Inside You? - 29 June 2006
• Can We Have It All? - 15 February 2007
• Can You Help in Cameroon? - 3 October 2004
• Can You See Too Much? - 20 July 2006
• 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 - 4 December 2008
• The Challenge - 25 October 2009
• A Challenge Facing Congregational Leadership - 11 January 2007
• The Challenge That Encourages - 26 August 2001
• The Challenge That Never Ends - 2 April 2000
• The Challenges of Being a Christian With an Open Mind - 2 June 2005
• The Challenges of Difficult Commitments - 25 May 2006
• "Change? Me Change? In What Ways?" - 27 July 2003
• Changing Focus - 2 August 2007
• A Changeless God in a Changeable World - 24 May 2009
• Children of the Savior - 6 April 2003
• The Choice - 11 September 2008
• The Choice - 5 February 2009
• Choices - 7 July 2005
• Choices - 7 March 2010
• Choosing Life is a Continual Choice - 1 November 2009
• 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 - 20 November 2008
• 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 - 5 March 2009
• 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
• Could It Be That The Way To Become Something Is To Be Nothing? - 18 April 2010
• Could You Explain to Me Why You Act That Way? - 22 June 2006
• Courage and Character - 7 September 2006
• The Courage to Learn - 6 April 2006
• 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 - 2 October 2008
• Dealing with Struggles - 25 August 2002
• Decisions: Do You Hate Them or Love Them? - 2 November 1997
• Definitions - 9 June 2005
• Despair and Hope - 24 October 2004
• Determining the Important - 26 January 2006
• Different But Necessary - 4 August 2005
• Difficult and Dangerous vs. Convenient - 21 November 1999
• The Difficult Line Separating Wisdom and Foolishness - 9 May 2010
• 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 Dare Imagine? - 14 June 2009
• Do You Fear Doing Good? - 15 March 2007
• Do You Get Tired of Doing Good? - 1 September 2002
• Do You Want To Be A Part of God’s Family? - 20 February 2011
• 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 - 2 February 2006
• Even Jesus Got Tired! - 5 December 2010
• Everyone Needs Appreciation - 18 February 2001
• Exciting Challenges Become Exhausting Demands - 3 March 2005
• Eyes, Eyes, Everywhere Eyes - 28 February 2008
• Faith ... In What? - 15 December 2005
• Faith Is ... - 4 February 2001
• Faith Is ... - 3 January 2008
• Faith or Control - 27 September 2007
• The Faith That Lives Is the Faith That Grows - 13 September 2007
• Faithless Christians - 7 December 2003
• Faith’s Benefits Depend on Jesus’ Resurrection - 5 October 2003
• Faith's Challenge - 18 September 2011
• Faith's Two Sides - 10 June 2001
• "Fall is coming!" Yea! "Prioritizing time!" Again? - 12 September 1999
• Family Meetings - 26 October 2006
• A Family Meets For Many Reasons - 22 August 1999
• The Fear of Finding Peace - 28 May 2000
• Feeling Overwhelmed - 22 June 2003
• Focus on God’s Purposes - 27 March 2008
• Focusing On God’s Concern - 6 October 2005
• Focusing On Our Purpose as a Congregation - 29 February 2004
• Following Christ Produces A Humble Mind - 19 March 2009
• Following God Can Be Weird! - 21 February 2008
• Following God Is Never Easy - 14 February 2010
• 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 Gap - 30 October 2008
• Getting It! - 15 November 2009
• The Goal - 15 May 2008
• God and Hope - 2 September 2001
• God, Because You Are! - 4 April 2010
• God Has More Than One Side - 11 October 2007
• God In Christ Can Make Us New! - 29 November 2007
• God Is Always At Work! - 31 August 1997
• God Is At Work In Our Midst! - 19 November 2000
• God Is Good – We Are Not - 23 August 2007
• God Is Not Shallow - 16 August 2007
• God Is the Foundation of Salvation - 10 May 2009
• God, Jesus, and Peace - 17 March 2005
• God Knows How To Take Care of Us - 18 October 2009
• 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, 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 of Me?" - 15 November 2007
• The God Who Creates - 25 July 1999
• The God Who Renews - 20 February 2000
• God Works Through the Imperfect - 22 August 2005
• 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 Fingerprints - 16 November 2006
• God's Greatest Investment - 24 Nov 1996
• God's Kids - 3 June 2001
• God’s Kingdom - 4 July 2010
• God's Patience - 28 April 2005
• God's Quilt - 21 April 2005
• God's Rule - 5 December 2004
• 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? - 3 January 2010
• Good News! - 6 July 2003
• Good Reasons For Continued Earnest Prayer - 9 November 1997
• Good Things, Not Bad - 25 January 2004
• The Goodness of God - 13 July 2006
• Got You Again! - 7 February 2008
• Grace: Understanding Salvation - 17 May 2009
• Gratitude and Prayers - 26 April 1998
• Gratitude: The State and the Discovery - 26 September 1999
• The Great Deceit - 14 November 2004
• The Great Opportunity - 21 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! - 5 July 2009
• Hard Choices - 12 June 2008
• Hard Decisions, Not Half-Hearted Promises - 1 July 2004
• Hate's Chain Reaction - 9 December 2001
• Hatred Produces Only Victims - 4 April 1999
• The Haunting Question - 1 August 2004
• 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
• The Higher Calling - 14 February 2008
• Holy Manners - 19 April 2007
• Holy Manners: Be An Example - 5 July 2007
• Holy Manners: The Challenge - 12 July 2007
• Holy Manners: Encouragement - 17 May 2007
• Holy Manners: Healthy Speech - 14 June 2007
• Holy Manners: Honesty - 7 June 2007
• Holy Manners: Humility - 28 June 2007
• Holy Manners: Kindness - 31 May 2007
• Holy Manners: Love (part 1) - 26 April 2007
• Holy Manners: Love (part 2) - 3 May 2007
• Holy Manners: Respect - 24 May 2007
• Holy Manners: Sincerity - 21 June 2007
• Holy Manners: Unselfishness - 10 May 2007
• Hope: For What? - 23 February 2003
• Hope In a Hopeless World - 2 November 2003
• Hope in Despair - 21 December 2006
• 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? - 13 December 2009
• How Do I Seek Purity? - 30 January 2011
• How Do We Make Sense Out Of That? - 22 September 2005
• How Do We Measure Trust? - 18 June 2000
• How Do You Get Ahead? - 8 February 2007
• 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? - 7 April 2005
• How Would God Have to Say It? - 5 October 2006
• 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 Answer For Me - 19 July 2009
• "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 … - 12 April 2007
• "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 - 6 December 2009
• "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 Is 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 - 24 July 2008
• It Doesn’t Know It’s Broken - 3 July 2008
• It Is Difficult to Mature in Godliness - 4 October 2007
• “It Is Easy!” – Are You Sure? - 6 December 2007
• It Is Okay To Be Different - 15 June 2003
• It Just Is Not Fair! - 9 Feb 1997
• It Takes More Than Acquiring The “Outfit” - 12 February 2009
• It's All In What We See - 2 Feb 1997
• 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 - 26 April 2009
• 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 Salvation Expresses Itself - 16 Mar 1997
• Joy Is Contagious! - 9 November 2006
• The Joy of the Lord - 8 May 2008
• Jumping Boxes - 20 March 2008
• Just How Big Is the God Who Sent Us Jesus? - 8 August 1999
• Just How Important Is That? - 19 May 2002
• Just Perfect! - 30 November 2006
• 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
• Lessons From the Past - 9 August 2009
• Let Him Guide You! - 12 October 2003
• Let Jesus Be The Christ - 3 April 2008
• Let the Reflections Begin! - 19 December 2004
• Life: "Do I Believe...?" - 7 May 2000
• Life Is Transition! - 12 December 2004
• Life's "Beyond My Control" Matters - 25 May 1997
• Lifting the Burden - 6 February 2011
• The Light - 22 July 2001
• Like My Lord - 15 Dec 1996
• Limiting God - 9 August 2007
• The Lion Will Roar! - 7 February 1999
• Listen To Know? Listen To Do? - 25 October 2007
• "Listen! You Can Hear It Coming!" - 23 May 1999
• Living For Eternity or Right Now? - 31 August 2003
• Living in God's Image - 13 April 2006
• Living Too Long - 24 August 2006
• 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! - 8 November 2007
• Lord, Give Us Wisdom - 7 February 2010
• Lord, Help Me Not Be Smug Or Hopeless - 22 February 1998
• Lord, I Hunger For Spiritual Growth--But My Religion Keeps Getting In My Way - 1 February 1998
• "Lord, What Did You Intend?" - 19 April 2009
• Love Takes the Nasty Out of Nastiness - 29 May 2008
• Love to Learn - 18 September 2008
• Loving God’s Character - 19 January 2006
• Loving Others and Selfishness - 26 July 2009
• Made To Live - 23 June 2005
• Making Disciples Eager to Serve Others - 22 February 2004
• The Man Was Upset! - 25 September 2008
• A Matter of Perspective - 26 July 2007
• A Matter of Spiritual Maturity - 11 May 2006
• 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 ... ? - 6 September 2009
• Missions Awareness - 15 October 2000
• Mistakes and God - 28 February 2010
• Momentum: That Invaluable Quality! - 9 August 1998
• Moving In God's Direction - 14 May 2000
• Moving Toward God’s Unity (part 1) - 13 September 2009
• Moving Toward God’s Unity (part 2) - 20 September 2009
• Moving Toward God’s Unity (part 3) - 27 September 2009
• My Challenge To Myself - 19 December 1999
• My Personal Gratitude - 22 December 2002
• My Prison - 4 March 2001
• "My" Salvation: So Many Are Involved - 7 July 2002
• The Need - 18 December 2008
• The Need for Commitment - 3 May 2009
• Neither God Nor Jesus Used Cookie Cutters - 23 November 1997
• The Next Time You Say, "It’s Not Fair!" - 4 January 2007
• No Middle Ground - 11 April 2010
• No Stainless Steel in God's Kingdom! - 16 May 2004
• Not All That Is Terrible Is Disaster - 31 July 2011
• “Now” Is Today – Which May Be All There Is! - 7 December 2006
• "Now That Is What I Had in Mind!" - 28 April 2002
• The "Now" -- Twenty Years Later - 11 February 2001
• The Objective - 8 January 2009
• The Obstacle Course - 3 August 2006
• Often Our “Good Intentions” Destroy Us - 29 March 2007
• "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! - 19 June 2008
• Operation Encouragement - 3 August 1997
• Opportunity Knocks - 16 Feb 1997
• Our Amazing God! - 23 August 2009
• 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 - 3 February 2005
• Our Mission - 31 October 1999
• Our “Safe Place” - 21 March 2010
• Our "World Wide Touch" - 31 January 1999
• Overwhelmed By Love! - 19 October 1997
• A Parable About God - 27 June 1999
• A Paradox - 17 July 2008
• Participatory Leadership - 23 July 2000
• A Passion For Souls - 1 October 2000
• The Past Is the Past - 19 October 2003
• People-Centered Leaders - 25 January 2007
• Perhaps the Hardest Thing to Believe - 19 October 2006
• Permanent Good - 20 December 2009
• A Personal Evaluation - 9 October 2008
• 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
• The Power of Choices - 7 August 2008
• The Power of Christian Encouragement - 12 October 2006
• The Power of Contentment - 23 March 2006
• The Power of God’s Patience - 8 December 2005
• The Power of Personal Influence - 13 April 2003
• The Power of Tenacity - 30 May 2010
• The Power of Visions and Dreams - 31 May 1998
• The Power of Words: God Spoke - 31 January 2008
• The Powerful Spirit That Triumphs! - 24 January 2010
• Praying on a Bad Day - 27 April 2006
• The Precious Gift of Commitment - 12 March 2009
• The Price for Spiritual Freedom - 8 November 1998
• Priorities - 3 January 1999
• The Problem - 11 December 2008
• 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 - 17 January 2008
• Reconciliation?  What is That? - 12 Jan 1997
• Reflecting Jesus' Compassion - 23 Mar 1997
• Reflections - 12 May 2005
• Rejoicing and Groaning - 8 June 2003
• Remember the Good News! - 26 June 2008
• Removing The Stinger - 12 April 2009
• Representing God Well - 12 February 2012
• Respect for Each Other - 10 April 2008
• The Resurrection Principle - 23 August 1998
• Reveal Yourself! - 20 April 2006
• Running From or Running Toward - 21 August 2008
• The Search for Meaning - 19 September 2004
• Searching For Peace - 14 September 2003
• A Sense of Privilege - 15 August 1999
• A Sense of Privilege - 22 March 2007
• Several "Think Abouts" - 10 August 1997
• Shepherding – A Leadership Style - 18 January 2007
• Shock and Amazement - 14 September 2006
• Simple Isn't Simple Anymore--and Probably Never Was - 5 October 1997
• Sitting Duck - 10 October 1999
• A Small Piece Brings a Huge Machine “to Life” - 10 August 2006
• "So It's December! What Is the Big Deal?" - 23 December 2001
• So You Think You Have Your Future Figured Out? - 6 September 2007
• Sobering Reminders - 9 February 2003
• The Solution - 1 January 2009
• "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! - 8 March 2007
• "Sore Thumbs" and Christians - 27 April 2003
• The Speed of Time - 1 June 2003
• Spiritual: By Accident or By Intent? - 15 June 2006
• The Spiritual Ones - 5 March 2000
• Spring ... Again! - 1 May 2008
• The State That Does Not Exist - 1 November 1998
• Strange How Words Change Concepts! - 29 September 2005
• The Strength of Faith in God - 30 September 2001
• The Strength of Relationship - 28 January 2001
• Struggles - 30 June 2002
• Sunday Nights 2005 - 30 December 2004
• 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
• Testing the Boundaries - 1 June 2006
• Thank You, Brad! - 20 September 2007
• Thank You, God! - 7 June 2009
• Thank You, Mat and Jo - 11 March 2001
• Thank You, Sam Roberts! - 30 April 2000
• THANKS! - 3 June 2010
• Thanks for Going to Macedonia! - 19 May 2005
• Thanks! See You Sunday! - 29 July 2001
• That Cannot Possibly Be Correct! - 24 March 2005
• That "Overwhelmed" Feeling - 23 June 2002
• Theory Is Fine, But Practicing Is Hard - 9 March 2006
• 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?" - 21 September 2006
• Things Faith Did Not Do - 21 June 1998
• Things Just Keep Changing! - 8 November 2009
• Things That Do And Do Not Burn - 14 March 2010
• 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!" - 11 October 2009
• 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 Change the Way People Act, Values Must Change - 2 May 2010
• To Find Strength, Refine Focus - 26 January 2003
• To Others, Unbelievable; To Us, Reality - 14 March 2004
• To The Rescue! - 20 June 1999
• Toothpaste Tubes - 29 January 2009
• The Trail Blazers - 6 July 2006
• Transitions - 28 August 2008
• Treating Each Other As We Should: Not A Simple Responsibility! - 14 July 2002
• Trying to Grasp the Unimaginable - 13 June 2004
• "Turn Around" Time - 17 December 2000
• Two Masters At Work - 15 June 1997
• Ultra-Selfishness and God's Forgiveness - 11 August 2002
• Unbelievable Kindness - 4 September 2008
• Uncertainty - 26 May 2005
• The Understanding - 15 January 2009
• The Unexpected - 10 March 2002
• The Unpredictable - 10 July 2008
• The Urgency of Choosing Wisely - 2 April 2009
• “Uh-Oh ... I Wanted the Automatic Version!” - 2 August 2009
• Using Life As An Investment of Faith - 16 October 2008
• Values - 30 June 2005
• The Victim With a Choice - 13 March 2008
• Waking the Sleeping Giant - 22 November 2009
• 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! - 31 January 2010
• What An Encouragement! - 3 August 2003
• What Are You Looking For? - 16 May 2010
• "What Can I Do? I Am Only One Person!" - 16 February 2003
• What Did You Learn About You From Others’ Mistakes? - 23 October 2008
• 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? - 10 November 2005
• 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 In Control of Me? - 21 December 2003
• What Is To Come - 10 December 2000
• What Is Your Reaction: To Follow or To Destroy? - 21 March 2004
• What Messes We Produce For Ourselves! - 27 March 2011
• What Shall I Accept? - 4 November 2001
• What Will Be Learned? - 10 September 2000
• What Would It Mean If We Succeeded? - 5 April 2007
• What Would You Do If ... - 2 March 2006
• What Yet Will Be - 2 December 2001
• What You Do Not Want To Be - 1 November 2007
• 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 - 23 January 2011
• 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 - 13 December 2007
• 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 - 25 April 2010
• When You Look At Me, What Do You See? - 14 December 2003
• Where Do You Run? - 17 June 2001
• Where Is the Hole? - 27 July 2006
• Where Is the Joy? - 29 August 2004
• Where Will My Knowledge Lead Me? - 30 August 2009
• 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 December 2010
• Who Is the Worst Off? - 19 January 2003
• Who Is Weak? - 9 February 2006
• Who Needs To Change? - 18 May 2003
• Who or What Determines Who I Am? - 17 August 2003
• Who Owns You? - 11 January 2004
• Who Reflects Whom? - 24 January 2008
• "Who Wants To Help?" - 6 October 2002
• Who/What Teaches You How To Think? - 4 May 2003
• Whom Do You Trust? - 8 July 2001
• Why Am I a Christian? - 17 August 2006
• Why Do We Turn To Christ? - 5 August 2001
• Why Is Everyone Shocked? - 14 March 1999
• Why Would Anyone Be An Elder Today? - 10 January 2008
• Why Would Anyone Endure So Much? - 18 May 2006
• Why Would Anyone Want To Be Like God? - 21 October 2001
• “Why Would Anyone Want To Lead Me?” - 1 February 2007
• The Width of Separation Between Compliment and Insult Is Small! - 10 March 2005
• Wisdom Does Not Change - 21 February 2010
• Wise and Peaceful or Thoughtlessly Harmful - 21 March 1999
• “Wish I Could Have Been Abraham!” -- Really? - 17 January 2010
• "The World Should Be Christian!" - 25 October 1998
• 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 - 19 February 2009
• You Still Control Who You Are - 17 November 2005

Link to Chronological list

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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david@westarkchurchofchrist.org

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