The Gospel Observer

Sailing Beyond the "Pillars of Hercules" (Tom Edwards)
Question & Answer: If there is no Bible verse to condemn a thing, doesn't that mean it must be acceptable to God? (Bob Buchanon)

December 8, 1991

No Dogs Allowed! (Tom Edwards)
Two Men "Know" They Are Saved (Bill Hall)
Eight "Sentence Sermons" on Egotism

December 15, 1991

Denominationalism Versus Bible Unity (Tom Edwards)
Preaching (John Clark)

December 22, 1991

Has God's Kingdom Come? (Tom Edwards)
Bible Quiz: Water Baptism

December 29, 1991

Manhood in the Home (Eugene Britnell)
Your Heart's Desire (Chuck Bartlett)

January 12, 1992

Jesus, The Son of God (David A. Padfield)

January 19, 1992

Teen Problems and God's Solutions (Tom Edwards)
A Piece of Plastic Clay (poem, selected)

January 26, 1992

"No I Don't Like Churches Or Preachers" (Bob F. Owen)
What About Acts 10? (Chuck Bartlett)

February 2, 1992

The Philippian Jailer (Tom Edwards)
Neglect (anonymous, one paragraph)
Two Poems and a Quote (authors unknown)

February 9, 1992

Paul's Persevering Patience (Tom Edwards)

February 16, 1992

Sailing the Sea of Life (Robert Gabhart)
"Fast-Food" Religion (author unknown)
Five "Selected Sentence Sermons" About Life

February 23, 1992

Died With Christ (Chuck Bartlett)
What Are You Mining For? (Tom Edwards)

March 1, 1992

Teenager, What Is Right Or Wrong? (Bob Baston)
Disobedient To Parents (Mike Willis)
Three "Sentence Sermons"

March 8, 1992

Immodesty: Have We Given Up The Fight? (Dennis Abernathy)
Who Did The Church Help? (Johnie Edwards)
Where Is Russia? (Harry L. Lewis)

March 15, 1992

"...Unless You Believed In Vain" (Tom Edwards)
The Word of God (Poem, Selected)
Our Need (Poem, Selected)

March 22, 1992

Saved By Works? (Tom Edwards)

March 29, 1992

Are We Just Lazy? (Dee Bowman)
The Twelve Thrones (Harry L. Lewis)

April 5, 1992

Praise God For His Word In Our Own Language! (Tom Edwards)
Suggestions For Individuals (on the use of tracts) (selected)
Which Child Shall Die? (adaptation by Wes Brown)
Question & Answer: Is It All Right to Clip Finger Nails During A Church Service? (Bob Buchanon)

April 12, 1992

Stepping Off the Ladder of Judaism to Humbly Bow Before the Feet of Christ (Philippians 3:4-8) (Tom Edwards)

April 19, 1992

"In Everything Give Thanks" (Tom Edwards)
Question & Answer: Horoscopes, Astrology, and Palm Reading (Bob Buchanon)

April 26, 1992

Can You Read? Why? (Morris D. Norman)
The Power of Satan (Harry L. Lewis)

May 3, 1992

Lost--Why? (Tom Edwards)

May 10, 1992

"Beware of the Dogs" (Tom Edwards)
The Eternal Value of Not Giving Up (Tom Edwards)
Seven Faces of Failure (John Clark)

May 17, 1992

Pay the Price (Chuck Bartlett)
The Characteristics of God (Brent Lykins)
The Sword of the Spirit: God's Word (Harry Lewis)
Mercy and Grace (Tom Edwards)

May 24, 1992

Hell (Tom Edwards)

May 31, 1992

Hope Is To Be Found In Christ (Bill Hall)
He Missed the Target and Ricocheted All Over the Assembly (Guthrie Dean)
"They Sat Down to Rest, and Resting Died!" (selected)
Peter the Pouter (A. A. McInroe)
The Steps That Lead Toward Heaven (brief)

June 7, 1992

Miracles Performed For Those Without Faith (Tom Edwards)

June 14, 1992

Reasons For Rejoicings (Tom Edwards)
"It's Silly!" (Tom Edwards)

June 21, 1992

Antidote to Apostasy (K. L. Chumbley)
Being An Imitator (Tom Edwards)

June 28, 1992

Justification By Grace and Mercy--Not Merit (Tom Edwards)
Isn't It Peculiar? (selected, short)

July 5, 1992

Homosexuality (Tom Edwards)
Power of the Written Word (Via Spreading the Word)

July 12, 1992

"It's Hard When You're Just Passing Through" (Via The Reminder)
Are God's Blessings For Sale? (Lloyd Barker)
Things to Guard Against (John Berlin)

July 19, 1992

"Try a Little Tenderness" (Larry Ray Hafley)
Statements From Job (5 verses from Job)

July 26, 1992

An Undying Influence (Tom Edwards)
Bear That Cross (J. R. Snell)
Smoking (Johnie Edwards)

August 2, 1992

Love (Lawrence Kelly)
Time Well Spent!!
Strict Parents (Joyce Brothers, quote)
How Is Your Faith? (Marvin Noble)

August 9, 1992

"You Are A Temple Of God" (Tom Edwards)
Fulfilling Our Responsibilities (Tom Edwards)

August 16, 1992

Pray Without Ceasing (Marc Shotts)
Are Bible Classes Sinful? (Johnie Edwards)
What About Capital Punishment? (Tom Edwards)
10 Reasons Why the Church of Christ Is Worth Investigating (selected)

August 23, 1992

The "Natural Man" of 1 Corinthians 2:14 (Robert F. Turner)
The Holy Spirit And The Word of God (Emerson L. Flannery)

August 30, 1992

Exploding the "Big Bang" Theory (1) (Joe R. Price)
Universal Salvation (J. F. Dancer)
Is God An Evolutionist? (2) (Joe R. Price)
Influence (Selected)

September 6, 1992

Where is God?? (Lawrence Kelly)
"Yes, You Can" (Don Truex)
Why Sermons? (Rick Harlow)

September 13, 1992

Looking in the Right Direction (Tom Edwards)
Doubt and Faith (poem, Author Unknown)
Whithersoever He Goeth (Raymond Harris)
Three Crosses (poem, selected)

September 20, 1992

Serving the Lord (Johnie Edwards)
Habits Are Like Cucumbers (Selected)
Sound Speech Or Sound Silence? (Connie W. Adams)
Women Teachers (Johnie Paul Edwards)

September 27, 1992

Americans Are Hooked On TV! (Bob Buchanan)
Why Do You Wait? (Raymond Harris)
The Set of the Sail (poem; author unknown)
God's Way of Salvation (5 steps, brief)

October 4, 1992

Showing Sympathy to One Another (Tom Edwards)
The Power of Words (Tom Edwards)

October 11, 1992

Safe Sex (Keith Sharp)
What Do We Have to Offer? (T. Doy Moyer)
Short Bible Sermons (Selected)
Must One Be Baptized Before Receiving Salvation? (Tom Edwards, short article)

October 18, 1992

The Washing of Sins (Lynn Wessel)
Selected Quotes (8 of them)
The Godhead (Jarrod Jacobs)

October 25, 1992

Maintaining Self-Control (John Isaac Edwards, 15 yrs. old)
If the Jews Had Accepted Jesus (David A. Padfield)
Responsibilities of Parents (Johnie Paul Edwards)
Death--What Is It? (short quote)

November 1, 1992

Urgency (J. Wiley Adams)
Backsliding (Johnie Paul Edwards)
Power (Johnie Edwards)
One is Saved by Many Things (Tom Edwards)
A Church Garden (Selected)

November 8, 1992

Three Score Years (Harry L. Lewis)
Flesh and Spirit (Larry Ray Hafley)
Jumping to Conclusions (Selected)
Tomorrow (Hollis Creel)
Let's Be Honest (Lawrence Kelley)

November 15, 1992

The Busybody is a Sinner (Paul C. Keller)
Repentance (Emerson Flannery)

November 22, 1992 (has not been found yet)

Diligence (Tom Edwards)
A Special Note Concerning One Whom We (And Many Others) Had Been Praying For: Philip Wells

November 29, 1992

Love Finds A Way (Sewell Hall)
"One Religion is as Good as Another" (Steve Wolfgang)
A Sending God (Cecil May, Jr.)
Trust (selected, brief)

December 6, 1992

Why Churches Dwindle (Johnie Edwards)
Giving And Receiving (Paul W. Kimmel)
What Makes The Difference? (Bill Crews)
Love (selected)
Daniel Webster Quote (brief)

December 13, 1992

The Lord's Supper (Tom Edwards)

December 20, 1992

Misused Titles for the "Preacher" (Tom Edwards)
Binding Where God Didn't Bind (Johnie Edwards)
An Honest Doubter (Frank Jamerson)
Selected Sentence Sermons (4 of them)

December 27, 1992

God's Way of Conversion (Tom Edwards)
Concerning Alcohol (Quotes)
About "Christmas" (Tom Edwards)

January 3, 1993 (I'm still looking for this one)

Faith is the Victory (Wiley Adams)
The Sin of Railing (Paul C. Keller)
Slight Mistake! (Nonprofit Alert)

January 10, 1993

More On "Titles" and Terms (Tom Edwards)
Points to Ponder (Bob Buchanon)

January 17, 1993

Does Being Saved By Grace Eliminate Works of Every Kind? (Tom Edwards)

January 24, 1993

Purposeful Preaching (Robert Turner)
You Are Satisfied? (Jere E. Frost)
Somebody Lied to Us! (Words of Truth)
Selected Sentence Sermons (3 of them)
Steps to Christian Growth (Selected)

January 31, 1993

What is the Church of Christ (Robert Harkrider)
Can You Find 16 Books of the Bible (Selected)
Selected Sentence Sermons (7 of them)

February 7, 1993

Time is Ticking Away (Truman Smith)
"Posthaste" (Joe R. Barnett)
Positive Thinking (Greg Gwin)
Today (Alfred Montapert)
Selected Sentence Sermons (5 of them)

February 14, 1993

The Art of Happiness (Billy Moore)
Marred Pottery (Lloyd Barker)
Selected Sentence Sermons (4 of them)

February 21, 1993

Where Does One Go After Death? (Tom Edwards)
Selected Sentence Sermons (4 of them)

February 28, 1993

The Elder Brother (Everett Hardin)
The Church: The Fulness of Christ (Lynn Wessel)
Selected Sentence Sermons (4 of them)

March 7, 1993

I Am Important! (David V. Hurst)
Things Which Make for Peace (T. Doy Moyer)

March 14, 1993

Knowing of What Spirit We Are (Tom Edwards)
Even the Media See that "Love" is More Tnan Emotion (Lewis Willis)
When Military Despots Spoke The Truth (one paragraph)

March 21, 1993

Two Preachers: Amos and Amaziah (Mark White)
"I Don't See Anything Wrong With That...." (James Hahn)
Self-Evaluation Survey (Steve Wolfgang)
Selected Quotes (4 of them)

March 28, 1993

Last Things First (Dan S. Shipley)
The Harder You Try (Chuck Bartlett)
The Nation=The Church (Harry L. Lewis)
The Two Reasons (Tom Edwards, very short article)

April 4, 1993

A Need for Unity (Tom Edwards)
Dear God (Poem, E. Roberts)

April 11, 1993

Fulfilled Prophecy (Tom Roberts)
To Display or Not To Display (Alan Jones)
Selected Quotes (3 of them)
God Requires Efforts--Not Results! (selected)

April 18, 1993

Seeing Jesus Through His Miracles (Tom Edwards)

April 25, 1993

The Value of a Human Life (Tom Edwards)
A Woman's "Right" to Choose (Kenneth D. Sils)

May 2, 1993

The Care of The Elderly (David A. Padfield)
The Empty Tomb (Roger Hillis)
Repentence (poem, selected)

May 9, 1993

Don't Let Them Dupe You (Tom Edwards)

May 16, 1993

Mumbo Jumbo or a Real Language? (Tom Edwards)
Of Those Who Claim to Be the Messiah (Tom Edwards)
Become a Christian (steps, brief)
Selected Sentence Sermons (7 of them)

May 23, 1993

It Keeps Me Alive (Tom Edwards)
A Sermon Louder Than Words (Tom Edwards)
A Friend of God (Tom Edwards)
An Unmerited Love (Tom Edwards)

May 30, 1993

Making Ourselves Useful to Christ (Lynn Wessel)
Church Kitchens and Fellowship Halls (John I. Edwards)
Governmental Closing of a Church (Tom Edwards)
The Pride That Blinds (Tom Edwards)

June 6, 1993

Eternity (Tom Edwards)
The Death Penalty (Tom Edwards)
How a Church Grows (Titus Edwards)
Selected Sentence Sermons (5 of them)

June 13, 1993

They "Did Not Know the Lord" (Tom Edwards)
A Need to Study (Tom Edwards)
A Most Crucial Choice (Tom Edwards)

June 20, 1993

What Hinders You? (Tom Edwards)
A Better Vocabulary (Tom Edwards)

June 27, 1993

Me A Sacrifice? (Phil Roberts)
Who Received Holy Spirit Baptism in Acts 2? (Carrol R. Sutton)
66-36-20 (John R. Madrigal)

July 4, 1993

"Sovereign Grace Vs. the Grace of the Bible (Tom Edwards)

July 11, 1993

"Son of" (Tom Edwards)
Tell Them of My Way (Darrell Hymel)

July 18, 1993

A Living, Transforming Hope (Paul Earnhart)
Plodding Through the Storm (Tom Edwards)
You Can Do It! (Greg Gwin)
Lying (Greg Gwin)

July 25, 1993

An Analogy Between Faith and Fearing God (Tom Edwards)
What Makes the Church of Christ Different? (Billy Moore)
Selected Sentence Sermons: 4 of them

August 1, 1993

Is Jesus the Messiah? (Tom Edwards)
Selected Sentence Sermons (4 of them)

August 8, 1993

Is Jesus the Messiah? (Conclusion) (Tom Edwards)
Selected Sentence Sermons (5 of them)

August 15, 1993

Nadab, Abihu, and the "Strange Fire" (Tom Edwards)
Working With Elders (Greg Gwin)
What Comes First: Baptism Or Salvation? (Brent Lykins)
Mirror (Selected)

August 22, 1993

Why the Adversities? (Tom Edwards)
The Plan of Salvation (steps, brief)
Reconciliation (Jerry F. Bassett)
The Word of God (poem, selected)

August 29, 1993

"Slain in the Spirit" (Carroll R. Sutton)
When...? (Selected)
The Complete Truth (Tom Edwards)
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (Tom Edwards)
The Conqueror (selected, poem)

September 5, 1993

Violations of Congregational Independence (Glenn Melton)
The Silence of the Lamb of God (Tom Edwards)
Believe and Turn (Tom Edwards, brief)

September 12, 1993

Simple Honesty (Dee Bowman)
Language Used In Prayer (Robert Simpson)
God (Jerry F. Bassett)

September 19, 1993

A Time For Everything...Beautiful In Its Own Time (David A. Padfield)
Why "Liberal" and "Conservative" Churches of Christ? (Robert Harkrider)
Selected Sentence Sermons (7 of them)

September 26, 1993

"They Speak a Vision of Their Own Imagination" (Tom Edwards)
A Captive Audience (Bob Dickey)
A Song From Sylvan (poem; Louise Imogen Guiney)

October 3, 1993

Reincarnation (Tom Edwards)
Where Do the Years Go? (author unknown)
The Influence Factor (G. Coles)
Selected Sentence Sermons (2 of them)

October 10, 1993

They Did What They Pleased (Tom Edwards)
Following God's Blueprint for Building His Church His Way (Wilson Adams)
Bible Quiz: "I Will Sing With The Understanding" (vocabulary quiz on 21 words from some of our hymn books)

October 17, 1993

The "Final Frontier" (Tom Edwards)
Is This Our Nation's Future? (Don Truex)
"The Romance is Gone" (Ward Hogland)

October 24, 1993

Reasons to Believe (Tom Edwards)

October 31, 1993

A Peaceful Kingdom (Tom Edwards)
The "International church of Christ" (Tom Edwards)

November 7, 1993

"...Born of Water and the Spirit" (Tom Edwards)
The Small Things (Tom Edwards)

November 14, 1993

"They" Are Out To Get Us (Wayne S. Walker)
No Thanks (J. Allan Peterson)
An Embarassing Question (David Hardrider)
Is God Powerless Today? (Lowell Blasingame)
The Need For Doing Personal Work (Wayne S. Walker)

November 21, 1993

A Nightmare I Had Last Week (Tom Edwards)
A Lesson From a Can Opener (Tom Edwards)

November 28, 1993

Building Trust (Chuck Bartlett)
Good Congregational Singing (Robert F. Turner)
Violating Conscience (Tom Edwards)

December 5, 1993

The Spirit of Christ (John L. Nosker)
Close To God (Keith Bender)
Lawful Disposition (Chuck Bartlett)

December 12, 1993

Lite Church! (1/3 Less Commitment) (Calvin R. Schlabach)
Promotion (Robert R. Hines)
We Can No Longer Preach Against Sin (Roy Fields)
"What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him?" (Tom Edwards)

December 19, 1993

Salvation By Experience? (James E. Cooper)
Bible Tongues (Jason Hosfield)
The Grace of God (Johnie Edwards)
Selected Sentence Sermons (3 of them)
Deep Living (poem; Max I. Reich)

December 26, 1993

Having Been Taught...Then What? (Rick Harlow)
Losing the Saved (Johnie Edwards)
Rest In the Lord (poem, selected)
Selected Sentence Sermons (5 of them)

January 2, 1994

Who Are the "Branches" of John 15? (Tom Edwards)
Things Saul Saw While Blind (John Isaac Edwards)
Vain Worship (Windell Wiser)

January 9, 1994

The Sponsoring Church (Lynn Wessel)
Honesty-Error-Truth (Eugene Britnell)
Another View of It (Selected from Sound Words)

January 16, 1994

Repent or Perish (Tim Fleeman)

January 23, 1994

Freewill of Man and Some Other Thoughts (Tom Edwards)

January 30, 1994

Demonology (T. G. O'Neal)

February 6, 1994

I Resolve (Bobby Witherington)
Is God The Author Of Them All? (Leslie G. Thomas)
Relecting On The Previous Article (Tom Edwards)
Church Origins: Christian Science (Bill Crews)
Is It Narrow Minded? (selected)

February 13, 1994

Islam: simple creed promotes fast-growing faith (Glover Shipp)
How To Be Saved From Sin (selected)
"Sold Out" (Leo B. Plyler)

February 20, 1994

Election, Predestination, Foreordination (Tom Edwards)

February 27, 1994

Some Things You Should Know (selected)
Embarrassed (Selected)

March 6, 1994

Where Did Cain Get His Wife? (Tom Edwards)
Zeal Without Knowledge (Tom Edwards)
A Few Words From the King James

March 13, 1994

"I Don't Want To Get Involved" (Don Truex)
Who Am I? (Steven J. Wallace)

March 20, 1994

Salvation Is Not A Passive Thing (Tom Edwards)
Quote from Phaedra, character Euripides used in his drama Hippolytus, 428 B.C.
Showing the English, but Defining the Greek of Some KJV Words

March 27, 1994

The Judgment Day--No Excuses (Tom Edwards)
Christ's Historicity (Wilbur Smith)

April 3, 1994

Could It Become So Intolerable You Must Leave? (Mark White)
Making Worship More Spiritual (Robert Turner)

April 10, 1994

Virtue (Harry L. Lewis)
Who Started the Church of Christ? (Vestal Chaffin)
Will You Help Yourself? (Selected)
What Would Be Your Name? (Selected)

April 17, 1994

Shortsuffering (Dan Shipley)
Baptism "In Jesus Name" (Harry L. Lewis)
Things You'll Never Regret (Rick Harlow)

April 24, 1994

Considering Faith in Romans 10 (Tom Edwards)
The Church That Died (selected; author unknown)
Bible Quiz: Baptism

May 1, 1994

Summing It Up (Tom Edwards)
Sorrow and Comfort (Tom Edwards)

May 8, 1994

A Private Matter (Robert F. Turner)
Him That Thinketh He Standeth (Rick Harlow)

May 15, 1994

Confessing Christ (Lynn Wessel)
Have You Thought About Your Soul? (Poem: Walt Huntley)

May 22, 1994

Having Something To Believe In (Tom Edwards)
Give Me the Truth (Bill Crews)

May 29, 1994

The Family of God (Wayne Walker)
Saul and the Burnt Offering (Tom Edwards)
If You Are Lost? (Leslie Diestelkamp)

June 5, 1994

Passing Away (Tom Edwards)
To Become a Chrisian.... (Tom Edwards)
How To Overcome Evil Habits (Selected: Highland Street Messenger)

June 12, 1994

God's Way of Salvation: Mystically Inexplicable or Well-Defined? (Tom Edwards)
The Passing of the Blush (Joe R. Barnett)
The Intoxicated Cat (John Clark)

June 19, 1994

O Come, All Ye Unfaithful! (Tom Edwards)
Parental Influence (Allen C. Isbell)

June 26, 1994

Labor Not In Vain (Jarrod Jacobs)
The Hollywood Versions (Tom Edwards)
The Hands of God (Everett Hardin)

July 3, 1994

Learning From Others (Paul C. Keller)
"Be No More Children" (Greg Gwin)
It Does More Hurt Than You Think (author unknown)

July 10, 1994

"Except For The Cause of Fornication" (Tom Edwards)
Homosexuality (Tom Edwards)

July 17, 1994

Jonah and the City of Nineveh (Tom Edwards)
Weightier Matters (Chuck Bartlett)

July 24, 1994

1929: That Was A Good Year (William B. Wright)
God: One Or Three? (Tom Edwards)

July 31, 1994

Behold, The Pattern (Jeffrey L. Dorton)
Six Things "Church Music" Demands (John Isaac Edwards)

August 7, 1994

The Temple in Jerusalem (Tom Edwards)

August 14, 1994

"Prim and Proper...But Popular!" (Phil T. Arnold)
The Florence Chadwick Syndrome (Rick Lanning)

August 21, 1994

The Warfare (Jefferson David Tant)
Evolution Is Unbiblical (Wayne S. Walker)
His Love and Grace (poem; selected)

August 28, 1994

What Must I Do To Be Saved? (Richard P. Fleeman)

September 4, 1994

We Eagerly Await For The Hope (Emerson L. Flannery)
Attitudes For Success (Lynn R. Wessel)

September 11, 1994

Alone! (Joe Fitch)
Judge Not (Rick Duggin)
On Children And The World (Wayne S. Walker)

September 18, 1994

Determination (Tom Edwards)
"What Must I Do To Be Saved?" (Jerry F. Bassett)

September 25, 1994

Death Is A Beautiful Thing For The Christian (Tom Edwards)
A Tribute To Fred Hencye (with letter from Fred) (Tom Edwards)

October 2, 1994

Pleasing the Pharisees (Dan S. Shipley)
If You Are A Visitor Today.... (Wayne S. Walker)
The Need For Perseverance (Tom Edwards)

October 9, 1994

Faith & Works (2) According to James (Keith Sharp)

October 16, 1994

I Just Squawk (Ernest A. Finley)
Archeology--2241 A.D. (Robert F. Turner)
"Remember Grandma" (selected)
You Can--But You Can't (Grover Stevens)
A Duck Is A Rabbit! (selected)
"Mind Not High Things" (Connie W. Adams)

October 23, 1994

A Note On Attendance At Assemblies (Wayne S. Walker)
Jesus in John (Johnie Edwards)
Error Mixed With Truth (Selected)
Truth is Narrow! (Selected)
"The Mission of the Church" (W. W. Otey)

October 30, 1994

Questions Concerning Salvation (Tom Edwards)
Sentence Sermons (selected)
Tell Her So (poem, Mrs. John H. Whipple)
A Useful Vessel (poem; author unknown)

November 6, 1994

The "Last Day" (Tom Edwards)
For Sale (selected)
A Useful Vessel (selected)

November 13, 1994

Considering 1 Corinthians 1:17 (Tom Edwards)
Some Fundamentals (selected)

November 20, 1994

Who And What Was Jesus? (Wayne S. Walker)
Is It Legalism? (Irvin Himmel)
The Preciousness of a Wife (Tom L. Childers)

November 27, 1994

The Promise of Baptism With the Holy Spirit (Keith Sharp)
Sentence Sermons (7 selected)

December 4, 1994

Music for the Soul (Steve Klein)
"Is Anyone Else Cheerful?" (Steve Klein)
Faithfulness and Dependability (Cecil Willis)
Your Influence As A Teenager (author unknown)

December 11, 1994

What Sin Does (Rick Harlow)
The Social Gospel (Jarrod Jacobs)
Winter Tune-Up Special (author unknown)
A True Story! (selected)
Why You Need To Be Baptized (author unknown)

December 18, 1994

The Ascension of Christ (Lynn R. Wessel)
The Priests of the Church (Richard Fleeman)
24 Years In The First Grade (Gary Fiscus)

December 25, 1994

Overcoming Discouragement (Lynn R. Wessel)
Interruptions (Jason Moore)

January 1, 1995

Is Your Heart Big Enough--To Restore Your Brother? (Steve Klein);
"What If Everyone Was Like Me?" (Steve Hardin)
"Toxic Anger" (Dan McKibben)
'Only A Step' (Billy W. Moore)
The Saddest Path (author unknown)

January 8, 1995

"Jesus Was No Good--He Made People ANGRY!!!" (Tom Edwards)
God's Plan of Salvation (brief)
"Take Heed to...Singing" (Bill Robinson, Jr.)
Only One "T" In Dirty (author unknown)

January 15, 1995

Fast Service Church?? (Rick E. Harlow)
Do As You Please?!?! (Richard Fleeman)
Wasted Years (poem; author unknown)

January 22, 1995

Today (E. L. Crozier)

January 29, 1995

God's Grace--"A License For Immorality?" (Tom Edwards)
It Is Not Easy (author unknown)
Words of the Bible (author unknown)

February 5, 1995

Blessing In Prayer (Lynn R. Wessel)
Purity of Life (Paul C. Keller)
If Baptism Is Not Essential (Jere Frost)

February 12, 1995

"Believed and Turned" (Tom Edwards)
Your Best Moment (Steve Klein)
"Kinds of Faith?" (John D. Berlin)

February 19, 1995

The Most High Rules In The Kingdoms Of Men (Tim Fleeman)
Do We Love The Lord More? (Wendell Winkler)

February 26, 1995

The Faith That Saves! (Tom Edwards)
When Does One Become A Christian? (Tom Edwards)
Selected Sentence Sermons (author unknown)

P>March 5, 1995

Tithing and the Old Law--Are They Still For Today? (Tom Edwards)
The Meaning of "For" in Acts 2:38 (Tom Edwards)
Just Believe--Or Is There More To It? (Tom Edwards)

March 12, 1995

"Can't Prayer Save--Without Baptism?" (Tom Edwards)
"What About the Thief on the Cross?" (Tom Edwards)
An Unselfish Prayer (poem; author unknown)
Water or Holy Spirit? (Tom Edwards)

March 19, 1995

Is The Baptism of Acts 2:38 Without Water? (Tom Edwards)
Faith Can Become Vain (Tom Edwards)
What Must I Do To Be Saved? (brief)

March 26, 1995

Here Are Some Answers (Chuck Bartlett)
Matters of Faith or Matters of Personal Conviction? (Tom Edwaerds)
"Thou Shalt Not Kill" (Tom Edwards)

April 2, 1995

Transubstantiation (J. R. Bronger)
Is This The Work Of The Church? (J. F. Dancer, Jr.)
Sharing Burdens (Paul C. Keller)
Selected Quotes

April 9, 1995

What Do You See Ahead? (Chuck Bartlett)
The Lamb's Book of Life (Lynn Wessel)
Psalm 139:1-6

April 16, 1995

They Preached About Jesus (Robert Jackson)
"The Spirits In Prison" (Tom Edwards)
A Tribute To Barbara Music (Tom Edwards)
Eating and Drinking Christ's Flesh and Blood (Tom Edwards)

April 23, 1995

"Cast Me Not Off In The Time Of Old Age" (Warren Berkley)
The Heart and Lip Service (H. E. Phillips)
Multiple Choice Baptism (Alan Jones)

April 30, 1995

The Bible: A Myth or God's Word? (Bob Buchanon)
No Fleshly Incentives (Bill Hall)
Important Renewal Notice (for The Gospel Observer)
Psalm 139:7-12

May 7, 1995

"Power" From God (Tom Edwards)
Psalm 139:13-16

May 14, 1995

Justification Conditioned on Faith (Jerry F. Bassett)
Do You Want A Reward? (Steve Klein)
Christ, the Savior (Tom Edwards)

May 21, 1995

Silver and Gold Have I None (Johnie Edwards)
Killer Drugs (Rick Harlow)
Trends (Denver Niemeier)

May 28, 1995

Then Jesus Died In Vain (Johnie Edwards)
Things Found With Baptism (Weldon Warnock)
For The Right Reason (Chuck Bartlett)
"An Exclusive Body" (Warren Berkley)
How We Live (author unknown)

June 4, 1995

Was Polygamy and Adultery Ever Lawful? (Steve Klein)
I Can Be Open-Minded And Willing To Learn (author uknown)
The Teen Scene (author unknown)
Why Such A Mystery? (Juvenile Judge Sam Davis Tatum)
The Gospel In One Sentence (Johnie Edwards)
Sentence Sermons (selected)

June 11, 1995

God Gets Angry At Sin (Donald P. Ames)
Count On Jesus (poem; author unknown)
"Regrettable Silence" (author unknown)
A Special Thanks to Our Readers (Tom Edwards, paragraph)

June 18, 1995

"Imputed Righteousness of Christ" (Tom Edwards)
Making Plans (Greg Gwin)

June 25, 1995

"The Way of Man Is Not In Himself" (Lynn Wessel)
Truth--Fixed Or Floating? (Steve Hardin)
Must Be More Than Religious (Chuck Bartlett)

July 2, 1995

Leaving in the Fourth Inning (Tom Edwards)
If You Were The Devil (John Clark)
Getting Ready for the Judgment (Tom Edwards)
What Brought Them In? (Tom Edwards)
The Simplicity of the Gospel (Bob Hines)
The Scrub Woman (Tom Edwards, brief)

July 9, 1995

Is Feet Washing A Part of Worship? (Jimmy Tuten)
Against Grumblers (John White)
Better to be Silent (Bobby L. Graham)
Sentence Sermons (7)

July 16, 1995

Considering Time, Times, and Eternity (Tom Edwards)
What Must I Do To Be Saved? (brief)

July 23, 1995

Prophecies Conerning the Nations (Wayne S. Walker)
Facts You Can't Fax!!! (William C. "Bill" Sexton)
Getting Into Christ (Tom Edwards)
We Must Be Careful (U. L. Bruce)

July 30, 1995

"Snapshots" of the Ark of the God (Tom Edwards)

August 6, 1995

Judging "In Context" (Robert F. Turner)
Learn to Navigate (James W. Adams)
Quit Doing Nothing (Jamey Hinds)
Trends of the Time! (selected)

August 13, 1995

Commit--nt Requires Me (Dan S. Shipley)
Obedience? (T. Doy Moyer)
Do You Disagree? (Greg Gwin)
Conditions vs. Merit (Larry Ray Hafley)
Being a Friend of God (Tom Edwards)
The Ten Men Most Wanted (selected)

August 20, 1995

Blessed Assurance (Connie W. Adams)
Sentence Sermons

August 27, 1995

Bible Weights, Measures, and Monetary Values (Tom Edwards)
Called To Be "Fishers of Men" (Steve Klein)

September 3, 1995

What About The Third Day (Phil Roberts)
Time In The New Testament (Tom Edwards)

September 10, 1995

"Always" (Billy Norris)
Adding A "Cubit" To A Life's Span (Tom Edwards)

September 17, 1995

Adjustments in Marriage (James E. Cooper)
Errata (Oops!!!)

September 24, 1995

Did Christ Die For Nothing? (Lynn Wessel)
Musings of a Country Preacher (anonymous)
Growing Up! (Lowell Blasingame)

October 1, 1995

The Blessedness of Forgiveness (Keith M. Greer)
Amen (Tom Edwards)
"Quit The Church" (Robert H. Bunting)

October 8, 1995

Disposition Diseases (Gary L. Coles)

October 15, 1995

What Makes A Marriage Work? (Bobby L. Graham)
The Dual Coming Theory (Lynn Wessel)
Loving Others (Tom Edwards)

October 22, 1995

A Friendly Invitation (Tom Edwards)
The Value of a Goal (anonymous)

October 29, 1995

The Teen Trap (Gary L. Coles)
Covetousness (Tom Edwards, brief)

November 5, 1995

Shall We Overcome? (Steve Klein)
"When You Read...." (Bill Robinson, Jr.)
What Point Were People Saved? (Phillip Mullins)

November 12, 1995

What Is The "Natural Man" of 1 Corinthians 2:14? (Tom Edwards)
Saved By More Than One Thing (Tom Edwards, just a paragraph)

November 19, 1995

Marriage (Richard P. Fleeman)

November 26, 1995

The New Testament Is God's Complete Will! (Michael Garrison)
Are You On A Diet (Steve Hardin)
Christians Only (selected, paragraph)
Controversy and Judging (R. J. Evans)

December 3, 1995

Procrastination On The Plain (Paul Casebolt)
Essentials for Spiritual Growth (John Isaac Edwards)
The Need For Respect (Johnie Edwards)

December 10, 1995

Alexander The Coppersmith (Chuck Bartlett)
Flesh & Blood (Steve Dewhirst)
"Greater Works Than These (Larry Ray Hafley)
Their Best Potential (Bill Crews)
God Hath Not Promised (poem; selected)
God's Plan of Salvation (showing steps)

December 17, 1995

The Crucifixion of Jesus: The Passion of Christ From a Medical Point of View (Part 1 of 2; C. Truman David, M.D., M.S.)
The Footility of Sin (Stan Cox)

December 24, 1995

The Crucifixion of Jesus: The Passion of Christ From a Medical Point of View (Part 2 of 2; C. Truman David, M.D., M.S.)

December 31, 1995

Les Little (Chuck Bartlett)
Lessons From Evander Holyfield (Richard Fleeman)

January 7, 1996

Did Jesus Die For Only A Certain Few? (Tom Edwards)
That Cornbread Habit (A. G. Hobbs, Jr.)
Beyond A Million (Tom Edwards)
Who Am I? (Cletis Beach)

January 14, 1996

Rumors: How They Fly (Dee Bowman)
Is Only One Church Right? (Sewell Hall)
The Sports Fan (?) (Selected)

January 21, 1996

"Comfort Zone Christians" (Jim Lee)
Death -- What Is It? (selected)
Pleasing God or Pleasing Man -- Which Will It Be? (Keith Greer)
Nobody Did It (Selected and Adapted)

January 28, 1996

Answers For Our Faith (Bill Robinson, Jr.)
The New Testament Text (Jerry F. Bassett)
A Look At The Word "Christian" (Tom Edwards)
Ruined By Bitterness (Selected and Adapted)
Living Beyond the Grave (Tom Edwards)
New Year With the Lord (selected poem)

February 4, 1996

Preaching Another "Jesus" (Keith Greer)
God Does Things Slow (Lloyd Barker)
Working As One (Tom Edwards)
The Parable of the Vacationist (Selected)
Hypocrites in the Church (Selected)
What Is? (Chuck Bartlett)

February 11, 1996

"Swear Not At All" (Carl A. Allen)
The Body of Christ -- The Church (Selected)

February 18, 1996

Sponsoring Churches (Gary N. Patton)
Man's Purpose On Earth (Tom Edwards)

February 25, 1996

He That Uttereth A Slander Is A Fool (Kent E. Heaton, Sr.)
Forgiving Others (Greg Gwin)
Fear (Gary J. Oliver)
Honesty (Selected)
In This Election Year...Just Suppose (Selected)

March 3, 1996

Is Only One Church Right? (part two) (Sewell Hall)
The Rabbi and the Soap Maker (selected)
Dangerous Myth (J. Allen Petersen)
Two Brothers (selected)

March 10, 1996

God Was Manifest In the Flesh (Tim Coffey)
God's Way of Salvation (Scripture references)

March 17, 1996

Incidents Of The Social Gospel (James P. Needham)
Human Organizations (Roy E. Cogdill)
Marilyn Vos Savant on the Big Bang (Floyd Chappelear)
They Need To Repent Also (Arthur M. Ogden)
The Abiding Love (poem; John W. Chadwick)
You Preach First (selected)

March 24, 1996

New Heavens And A New Earth (Tom Edwards)
Question: What Does the Bible Mean By "Pentecost"? (selected)

March 31, 1996

The Resurrection: Premillennial View Versus the Bible's (Tom Edwards)

April 7, 1996

The Past Still Speaks (Chuck Bartlett)
Possessing the Mind of Christ (Everett Hardin)
Mini-Sermons (selected; 5 remarks)
Why Attend Bible Classes (Steve Hardin)
A Portrait of Soul Winners (selected)

April 14, 1996

Forgiveness, A Mark of Maturity (Dwane Derrick)
God's Salvation (Scripture references)
Is Heaven A Leap of Faith? (Bill Robinson, Jr.)
Quantity or Quality (Richard C. Halverson)
A Merry Heart (Connie Adams)
The Joy Of Accomplishment (Foster Ramsey)

April 21, 1996

Evidences of Design (Bill Carrell)
The Big Bang (Bill Carrell)
Are We Alone In The Universe? (Bill Carrell)

April 28, 1996

The Armor of God (Chuck Bartlett)
Grasshopper Complex (Glen Owens)
Things That Really Matter (Irvin Himmel)
Mini-Sermons (6 selected remarks)

May 5, 1996

Why "Liberal" and "Conservative"? (Greg Gwin)
Drive A Mile In His Shoes! (Greg Gwin)
Four Versions of Mark 16:16 (Roy E. Foutz)

May 12, 1996

The Jehovah Witness' View of "Soul," "Spirit," and "Hell" (Tom Edwards)
Judgment (poem; C. Wesley)

May 19, 1996

When The Church Ceases To Be A Lifesaving Station (Kent E. Heaton, Sr.)
What Does Preaching Accomplish? (Bob Waldron)
Every Christian Needs... (selected)

May 26, 1996

Judas Iscariot (Tom Edwards)

June 2, 1996

New Testament Church & The Churches Of Men (Jefferson D. Tant)
Detached Members (Frank L. Smith)
Blazing Logs or Lonely Embers? (2 paragraphs; Tom Edwards)

June 9, 1996

Knowing When To Shut Up (Craig Meyer)
Two Covenants: Hebrews 8:7 (chart; John Isaac Edwards)

June 16, 1996

Improving Our Worship (Mark Mayberry)
Just Happened? (Dr. Merritt Congdon)

June 23, 1996

Setting Your Spiritual Clock (Steve Klein)
From the Editor (on Steve's article; Tom Edwards)
Fool's Gold (Rob Harbison)
Gifts For Children (Glenn Seaton)

June 30, 1996

Show Yourself An Example (Rick Lanning)
The Average (Forrest Moyer)
Difference Between Work and Play (Selected)
"Peace, Peace; When There Is No Peace" (Conway Skinner)
Salvation--God's Way (Scripture references)

July 7, 1996

TV: A Thief of Time (Gary Coles)

July 14, 1996

Christ and the News (Steve Klein)
"The Cardinals' Advice" (Ken Green)
"Some Peculiar People" (Selected)
A Squeak In The Pulpit (Steve Higginbotham)

July 21, 1996

Thoughts on Christians Marrying Non-Christians (Tom Edwards)

July 28, 1996

How To Develop Self-Discipline (Donnie V. Radar)
Plants And Trees Of The Bible (Wayne S. Walker)
Selected Sentence Sermons (5 of them)

August 4, 1996

The Mountain, the Valley, and the Path Between (or, The Vicissitudes of Life) (Tom Edwards)

August 11, 1996

A Blessing In Disguise (Tom Edwards)
He Died In My Place (Gary D. Perry)

August 18, 1996

What Motivates A Person Toward Conversion? (Tom Edwards)
"Sincere": "Without Wax" (Tom Edwards)

August 25, 1996

It Doesn't Pay (Robert Jackson)
"The Death of Moses" (Randy Harshbarger)
To Whom Shall We Go? (Gene Taylor)
I Met The Strangest Man (Selected)
The Indian's Memory (Tom Edwards)

September 1, 1996

A Plea For Pure Christianity (Jere E. Frost)
Purgatorial Insurance Company (selected)
Mantras of the 90's (No. 1) (Warren E. Berkley)

September 8, 1996

The Stranger (Keith Currie)
Mantras of the 90's (2): Support (Warren E. Berkley)
Thanking God for Toasters! (Dennis G. Allan)

September 15, 1996

"You Asked For It" (Bob Crawley)
Mantras of the 90's: #3 (Warren Berkley)
Please Don't Call Me "Pastor" (Wayne S. Walker)

September 22, 1996

A Meteorite from Mars? (Steve Klein)
Mantras of the 90's (#4) (Warren E. Berkley)
Remember Me? (Selected)

September 29, 1996

"Meemaw" (Tom Edwards)
Mantras of the 90's (#5): "My Problem Is My Past!" (Warren E. Berkley)
Mini-sermons (selected sentence-quotes)

October 6, 1996

Did Jesus Ever Experience Sexual Temptation? (Tom Edwards)
What About the Prayer of a non-Christian? (Tom Edwards)
If You Think... (Larry Ray Hafley)
With Fork In Hand (author unknown)

October 13, 1996

Are Some Sins "Bigger" Than Others? (Tom Edwards)
Just What Is Offensive Behavior? (Steve Klein)
Tolerance, Homosexuality & Humanness (Bill Robinson, Jr.)

October 20, 1996

Thoughts on the Olympics (Dan Richardson)
The Prepared Heart (Morris D. Norman)
Mid-Week Service (author unknown)
What I Owe My Home Congregation (author unknown)

October 27, 1996

Remaining In A Group Where Error Is Taught (Bob Buchanon)
"I'm Not Going Along With What I'm Going Along With" (Tom Edwards)

November 3, 1996

But God Wants Me To Be Happy!" (Mantras #6) (Warren E. Berkley)
Fall of the Roman Empire (author unknown)
Before We Fall (Steve Klein)
The One-Time Wednesday Night Visit of a Young Person (Steve Klein)
He Was A Member Of The Church (Foster Ramsey)
Attend Church?? (selected)

November 10, 1996

Do Demons Possess People Today? (Edwards O. Bragwell, Jr.)
Do You Need Glasses? (selected)
The Strength of Meekness (Don Truex)
Two Contributions Next Sunday!! (J. F. Dancer, Jr.)

November 17, 1996

Christian Weight Control? (Harry R. Osborne)
A Matter of Perspective (selected)
"It's My Body!" (Mantras #7) (Warren E. Berkley)
The Word Became Flesh (via The Providence Light)

November 24, 1996

"Homosexuality Is Genetic" (Mantras #8) (Warren E. Berkley)
Speculations (author unknown)
Children and Their Changing Attitude Toward Their Parents (via Just a Minute)
Snap-Judgments (anonymous)
To Be Happy Children (Don C. Truex)

December 1, 1996

"I'm A Victim!" (Mantra #9) (Warren E. Berkley)
Is There Room For Both Views? (Dick Blackford)
Sentence Sermons (selected)

December 8, 1996

"No Fear!" (Mantra #10) (Warren E. Berkley)
Losing Our Young People (via Old Paths II)
"If The Unbelieving Depart" (J. T. Smith)
Like Father, Like Son (selected)

December 15, 1996

Are You Hungry? (Alan Jones)
"Think Positive, And You Can Do Anything" (Mantras for the 90's: Mantra #11) (Warren E. Berkley)

December 22, 1996

"I Demand My Rights!" (Mantras of the 90's: Mantra #12) (Warren E. Berkley)
What The World Needs (Bob Buchanon)
Another Modern Parable (author unknown)
Some Quotes Worth Pondering (Via Good News)

December 29, 1996

Some Benefits of Suffering (Bob J. Walton)
"Save the Whales!" (Mantras of the 90's: Mantra #13, final) (Warren E. Berkley)

January 5, 1997

Taking Up One's Cross (Tom Edwards)
What Is A Bible Class? (Carl McMurray)

January 12, 1997

God Thinks of Everything (Tom Edwards)
Your Treasure and Your Heart (Clarence Johnson)
The Battleship and the Lighthouse (author unknown)
Only Human? (Frank Bush)
New Year's Resolutions (Tom Edwards)
Those "Other" Sinners (Robert F. Turner)

January 19, 1997

A Sentence Sermon (Chuck Bartlett)
Selected Sentence Sermons
Remember and Celebrate (Jerry F. Bassett)
How Does The Holy Spirit Dwell In Us? (Wayne S. Walker)

January 26, 1997

Observations on Thirty Years of Preaching (Dick Blackford)

February 2, 1997

Are You Blocked By An Obstacle Illusion? (Tom Edwards)

February 9, 1997

The Need For Purpose In One's Life (Tom Edwards)

February 16, 1997

Going Abroad (Chuck Bartlett)
"Neither Have I Gone Back" (C. D. Plum)
Have You "Heard" the Daffodils? (Tom Edwards)
Food for Thought (selected)

February 23, 1997

The Worth Of A Woman (Morris D. Norman)
What is the Value of One Member? (Selected)
"Women Keep Silence" (Robert F. Turner)

March 2, 1997

Time, Change, and Stability (Tom Edwards)

March 9, 1997

Learning to Yield to One Another (Tom Edwards)
"Exposing Error" (James P. Needham)
"God Cares" (Tom Edwards)

March 16, 1997

The Bitterness of Shimei (Steve Wallace)
Ups and Downs (Sam Binkley, Jr.)
Jesus' Death (Wayne S. Walker)

March 23, 1997

Sharing Burdens (Paul C. Keller)
What Are the Signs? (Chuck Bartlett)
How Faith Comes (Dan Richardson)
Why Send For Peter? (Robert Turner)

March 30, 1997

"The Accuser of Our Brethren" (Steve Wallace)
What Do We Look For In A Sermon? (Tom Edwards)

April 6, 1997

What Makes a Good Leader? (Tom Edwards)

April 13,1997

Arrogating to Ourselves the Name "Christian" (Tom Edwards)
What I Want For My Daughters (Bryan Gibson)

April 20, 1997

"Make Friends of God's Children" (Wayne S. Walker)
MY LORD AND MY GOD! (Ron Halbrook)
"Help Those Who Are Weak" (Wayne S. Walker)

April 27, 1997

Jonah: Some Things From Which You Cannot Run Away (Jon Quinn)
The "Excellent Speaker" (Excerpt from Thomas Carlyle's "Inaugural Address," April 2, 1866)