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Article links below are organized as follows: current bulletin articles, new (recently written) articles, "bits from bob", church, church growth, church leadership, evangelism, ministry and preaching, missions, prayer and spirituality, biblical textual studies, biblical topical studies, general bulletin articles, special articles, guest articles.
Recently posted articles are designated, generally for about a month.

Bulletin Articles, Main and Oklahoma
In general, articles which appear both here and in other lists on this page have been edited for bulletin publication.

2002
July 1 |
Automatic Church Growth?
June 30 | Praise God for the Bible
June 23 | Is the Church "Playing Small?
June 16 | Praying for Fathers
June 9 | Do We Need A Better Mousetrap or a Better Mouse?
April 14 | Anticipation

New Articles
The God Who Hears Answers
Say "Sandia!"
Just Thinking...About Grandmothers and Mothers
How Much Is Enough?
You Are Responsible For Your Face!
Speaking Friend to Friend
Under Construction
Cleaning Cobwebs or Killing Spiders?
Good Morning, God!
Rest Your Eyes--You Will Be Able to See Better
Thinking about Wholly Holy Heart Hugs!
Jesus: The Indescribable Gift!
Jesus: There's Something about that Name!
How to Kill/Lose/Help Your Preacher
Automatic Church Growth
Fight the Good Fight [Eph. 6]
A Heart for Missions
What's In a Word? [a fresh look at Jesus' words from the cross]
General or Specific? [comment on the new "generalized" Bible]
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Jesus: The Master Teacher
Jesus' Prayer Life
A Fresh Look at the Model Prayer
That's A Wrap! [a daily devotional plan for regular quiet time]

"bits from bob" Articles
Selected "bits from bob" articles that have appeared as church bulletin articles throughout my ministry are being edited and made available here. The "bits" articles below are in chronological order beginning with the fall of 1987. These may be reproduced with appropriate credit noted.

Disturb Us, O Lord
Encouragers
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
Going to Church is Good for You!
Words of Affirmation
The Art of Thanksgiving
A Better Mousetrap? A Better Mouse?
A Family Is... [by Manny Feldman]
Your Sure Calling and Confident Election
Maker of New Years

Phooey on Philosophies
Finding the Future
Renewal
Your "Don't Deserve" Lists
Ambulances...Food for Thought [by Prentice Meador?]
Staying in Love! [Hosea 2]
What About Easter?
Mothers [selected quotations]
What's In Your Heart?
Daddy, Let's Go
A Mind to Work [Neh. 4]
A Dynamic Church
Pressing Toward the Mark
Today
Planning
How Will We Know When We Get Where We're Going?
Scrooge and Stewardship
Four Kinds of People

Is The Task Too Great...or Are We Too Small?
Reflections on Having Feared a Friend
Will They Like Him?
A Christian's Prayer
Spiritual Cannibalism
Willing to Die? Willing to Live?
Things the Church Cannot Afford
Needed: A Holy Boldness
We Must Not Quit [Evangelism-Missions]
Focus on Fellowship
Challenge to Evangelism
Small or Large?
CBAs of Success
Do It Now!
Growing Stronger in Life
Healthy Churches Grow
Denominations Anonymous
Do You, Will You, Pray?
The Name "Christian"
Seven Things I Have Tried
An Obituary
Anyway
Rate Yourself
Promotion or Commotion?
Say "I Love You"
Go Forward
Broken Things
Think!
Climb!
Are You in Love?
Back to the Fundamentals
The Facts Please, Just the Facts [giving]
What Can I Do? [evangelism]
Fasting
Is The Church Growing?
My Prayer For This Church
Dangerous Ideas [materialism]
A Preacher's Happiness Is...
Expectations and Parenting

The Best Years Are Yet To Come!
Graffiti?
Separation
What is Your Missions Philosophy?
Into His Likeness
Youth and the Church
Seeking Spiritual Health
The Empty Pew (in Four Acts)
Religion's Benefits Without Obligations
Take Time
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of...
Not Home Yet
What Do You Think?
Tell the Story
Just Thinking...About Prayer
How's The Church Doing?
Criticism
Who Is A Christian?
God's Child
Gratitude Again [Luke 17]
Thanksgiving Proclamation [Abraham Lincoln, 1863]

Would You Leave a Hole?
Just Thinking...About New Year's Resolutions
Duty: Woe to me if I do not...
What Is A Family?
We Are Under Commission!
What About the Lost Sheep?
Living Dead or Dead Living?
Does the Sermon Live at Your House?
"Preaching To" and "Preaching With"
If I Really Wanted To
Prayer For Deliverance From Distractions
I Was Not Disobedient to the Heavenly Vision
Best Friends
Understanding Our Youth
Buy Up the Time!

What Can You See?--Macro vs. Micro
Hosanna!
Resurrection--A Sign From God
God's Secret Weapon--Prayer
Thoughts on Prayer
The Church
Hope, Help, and Home (#1)
Hope, Help, and Home (#2)
Hope, Help, and Home (#3)
In a Fog

We're Writing a Book
Danger Zone!--Watch Your Words
Who Are We?--The Identity of the Church
Perfect Love
Humility
If You Have a Word of Encouragement
How Narrow Minded!
As Living Stones
Jesus Is Everything We Need
Is the Church "Playing Small?"
What Does This Church Believe About...(#1) [a fresh look at worship]
What Does This Church Believe About...(#2) [a comparison of disciple, Christian, member]
What Does This Church Believe About...(#3) [a fresh look at the purpose of the church]
What Does This Church Believe About...(#4) [another look at foundations of evangelism]
The Secret of the Easy Yoke
Making Healthy Comparisons
The Three Ps of Evangelism
Time Will Tell!
It's Just Junk
It Is Corban!
Four Ps of Accomplishment
Pray Expectantly

Just A Closer Walk With Thee (#1)
Just A Closer Walk With Thee (#2)
Job or Ministry?
Prayer Works--Medical Evidence
Lessons from Sports for Christian Living
Who Should Read the Bible?
Written Up? or Written Down?
Does Anybody Recognize Me?
Why I Give to Missions
Back to School Checklist
While We Sleep
Beyond Keeping House: Effective Ministry in Smaller Churches
Quote Without Comment: Church Leadership
Reconsidering Worship
Significant Pursuits

Do Numbers Tell Our Story?
God's Hope for His People
God's Spiritual Family
Change
Made in His Image
Missions...Again
Are You a World-Aware Christian?
Catching the Vision: Helping the Church Develop
The Church Is Like A Jigsaw Puzzle
Can I Be A Christian? [evangelism]

Articles About Church
The Church Is a Place of Belonging
The Church Is Like A Jigsaw Puzzle
The Church is Not....
How's The Church Doing?
Neglecting the Church to Death
What Are the Marks of a Good Church?
You Should Be In Bible School Because...

Articles About Church Growth
Another Look at Church Growth--1
Another Look at Church Growth--2
Another Look at Church Growth--3
Automatic Church Growth
Catching the Vision: Developing the Church
The Church Is Like A Jigsaw Puzzle
Growing Churches Pay Attention to the Needs of Adults
I Am Afraid!
What Do Growing Churches Have in Common?

Articles About Church Leadership
Deacons
Did Anything Happen?
Elders--1
Elders--2
The Elders Have a Responsibility
How Else Would We Decide?--1
How Else Would We Decide?--2
The Members Have a Responsibility
Quote Without Comment: Church Leadership

Articles About Evangelism
Can I Be A Christian? [evangelism]
Can Our Nation Hear the Gospel?
Caught!
The Crisis in Evangelism
Do You Know the Three Ps of Evangelism
Evangelism--Is There A Better Way?
Evangelism--Do We Have a Plan?
Evangelism--The Acts Approach
Evangelism--Preparing the Soil
Evangelism: Boomers, Busters and ???
Rethinking Evangelism--#1
Rethinking Evangelism--#2
Rethinking Evangelism--#3
Rethinking Evangelism--#4
Tell the Story
What is Personal Work?

Articles About Ministry and Preaching
Beyond Keeping House: Principles for Effective Ministry
Did He Preach the Gospel?
Effective Counseling Enables Effective Ministry
Four Questions for Ministers
Is There a Crisis in Preaching?
Ministerial Ethics
The Minister's Spiritual Life--Separating God and Job
"Preaching To" and "Preaching With"
What Will 21st Century Ministers Do?
Where Have All the Preachers Gone?

Articles About Missions
Are You a World-Aware Christian?
A Heart for Missions
Is the Church "Playing Small?"
Missions...Again
What is Your Missions Philosophy?
Why I Give to Missions

Articles About Prayer and Spirituality
A Fresh Look at the Model Prayer
The God Who Hears Answers
Good Morning, God!
Jesus' Prayer Life
Speaking Friend to Friend
That's A Wrap! [a daily devotional plan for regular quiet time]

Biblical Textual Study Articles
A Mind to Work [Neh. 4]
Understanding the Psalms
Like Streams of Water [Psalm 1]
The God Who Hears Answers [Psalm 4]
Isaiah: Promise Theologian
Staying in Love! [Hosea 2]
The Secret of the Easy Yoke [Matthew 11]
Using God--Luke 15 Revisited
Gratitude [Luke 17]
What Does It Mean to Be Spiritual? [1 Corinthians survey]
Your Sure Calling and Confident Election [1 Corinthians 1]
Spiritual Cannibalism [Galatians 5]
Is Jesus at Home?--The Christian Walk [Ephesians 3-5]
Fight the Good Fight [Ephesians 6]
Have You Seen Jesus? [Colossians 1]
Hope, Help, and Home (#1) [Hebrews 9]
Keys to Perseverance [Hebrews 10]
As Living Stones [1 Peter 1-2]

Biblical Topical Study Articles
New Testament Baptism
Bible Authority

General Bulletin Articles
Are We People of Character?
Upon Whom Do We Depend?
Just Thinking...About Elbows
Finding Your Gifts, Finding Your Ministry
Just Thinking...About Pacifiers
How is Your Daily Walk?
Just Thinking...About Needs
Have You Seen God's Heart?
Are You In Shape Spiritually?
Humbly Grateful or Grumbly Hateful?

Special Articles
A series of bulletin articles treat eleven topics of primary importance in our faith journey as we look toward the future.
Is the Bible Truth?
Is the Bible Inspired?
How Should the Bible Be Interpreted?
What is the Nature of the Church?
Can We Achieve Unity?
The Relationship Between the Church and the World
What is the Christian Experience?
What is the Christian Hope?
What is the Christian Mission?
Human Nature
What Does It Mean to Live as a Christian?

Guest Articles
Pre-Election Day Musings, Mark 12:17, by Stanley N. Helton
Keep Restoring, by Mark Tonkery


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