Essay Titles

    –  A  –
  1. Abortion: your Responses - FR 236
  2. Abraham Justified by Faith
  3. Abraham was Justified by Faith, No. 2 - FR 138
  4. Abraham was Justified by Faith, No. 3 - FR 139
  5. Accepted Misinformation - FR 166
  6. According to the Pattern - FR 360
  7. Adam and Eve in Eden - FR 37
  8. Adulterating Marriage
  9. Adulterating Marriage or Persons
  10. After-thoughts - FR 170
  11. Aims and Observations
  12. Amazing Kinship - FR 152
  13. Ananias and Paul on Conversion
  14. Another Interesting NT Translation - FR 212
  15. Another Last Will and Testament - FR 246
  16. Another Look at Satan No 1 - FR 217
  17. Another Look at Satan No 2 - FR 218
  18. Antichrist, The
  19. Austerity Enhances Gratitude - FR 148
    20. –  B  –
  20. Baptism Again
  21. Baptism Before the Epistles and Theologians - FR 113
  22. Baptized Into One Body - FR 242
  23. Baptizing "For the Remission of Sins" - FR 101
  24. Battle of Armageddon, The - FR 65
  25. “Before Faith Came” - “Faith has Come” - FR 342
  26. Beware of E-mail Scams - FR 146
  27. Bible Code, The
  28. Bible History Ends Abruptly - FR 85
  29. Bible Prophecies - FR 349
  30. Biblical Use of “Christian” - FR 52
  31. Bird Theology
  32. Blind Spots
  33. Blood and Life - FR 130
  34. Body Language - FR 221
  35. Books can be Powerful Tools - FR 227
  36. Bride in a Burka - FR 189
    37. –  C  –
  37. Calf-Path, The - FR 43
  38. California Letter
  39. California Letter: Obiter Dictum
  40. Campbells Rude Awakening Realization and Revision - FR 267
  41. Can an Unbeliever Bear Fruit of the Spirit - FR 199
  42. Capital Punishment
  43. Cashier’s Blessing, A - FR 83
  44. Cecil’s Health Update - FR 363
  45. Changing the Name of our Church - FR 265
  46. Children in the Ark
  47. Children in the Ark: Quickie Comments
  48. Children of Abraham
  49. Choosing a University
  50. Classified Ads
  51. "Coming Again" of Jesus in John 14, The
  52. Coming of the Lord #2, The
  53. Coming of the Lord #3, The
  54. Coming of the Lord, The
  55. “Coming on the Clouds” - FR 168
  56. Commands are Insufficient Motivators
  57. Communion
  58. Community Church, A - FR 120
  59. Concerning Unending Torment in Hell
  60. Conditional “If”, The
  61. Confirming and Unifying Role of the Spirit, The
  62. Conservative - Liberal - Legal - Relative
  63. Conversion of Evariste Hebert - FR 176
  64. Corinthians Eagerly Await the Parousia - FR 92
  65. Corinthians Receive Second Letter - FR 95
  66. Covenant of Salt: Eating Together, The
  67. Creeds and Statements of Faith
  68. Cremation and Funerals - FR 305
    69. –  D  –
  69. Daniel and Amy
  70. Dark Side of the Moon, The - FR 282
  71. Dating the Gospels and Revelation - FR 278
  72. Day Like No Other 9-11, A - FR 90
  73. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 1 - FR 285
  74. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 2 - FR 286
  75. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 3 - FR 287
  76. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 4 - FR 288
  77. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 5 - FR 289
  78. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 6 - FR 291
  79. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 7 - FR 293
  80. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 8 - FR 295
  81. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 9 - FR 297
  82. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 9a - FR 299
  83. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 10 - FR 301
  84. Death, Immortality, and Heaven:  No 11 - FR 303
  85. Death of the Custodian - FR 119
  86. Death Reigned from Adam to Moses
  87. Definite Laws and General Principles
  88. Detecting the Spirit - FR 203
  89. Did Peter Deserve Paul’s Rebuke
  90. Different Kinds of Works - FR 114
  91. Do We Test Joel's Patience
  92. Do You Need an Attorney
  93. Do You Sacrifice Enough
  94. Does Nature Reveal God’s Love - FR 281
  95. Does Suicide Seal One’s Doom
  96. Don't Ridicule the Church! - FR 305
  97. Dove or a Hawk, A - FR 243
  98. Drawn to Christ by the Father - FR 111
    99. –  E  –
  99. Early Converts who Sinned - FR 160
  100. Earthly Expectations
  101. Echatological Table of Passages - FR 191
  102. Effective Faith Includes Effective Works - FR 144
  103. Effective Fear - Effective Affection - FR 49
  104. Elma Lea Memorial Library - FR 239
  105. Empirical, Theoretical – Whatever - FR 61
  106. “End-time Prophecies” – All Fulfilled!
  107. End-time Prophecies Already Fulfilled - FR 254
  108. Eschatological Table of Passages, No 1 - FR 191
  109. Eschatological Table of Passages, No 2 - FR 192
  110. Eternal Life not Offered Before Christ
  111. Evangelists: Unseen and Unheard - FR 330
  112. Evil Appetite, An
  113. Examination of Genesis 1-4; No. 1, An - FR 223
  114. Examination of Genesis 1-4; No. 2, An - FR 224
  115. Exorcising the Organizational Demon
  116. Extent of Fellowship, The
    117. –  F  –
  117. Failure of Sectarianism, The - FR 50
  118. Failures of Fundamentalism, The
  119. Falling Away, The
  120. False Teachers and False Teachings - FR 38
  121. First Day of the Week - FR 188
  122. Forgiving All Trespasses
  123. Fourscore
  124. Free Book for You!, A - FR 98
  125. Free Expression: Our Response to Grace - FR 366
  126. Free to Change: Preface - FR 234
    127. –  G  –
  127. Gardener, the Vine, the Branches, The - FR 161
  128. Giving: and Grasping - FR 233
  129. Giving: Geese and Golden Eggs - FR 228
  130. Giving: God’s Part and My Part - FR 230
  131. Giving or Tithing - FR 229
  132. Giving: to Church or Persons - FR 231
  133. Giving to Spend for What? - FR 232
  134. Going Beyond What is Written
  135. Gospel and Doctrine - FR 276
  136. Gospel Plus What, The - FR 109
  137. Grace and Christian Liberty, No. 1 - FR 353
  138. Grace and Christian Liberty, No. 2 - FR 354
  139. Grace and “On and Off Salvation” #1 - FR 350
  140. Grace and “On and Off Salvation” #2 - FR 351
  141. Grace and “On and Off Salvation” #3 - FR 352
  142. Grace and Paul’s Conversion, No. 1 - FR 343
  143. Grace and Paul’s Conversion, No. 2 - FR 344
  144. Grace and Paul’s Conversion, No. 3 - FR 345
  145. Grace and Paul’s Conversion, No. 4 - FR 346
  146. Grace and Paul’s Conversion, No. 5 - FR 347
  147. Grace and the Ephesians - FR 339
  148. Grace and the Galatians - FR 340
  149. Grace and The Rich Young Ruler - FR 337
  150. Great and Terrible Day, The - FR 64
  151. Great Belly-Button Controversy, The
  152. Grit in My Gizzard No 1 the Gizzard - FR 292
  153. Grit in My Gizzard No 2 Family Formation - FR 294
  154. Grit in My Gizzard No 3 On the First Farm - FR 296
  155. Grit in My Gizzard No 4 On the New Farm - FR 298
  156. Grit in My Gizzard No 5 Religion in Rochester - FR 300
  157. Grit in My Gizzard No 6 Time and Change - FR 302
  158. Grit in My Gizzard No 7 Around the House - FR 304
  159. Grit in My Gizzard No 8 Around the House (Continued) - FR 306
  160. Grit in My Gizzard No 9 God’s Creatures - FR 308
  161. Grit in My Gizzard No 00 Ol’ Rosie Goes to College
  162. Grit in My Gizzard No 10 a Bleak Landscape - FR 310
  163. Grit in My Gizzard No 11 Off to College - FR 312
  164. Grit in My Gizzard No 12 College Life - FR 314
  165. Grit in My Gizzard No 13 Out Into The World - FR 316
  166. Grit in My Gizzard No 15 Beyond the Sabine - FR 319
  167. Grit in My Gizzard No 16 Into Cajun Country - FR 320
  168. Grit in My Gizzard No 17 Back in Texas - FR 321
  169. Grit in My Gizzard No 18 out West Again - FR 322
  170. Grit in My Gizzard No 19 Trauma of Change - FR 323
  171. Grit in My Gizzard No 20 Free at Last - FR 324
  172. Grit in My Gizzard No 21 a Cyberspace Church - FR 325
  173. Grit in My Gizzard No 22 Off Into the Sunset - FR 326
  174. Grit in My Gizzard No 23 and in Conclusion - FR 327
  175. Grit in My Gizzard No 24 to the Golden Triangle - FR 318
    176. –  H  –
  176. Handle not nor Touch nor Taste - FR 331
  177. “Hands-On” Creator, A
  178. Heard for their Many Words
  179. Hebrews in Preterist Perspective - FR 57
  180. Help for the Thessalonians
  181. Help is Available for Homosexuals - FR 66
  182. Heroes of Faith or of Works? - FR 336
  183. Holy Horrors
  184. Honor the Emperor - FR 104
  185. Hook’s Points - FR 17
  186. Hook’s Points - FR 40
  187. Hook’s Points - FR 235
  188. Hook’s Points - FR 335
  189. Hook’s Points - FR 338
  190. Hope for C-students
  191. Hope of Israel, The - FR 258
  192. How Jesus Looked - FR 131
  193. How’s that Again
    194. –  I  –
  194. I Joined the Church of Christ - FR 19
  195. “I Permit not a Woman…” - FR 69
  196. Ideal and the Real, The - FR 158
  197. If a Man is Saved by Faith Alone - FR 141
  198. If the Lord Wills - FR 154
  199. In Defense of Good People - FR 261
  200. In Defense of the Apostles’ “Power Dispute”
  201. In Memorium:   Elma Lea Hook - FR 170
  202. In Other Words - FR 280
  203. In the Family of God - FR 247
  204. In the Family of God, (Continued) - FR 248
  205. In the Lonely Mission Field - FR 275
  206. Intelligent, but not too Smart
  207. Intermingled Spirits - FR 201
  208. Interpretation of the Bible - FR 20
  209. Is Faith a Gift?
  210. Is Immersion Essential for Unity - FR 274
  211. Is Jesus the Only Route to Heaven? - FR 33
  212. Is the Church Composed of Denominations and Sects - FR 249
  213. It is Time - FR 77
    214. –  J  –
  214. January 2003 - FR 151
  215. Jesus and the Adulterous Woman - FR 264
  216. Jesus’ Ear was Pierced
  217. Jesus’ Physical and Spiritual Death - FR 214
  218. Jesus’ Prayer for Oneness Answered
  219. Jesus the Great Accomplisher - FR 257
    220. –  K  –
  220. Katrina and Finger-pointing - FR 284
  221. Keep Moses’ Law, Jesus Warned - FR 173
    222. –  L  –
  222. Lack of Confirmation by Early Writers - FR 96
  223. “Last Day” Raising of the Dead - FR 71
  224. "Last Days" Mission of Holy Spirit - FR 82
  225. Last Days Then or Now - FR 263
  226. Last Printed Freedom’s Ring - FR 45
  227. Law and Principle:  Ancient Scriptures - Modern Questions - FR 361
  228. Law: not Bound on the Dead - FR 175
  229. Law:  Not Nailed to the Cross - FR 174
  230. Law of Silence and Exclusion - FR 86
  231. Lawless Man Incites Rebellion - FR 89
  232. Lawyers, Law, and Principle (Continued) - FR 333
  233. Lawyers, Law, and Principle - FR332
  234. Lazarus:  Our Prototype - FR 259
  235. Learning from a Hen - FR 283
  236. Let the Earth Bring Forth
  237. Locating Heaven - FR 75
  238. Look at Matthew 24:  Part 1, A - FR 225
  239. Look at Matthew 24:  Part 2, A - FR 226
  240. Look at Two Parables, A
  241. Lost Email!
  242. Love, Isolation, and Violent Intervention - FR 243
  243. Luke:  An Investigative Reporter - FR 54
    244. –  M  –
  244. Marriage Divorce Remarriage:  A Review # 1 Explaining Law - FR 307
  245. Marriage Divorce Remarriage:  A Review # 2 Paul’s Teaching - FR 309
  246. Marriage Divorce Remarriage:  A Review # 3 Defining Marriage - FR 311
  247. Marriage Divorce Remarriage:  A Review # 4 Problems with Legal Interpretation
  248. Marriage Divorce Remarriage:  A Review # 5 Adulterating Marriage - FR 315
  249. Marriage Divorce Remarriage:  A Review # 6 Specific Laws and Principles - FR 317
  250. Martin Luther - Always a Good Catholic - FR 195
  251. May a Legalist be Saved - FR 106
  252. Measuring Ourselves
  253. Members of the Body - FR 178
  254. Members of the Church - FR 177
  255. Millennial Musings
  256. Mission-Minded Church, A - FR 133
  257. Modifying the Pattern
  258. Monday Morning Quarterbacks - FR 237
  259. More about Accepted Misinformation - FR 167
  260. More About Baptism - FR 163
  261. More about Defining Adultery - FR 128
  262. More about Heaven - FR 76
  263. More about Resurrection - FR 149
  264. More Questions about Worship
  265. Mutual Identity: Christ and Man - FR 122
  266. My Conversion Experience
  267. My “Restoration Movement” Heritage:  Good or Bad?
  268. My Thoughts on “A Christian Affirmation”:  2005 # 1 - FR 268
  269. My Thoughts on “A Christian Affirmation”:  2005 # 2 - FR 269
  270. My Thoughts on “A Christian Affirmation”:  2005 # 3 - FR 270
  271. My Thoughts on “A Christian Affirmation”:  2005 # 4 - FR 271
  272. My Thoughts on “A Christian Affirmation”:  2005 # 5 - FR 272
  273. Myths About Hell - FR 94
    274. –  N  –
  274. Nameless Road - FR 244
  275. New Screwtape Letter, A - FR 160
  276. None is Righteous, No, not One - FR 262
  277. Not All That Simple
    278. –  O  –
  278. Obeying the Commands
  279. Observance of Days - FR 103
  280. Offices, Titles, and Functions - FR 187
  281. "Oh My God"
  282. Olivet Discourse Omitted by John - FR 81
  283. Olympic Losses by Split Seconds
  284. One Baptism
  285. “One Nation” Without God, No. 1 - FR 210
  286. “One Nation” Without God, No. 2 - FR 211
  287. Our Heritage of Unity and Fellowship - FR 74
  288. Our Identity
  289. Our Purpose on Earth - FR 137
  290. Overlooked Lesson, An - FR 56
    291. –  P  –
  291. Papacy in the Church, The - FR 43A
  292. Passion and Pain - FR 213
  293. Patriarchs:  Past and Present - FR 41
  294. Paul, Apollos, Cephas, Christ – or Who
  295. Paul not Sent to Baptize - FR 125
  296. Paul’s Free “Tents for Humanity” - FR 355
  297. Paul’s Free “Tents for Humanity” #2 - FR 356
  298. Paul’s Free “Tents for Humanity” #3 - FR 357
  299. PBS:  Recruiting for Islam - FR 154
  300. Peatross - Hook Interview
  301. Pentecost Sermon, The
  302. Phillip Schaff was a "Preterist" - FR 117
  303. Physical Made Spiritual, The
  304. Physical Resurrection - FR 136
  305. Pie-Shaped Religion - FR 365
  306. Playing Roles in Drama - FR 215
  307. Polygamy
  308. Pope John Paul II - FR 260
  309. Priests, Celibacy, and Pedophilia - FR 129
  310. Prophetic Messages in Acts - FR 84
  311. Prophetic Parables - FR 68
  312. Public Confession of Sins - FR 116
    313. –  Q  –
  313. Quest for an Unidentified Unity, The
  314. Questionable Loyalty - FR 164
  315. Questions about Immortality - FR 132
    316. –  R  –
  316. Re-Baptism
  317. Rebaptism for “The Right Purpose”
  318. Religion in Our Schools - FR 39
  319. Response to “A Christian Affirmation 2005” - FR 266
  320. Response to Love - Loving Response
  321. Responses to My 9-11 Article - FR 91
  322. Responses to the Last Mailout
  323. Rethinking Church Buildings
  324. Retroactive “Grounds for Divorce”
  325. Riding in the Front Seat - FR 172
  326. Roses with Other Names
    327. –  S  –
  327. Sacrifices of Cain and Abel, The - FR 219
  328. Salvation was Near for Roman Disciples - FR 107
  329. Satan - FR 155
  330. Satan, Temptation and the End
  331. Saved by the Holy Spirit - FR 202
  332. Saved Like the Thief on the Cross - FR 159
  333. Seeing Black and White - FR 359
  334. Seven Senses - FR 196
  335. Silence Says Something - FR 220
  336. Sin of Trying Too Hard - FR 194
  337. Sneaky Trick Honoring the Hooks, A
  338. Some Things I Understand Better Now
  339. Spanish Translation at Hand - FR 99
  340. Spirit and Flesh:  An Allegory No. 1 - FR 207
  341. Spirit and Flesh:  An Allegory No. 2 - FR 208
  342. Spirit-Created Unity - FR 204
  343. Spirit, Soul, and Body Kept at Parousia - FR 87
  344. Spiritual Communications - FR 209
  345. Spiritual Gifts:  Mission Accomplished - FR 206
  346. Spiritual Gifts:  One More Time - FR 105
  347. Standing on the Issues
  348. Stem Cell Debate at Harvard - FR 252
  349. Stephen: Then and Now - FR 255
  350. Still Wondering - FR 62
  351. Sun, Moon, and Stars, The - FR 169
    352. –  T  –
  352. Terrible Times in the Last Days - FR 35
  353. Thank you
  354. “The One True Church”
  355. They Won't Let Me Preach - FR 329
  356. Thoughts Concerning Inspiration of the Bible - FR 277
  357. Thoughts on Fellowship - FR 16
  358. Thoughts on the Current Conflict - FR 162
  359. Three Days and Three Nithts? - FR 123
  360. Tithe, Guilt, and Luxury, The
  361. Tolerance Redefined - FR 147
  362. Trampling Through the T-U-L-I-P
  363. Truth That Frees, The - FR 256
  364. Two Presidents:  Defining Adultery - FR 124
    365. –  U  –
  365. Unchanging Church with Changing Features, The - FR 273
  366. Unfinished Work of Christ on the Cross - FR 190
    367. –  V  –
  367. Value of an Unclaimed Cat, The - FR 46
  368. Venerating Icons
  369. Vertical and Horizontal Worship and Service to God
  370. Viewing the Holy City - FR 55
  371. Vocabulary Adaptations
    372. –  W  –
  372. We All Agree that Women May Preach - FR 328
  373. We are Drifting
  374. Weakness of Democracy, A - FR 59
  375. What About the Eunuch? - FR 348
  376. What Constitutes "Being Married"
  377. What I Hear from You - FR 21
  378. What I Hear from You
  379. What Was Nailed to the Cross
  380. When You Outgrow your Church   Latest
  381. Who Has Authority in the Congregation - FR 179
  382. Who has Higher Motives
  383. Who is that Blessed Man - FR 115
  384. Who is Your Mother - FR 200
  385. Who Needs Enemies - FR 156
  386. Who Should Rule the Congregation?
  387. Whose Child are you - FR 198
  388. Why Are We Baptized - FR 240
  389. Why Assemble?  No. 1 - FR 181
  390. Why Assemble?  No. 2 - FR 182
  391. Why Assemble?  No. 3 - FR 183
  392. Why Assemble?  No. 4 - FR 184
  393. Why Assemble?  No. 5 - FR 185
  394. Why Assemble?  No. 6 - FR 186
  395. Why Did Luke Write His Two Books - FR 205
  396. Why Paul Could Make Tents - FR 197
  397. Will Flesh or Spirit be Immortal? - FR 73
  398. Wine and the Disciple
  399. With What Body Do They Come? - FR 72
  400. Women Elders - FR 110
  401. Women Ministers Common in our Churches - FR 108
  402. Worship as Commanded
  403. Worship by Demand - FR 362
    404. –  X  –
    –  Y  –
  404. Yes, We are Under Law - FR 140
  405. You Are My Valentine - FR 250
  406. You Cannot Remit Sins by Baptizing - FR 241
    407. –  Z  –