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Bobby O'Dell

• Freedom from Sin (80)
• Peculiar People (A) (47)
• Setting Priorities (128)
• Sin Is a Reproach (48)
• "To Live Is Christ" (48)

Owen D. Olbricht

• Mark 16:15-16 (77)

Gayle Oler

• As Dangerous as Playing Baseball with a Hand Grenade (72)
• How Do You Know You Are a Christian? (187)
• How May I Be Freed from Sin? (112)
• No Church, No Christians (107)
• Voice of Conscience Is Not the Voice of God (The) (63)
• We Are Saved Like Noah (79)
• Weak Members Identified (99)
• What It Means to Say Baptism is Non-Essential (191)
• Why Hesitate to Change? (31)
• "Ye Have Heard" (7)

Jack E. Orbison

• Let God Be True! (15)

Basil Overton

• Some May Need to Hear It Twice (39)

Johnny Oxendine

• Are the Days of Creation a Puzzle, or True, or Can We Really Know? No & Yes (78)
• Baptism—What for? (203)
• Being Spiritually Minded Includes Understanding Fellowship (88)
• Bereans Are Described as Noble: Would We Make the Same Claim for Ourselves? (The) (211)
• Call for Unity Today Is a Call for the Acceptance of Error (and Fellowship) (The) (82)
• Can We Put Too Much Emphasis on Baptism If It Is in the Scriptures? (162)
• Chloe—the Troublemaker (62)
• Church Must Properly Assess the Qualities of Those Who Would Lead... (The) (62)
• Claims for Modern Day Apostles Does Not Find Authority in Scripture (6)
• Daily Battles for the Christian: Reminding Ourselves of Often Unguarded Things... (195)
• "Danger Will Robinson!" Thoughts Lost in Space and Brethren (18)
• Days of Creation (The) (159)
• Do You Really Want to Go to Heaven? A Philosophical Investigation of Luke 18 (62)
• Encampment Pulpit or Perhaps the Polished Family: Janus at the Gates (The) (6)
• Encouraging Others to Become Christians: New Testament Lessons (50)
• "Fellowship and Speaking on Lectureship Programs": A Look Back (15)
• Everyone Wants to Be Rich (Don't You?): The Eternal Question Is How, and to What End? (130)
• Fellowship Is Not (90)
• Funny and Odd Thing About Words: The Same Word Can Differ Greatly (The) (206)
• "Give Me the Bible" Is More Than a Theme: It Represents and Affirms a View of Life! (178)
• God Is No Respecter of Persons: We All Heed to the Same Standard (166)
• "He's in a Better Place (?)"...Maybe Not! (111)
• How Could I Have Been So Blind to Have Missed It? Redeeming Sunset: The Plan (34)
• Hybrid Church and Why It Has a Real Chance to Succeed With Some (The) (134)
• I Asked a Simple Question and Only Got a Cursory Response: Flatline (106)
• "I Withstood Him to the Face, Because He Was to Be Blamed"—The Right Way (62)
• Idea of Edification Vs. The Reality (The) (11)
• If You Follow the Bouncing Ball You Will Not Be Surprised By What You Find (119)
• Is Separation from Worldliness Too Much for People? What Do You Think? (18)
• Islam's View of the Bible (210)
• It Is That Simple (74)
• Jesus Said One Thing, But Many Want Something Else: Looking at Luke 24:47 (146)
• Just a Few Thoughts That Can Help Us All with Congregational Issues (96)
• Just Some Logical Answers to Some Very Unusual Questions: What Saith...? (99)
• Keeping Distractions Out of Worship (200)
• Lesson of Rome Provides Us with a Few Thoughts about Our Armor of God (The) (125)
• Look at the Role of Leadership from the Words of the Apostle Paul (A)... (19)
• More Important Things in Life than Silver or Gold (42)
• More Thoughts on the Warning Not to Forsake the Assembling of Ourselves (11)
• More Thoughts on Who We Think We Are: (103)
• Neither Ignorance Nor Arrogance Is Pleasing/Acceptable to the Lord... (2)
• Newsweek Religion Survey (103)
• "No Child Left Behind..." God Already Set That Standard and He Holds to it Fully (211)
• Nothing Says "Love" Like God's Grace: Appreciating What the Lord Offers (90)
• OMG and Other Cultural Comments (The) (78)
• On Not Allowing the World to Dictate to Us What the Standards Should Be (135)
• Praying to Jesus—Odd (?) Connections (50)
• Questions People Often Ask About the Church and the Bible Response (182)
• Recall the "True or False" Test? On Matters of Doctrine There Is No Multiple Choice (187)
• Re-imagining 1 Corinthians 5 in Light of the Brotherhood Today—What to Do? (110)
• Repent for the Remission of Sins? Who Sins Today? Everyone Is OK: I'm OK, You're OK... (175)
• Separation of Church and State (74)
• Several Exercises That Can Help Us in the Christian Life (If We Make the Application) (182)
• Showing Our Love for Our Heavenly Father Through Obedience (15)
• Signs of the Breakdown, Even in the Theater... (78)
• Some Ask "What Can We Do for Those Who Are in Need of the Gospel's Light?" (30)
• Some Thoughts on Consistency: Not Being on Again/off Again Christians... (46)
• Some Thoughts on Messianic Hope as Described in the Scriptures (62)
• Some Thoughts on the Greatest Prophet of Them All: the Prophet of Prophets (58)
• Some Thoughts on What Is and Is Not Acceptable for the Christian (18)
• Some Thoughts That Come from Hebrews That We Want to Remember (34)
• Something to Think About When We Decide to Say Anything (207)
• Songs We Sing and What They Mean: Time to Consider Singing Seriously (The)... (190)
• Things to Be Mindful of During Our Worship Services and for Visitors (62)
• Thoughts on Curtis Cates and Rubel Shelly (1991)...and Barry Grider (2005) (66)
• Tolerance—Family, Nation, Church (190)
• "True or False," Not "Multiple Choice" on Doctrine (9)
• Two Brethren Who Took the Risk to Defend the Gospel: Our Challenge! (159)
• We Have a Question to Consider: Do Our Friends Really Care for Our Souls? (150)
• We Have to Deal with Tragedy Every Day Yet the Most Tragic Thing to Face Is Eternal (46)
• Well "You're Either a Christian, or You're a _____ (Fill in the Blank)" (194)
• What Do "Intellectuals" and Liberals Know About the Bible? Nothing! (187)
• What Does Peter Mean When He Says We Have Spent Enough Time As Gentiles? (22)
• What Exactly Does the Word Revellings Mean in Galatians 5:19-21? (19)
• What We Do with the Scriptures in Order to Obey God (116)
• When People Want to Know About Salvation, What Can We Tell Them? (138)
• Where Should Our Minds Be When We Come to Worship the Lord? And After (31)
• Why Are There So Many "Churches" in the First Place? A Good Question... (95)