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Claude Parker	Howard D. Parker
John Parker	Lynn Parker
David E. Parks	Norman Parrish
Douglas Parsons	Bob Patterson
Kevin Patterson	Max Patterson
Pat Patterson	Chuck Pearson
Raymond Pecoraro	Clayton Pepper
Chris Perry	Harry Persaud
Leonard Peters	Michael Peters
Ray Peters	Danny Pettus
Bubba Phillips	Dabney Phillips
H. M. Phillips	Ricky Phillips
Tim Phillips	Tom W. Pickard
A. T. Pierson	Walter W. Pigg, Jr.
James Pilgrim	D. Ray Pippin
Charles A. Pledge	George Pledger
C. D. Plum	Bob Plunkett
Charles Pogue	John Polk
Neal Pollard	O. B. Porterfield
Glen A. Posey	Mark Nichols Posey
Doug Post	Jessie Brown Pounds
Ivie Powell	Don Preston
Brad Price	Wayne Price
Bob Prichard	John Priola
Bob Pritchard	G. M. Prosser
Charles C. Pugh, III	S. T. Pugh
C. M. Pullias	Glynn Purdy

Articles by Authors

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Claude Parker

• Points to Ponder (63)

Howard D. Parker

• Church Membership (19)
• Crossroads Involvement Spreads (153)

John Parker

• Conduct of Bible Classes (The) (256)

Lynn Parker

• Am I Really Going to Face Trials? (154)
• "And Dear God Please Help Me to Grow" (158)
• At the End (203)
• Balance: What It Is and What It Is Not (13)
• Be at Peace Among Yourselves (78)
• Child Left to Himself (A) (40)
• Congregations That Have Forgotten Their Work (31)
• Cry Room (The) (134)
• Deacons Among Us (The) (111)
• Deacons—Workers in the Local Congregation (6)
• Did God Really Make Things "Fuzzy"? (37)
• Don't Hoard the Truth! (90)
• Don't Preach Against Error (2)
• Dysfunctional Elders (63)
• "Easy to Entreat" (68)
• Elders and a Desire to Serve (110)
• Elders That Inquire (5)
• How Shall We Escape If We Neglect So Great a Salvation? (82)
• I Won't Forget This (166)
• Inconvenient Church (The) (102)
• Inconvenient Congregation (The) (100)
• Isaiah's Picture of the Lord (195)
• It Was a Sad Day (66)
• Job, a Lesson for All Generations (206)
• Let the Chips Fall (66)
• Main Attraction (The) (192)
• Mistakes in Church Discipline (74)
• "Mostly Faithful"? (58) (86)
• Our Citzenship Is in Heaven (130)
• Our Second Religion (202)
• Out of the "Dark Ages" (36) (16)
• Pendulum Swings...Again (The) (14)
• Preaching—a Joy, a Responsibility, a Trust (18)
• Pride and the Preacher (69)
• Prove All Things (127)
• Qualified Bible Class Teachers (22)
• Second Religion of America (The) (158)
• Should Preachers Call Denominational Names from the Pulpit? (3)
• Sure Hope Those Lost Souls Get Saved (18)
• Teaching the Church to Give (22)
• Urgency in Obedience (66)
• We Should Have Learned By Now! (110)
• When a Family Member Is Overtaken in Sin (186)
• Will a Man Rob God? (50)
• You Should Study the Old Testament (15)

David E. Parks

• Church Is Not a Volunteer Organization (The) (3)

Norman Parrish

• Nice Stranger (A) (98)
• Sorry About That Daughter (48)
• Trading a Soul for a Husband (115)

Douglas Parsons

• Success With Children (75)

Bob Patterson

• Can We Make This Statement? (46)
• Christian Growth (6)
• Christianity: A "Daily" Perspective! (182)
• Church and Present Trends (The) (207)
• Debates (116)
• "Holding Forth the Word of Life" (18)
• Importance of the Lord's Church (11)
• Our Attitudes—a Help or Hindrance? (150)
• Set for the Defence of the Gospel (202)
• Stark Contrast (A) (30)
• "Thy Speech Betrayeth Thee" (62)
• True Needs of Our Young People (The) (110)
• We Are to Be Different (110)
• We Must Be "Set for the Defense" (194)
• What Are Your Plans for the Gospel Meeting? (175)
• What's It All About? (55)
• Why Do Some Christians Assemble Only on Sunday for Worship Only, Only Once in a While? (186)

Kevin Patterson

• Do You Want to Be There? (12)

Max Patterson

• Commercial Religion and Oral Roberts (34)
• Preaching (103)

Pat Patterson

• Think on These Things (11)

Chuck Pearson

• "...and Fellowship With All" (202)
• Controversy: The Church's New Taboo (54)
• "He Said...She Said..." (10)
• "Tongue Is a Fire (The)" (160)

Raymond Pecoraro

• Watch What You Say! (171)

Clayton Pepper

• Tips for an Effective Visitation Program (22)

Chris Perry

• What the Preacher Sees (94)

Harry Persaud

• America Is Calling Evil...Good!!! (4)

Leonard Peters

• Some Thoughts on the Theory of Evolution (56)

Michael Peters

• Law of Judging (The) (199)

Ray Peters

• Anger (108)
• "Backbone of the Church" (66)
• Blessedness (106)
• Demands of Discipleship (The) (20)
• Duty of Defense (The) (50)
• Gifts of the Magi (The) (120)
• Kind of Preaching Needed Today (The) (75)
• Life's Three Greatest Threats (31) (55)
• Lived Christianity (14)
• Looking Back (15)
• Lost and Found (34)
• Matthew 24 (78)
• Mind to Work (A) (167)
• Noisy Worship (170)
• "Peters Reports After Missionary Effort in Far East" (63)
• "Physicians of No Value" (70)
• Placing Membership (54)
• Prices We Pay (166)
• Sacrifice (192)
• "Seed and Weeds of Holy-Rollerism" (35)
• "Sirs, We Would See Jesus" (206)
• Spiritual Thermometer (A) (30)
• "Tears in a Triumphal Entry" (46)
• Third Missionary Trip (The) (72)
• W. S. Cline a Friend (8)
• Why? (126)

Danny Pettus

• Can Christians Help Support the Salvation Army? (72)

Bubba Phillips

• Cause for Concern (143)
• Don't Ruin the Invitation (115)
• Eight Practical Pointers for Our Gospel Meeting (174)
• Everyone Needs Encouragement (60)
• How to Approach Erring Brethren (188)
• Preacher, Say What You Mean! (130)

Dabney Phillips

• Do You Really Love God? (111)
• Instrumental Music Controversy (45)

H. M. Phillips

• Christian Life (The) (58)
• Church Entertainment (38)
• Dangers Facing the Church (38)
• If I Were an Elder (42)
• New Testament Church (The) (207)
• Wait on the Lord (208)
• We Have Borrowed Too Much (168)
• What God Had Done with Them (172)

Ricky Phillips

• Some Thoughts on Public Prayer (174)
• You Can't Skip School (20)

Tim Phillips

• If I Were the Devil (33)

Tom W. Pickard

• Power of an Invitation (The) (171)

A. T. Pierson

• Repent of Sin Itself (191)

Walter W. Pigg, Jr.

• Gay School Gets a Tryout (114)
• Obedience the Only Basis of Acceptance With God (35)

James Pilgrim

• 7 Things Wrong With Methodist Doctrine (37)
• Alcoholic or Drunkard, Sickness or Sin? (62)
• Immodest Men and Short-Haired Women (31)
• Seven Things Wrong With Jehovah's Witness Doctrine (92)
• Seven Things Wrong With Presbyterian Doctrine (175)

D. Ray Pippin

• Gift of the Holy Spirit (The) (67)

Charles A. Pledge

• Art Thou He That Troubleth Israel? (118)
• Bible Proves We Can Trust It (The) (70)
• Book "Deadline 1981: Mockers Beware" a Mockery (127)
• Can One Accidentally Become a Member of the Lord's Church? (171)
• Can We Trust the Appearance of the Bible (68)
• Can We Trust the Claims of the Bible (69)
• Can We Trust the Bible? (66)
• Church of the Living God—What Is It? (115)
• Do You Enjoy Trying to Go to Heaven? (126)
• Do You Look for Signs of Christ's Coming? (18)
• Fellowship (174)
• Fellowship (Part 1) (2)
• Fellowship (Part 2) (54)
• Fellowship (Part 3) (78)
• Fellowship (Part 4) (98)
• Fellowship and Current Conditions (30)
• Fellowship and Current Problems (14)
• Fellowship and False Teachers (18)
• Fellowship and Judgment (106)
• Fellowship and Judgment (138)
• Fellowship and Judgment (142)
• Fellowship and Judgment (182)
• Fellowship Demonstrations of Abuses and Misunderstandings of It (50)
• Five Basic Errors in Rapture Doctrine (6)
• Greatest Tragedy (The) (132)
• Have You Been Born-Again? (38)
• Holy Spirit and the Christian (The) (90)
• Holy Spirit in Conversion (The) (74)
• Holy Spirit Influences Christians (The) (94)
• How Does the Holy Spirit Make Believers? (78)
• How to Be a Member of God's Church (121)
• How to Identify God's Church (119)
• I Am Baffled (74 & 78)
• Importance of God's Church (The) (117)
• Leading of the Lord (The) (95)
• Man's Response (56)
• Obstacles to Unity (10)
• Realism or Fantasy? (187)
• Redemption: Some Implications (50)
• Redemption: The Need (51)
• Redemption: The Plan (54)
• Repeating the Big Lie Until It Is Believed! (12)
• Signs of Matthew Chapter 24 (The) (22)
• What Does Your Heart Cry? (32)
• What Is It to Be Born Again? (42)
• What Is the Rapture? (2)
• What Is Unity? (6)
• What Kind of Food Do You Prefer? (196)
• Why Unity? (7)

George Pledger

• Bible Reading Produces Joy (151)
• Three Solutions to Trials (143)

C. D. Plum

• Condensed Facts About the Kingdom, or Church (66)
• Departing from the Faith (207)
• Divine Creed is Given to Man (A) (86)
• Does It Make Any Difference? (63)
• How to Become and Remain a Christian (114)
• Onward Christian Soldier (65)
• Power in Examples (82)
• Religious Sinners (14)
• Should Alien Sinners Pray for God to Save Them? (172)
• "Will Ye Also Go Away?" (58)

Bob Plunkett

• Sentenced to Church for a Year (71)

Charles Pogue

• 2010 Bellview Church of Christ Lectures (The) (50)
• All the Words of This Life (180)
• All Things That Pertain to Life and Godliness (72)
• An Open Letter to My Fellow 1995 and Other MSOP Graduates (26)
• Another Sermon Needing to Be Preached on Titus 2:12 (6)
• Are Men Obligated to Keep Every Vow? (183)
• At a Crossroads (18)
• Authority Respecting Moral Right and Wrong (48)
• Back Burner Revisited (The) (63)
• Bad Attitude Toward Being a Stumbling Block (99)
• Bad Influences (34)
• Barry Grider and The Forest Hill News Have Done It Again (74)
• Be of Good Cheer (35)
• Calamity of Subjectivism (The) (18)
• Calvinism and Romans 5:12 (172) (66)
• Can I Be Glad I Gave Up That Sin? (74)
• Children in Adulthood (39)
• Christian and Violence (The) (110)
• Church Needs the Fundamentals (The) (77)
• Church of Christ (The) (140)
• Collective Action Does Not Fulfil Individual Responsibility (54)
• Come Out from Among Them (142)
• Command to Read and Study the Bible (The) (143)
• Confessing Christ (38)
• Confused Ramblings of Men on Baptism (The) (30)
• Contrast of Crowns (A) (143)
• Crafty Old Devil and Email Attachments (The) (87)
• Dastardly Damage of the Doctrine of Depravity (The) (47)
• Die to Live and Bear Fruit (18)
• Do You Have a Chloe? (183)
• Do You Have Time? (134)
• Do You Recall These Words? (50)
• Does There Come a Point at Which Doctrinal Soundness Becomes a Hindrance to One's Relationship with God? (23)
• Down to the Very Smallest Detail (139)
• Emotions of Jesus (The) (7)
• Errors Heard from Those Who Have Left the Church (22) (50)
• Folly of Directing One's Own Steps (The) (54)
• For What Have Some Given Up the Lord (34)
• Forgive As God Forgives (146)
• God Is (54)
• Godly Sorrow Worketh Repentance (10)
• Great Is Your Reward (3)
• Guard Yourself from Evil (174)
• Harken Ye Parents of Young Children (82)
• Have We Forgotten Christianity Is More Than Doctrinal Soundness? (10)
• Homosexuality: Sin in Every Age of Man (86)
• How Brethren Dodge the Duty of Correcting Sin and Departures from the Faith (94)
• How is Your Relationship with Others? (130)
• How Liberals Think (182)
• I Stand in Doubt of You (14)
• If Thy Brother Trespasses Against Thee (186)
• Ignorance Is Easier to Deal with Than, "I Don't Want To" (50)
• Is It the Disease or Just a Symptom of the Disease? (45)
• It Is Not That Hard...Unless (179)
• It Is So Easy to Be in Error (64)
• Jesus Is the Answer (142)
• Keeping Our Focus on Him (108)
• Lay Aside Every Weight and Sin (110)
• Lesson Learned from Capernaum (A) (162)
• Letter from Torment (A) (63)
• Life and People or Eternity and God (138)
• Little Things Tend to Become Big Ones (18)
• Lord's Supper (The) (2)
• Love of Money (The) (39)
• Matter of Context (A) (194)
• Member of the Church Not Part of a Movement (A) (42)
• Misidentification on Someone Else's Part Does Not Create a Dilemma on Yours and Mine (87)
• Modern Day Hyprocrisy (A) (204)
• More Cowardly Than Ahab (106)
• Most Disbelieved Verse in the Bible (The) (18)
• Most Offensive Thing to the World (The) (170)
• "Neo-Conservatives" (171) (126)
• Not, Is It Alright with Me, But Alright with God (14)
• One Cannot Over Do It! (99)
• Our Accounts to God Will Involve Others (156)
• Our Divisions Over Non-Essentials and Opinions Hinder the Obedience of Some (111)
• Past Feeling (115)
• Polishing the Pulpit (68)
• Preach It Brother (60)
• Premillennialism's Attack Against God (24) (23)
• Pride and a Haughty Spirit (26)
• Proper and Improper Uses of Some Words (184)
• Prosperity Gospel (The) (11)
• Quality of a Good Conscience (The) (10)
• Real Hope and Change (175)
• Rejoicing to Suffer for a "Hate Crime" (47)
• Remember Lot's Wife Do Not Look Back (134)
• Respect, Is It a Vanishing Thing? (55)
• Rock and Bulwark (The) (166)
• Romans 13:1-2 and Acts 5:29 and Obama Care (90)
• Route to a Wicked America (The) (138)
• Sad but Common Belief (A) (142)
• Sad Words of the Savior Are True of the Unfaithful Too (114)
• Salvation and 1 Peter 1 (The) (191)
• Saying One Thing and Saying Another (114)
• Shoot the Messenger (99)
• So Much to Be Thankful For (27)
• Society's Respect for Marriage Sinks Lower and Lower (34)
• Some Personal Concerns Regarding Public Prayer (42)
• Sorrow of This Life (The) (196)
• Sound Church Is Hard to Find (A) (148)
• Stones of Jordan (The) (102)
• Take Heart, and Trust in the Lord (86)
• Teaching the Truth About the One Church Is Not Hatred, It Is Biblical (34)
• Tell Him His Fault (162)
• Tell Me You Didn't Mean It Lord! (162)
• Thanksgiving (182)
• There's Water in the Plan (207)
• Three Things Standing in the Way of Repentance (10)
• Today's Church Must Be the Church of the First Century (138)
• Trust in the Lord (59)
• Turn to God (165)
• Two Disturbing Announcements from the November 8, 2016 Forest Hill Bulletin (18)
• Vanishing Attitude Toward Truth (A) (208)
• Walking the Walk (54)
• "We Make Him a Liar" (23)
• What America Needs (18)
• Where Is the Authority (126)
• Why Baptism? (78)
• Why Some Religious People Do Not Study the Scriptures (46)

John Polk

• Lets Go Back to the Bible For: (124)

Neal Pollard

• Be a Better Student (32)
• Lasciviousness (14)
• Restoring the Code of Decency (40)
• Spiritual Challenges Facing Blended Families (The) (2)
• Strong Churches (46)
• "We Are the Army of the Lord" (42)
• What Is a "Church of Christ" Position? (178)

O. B. Porterfield

• "I Quit My Feelings Got Hurt!" (209)
• Is It Nothing to You All Ye That Pass By? Lamentations 1:12 Why Is It Happening? Why Aren't More People Speaking Up? Do You Care? (122)

Glen A. Posey

• Building Up the Bible School Through the Family Unit (102)
• When Do Churches Die? (129)

Mark Nichols Posey

• Sowing the Seed the Word of God (39)

Doug Post

• Answering the "Hows" of the Spirit (143)
• Baptism Is Essential for Salvation (178)
• Christ's Law Is a Blessing (150)
• Concern for the Growth of Others (147)
• His Glory, Our Trust—His Death, Our Glory (14)
• Must for Your Library 2014 Bellview Lectureship Book (A): Understanding the Will of the Lord (54)
• Must for Your Library (Part 2) 2014 Bellview Lectureship Book (A): Understanding the Will of the Lord (62)
• Must for Your Library (Part 3) 2014 Bellview Lectureship Book (A): Understanding the Will of the Lord (70)
• Must for Your Library (Part 4) 2014 Bellview Lectureship Book (A): Understanding the Will of the Lord (78)
• Some Thoughts on Praise (8)
• Some Thoughts on the Holy Spirit (166)
• Worship and Parallelism (138)

Jessie Brown Pounds

• Am I Nearer? (5)

Ivie Powell

• Are You of the Approved? (62)
• Can't Start Wrong and End Right (12)
• Developing an Optimistic Attitude (101)
• Identifying the True Church (77)
• Some Thoughts on Retreats (12)
• What Is a Miracle (51)

Don Preston

• Spanking Outlawed! (112)
• Tabernacle vs. Millennialism (74)
• Throne of David (The) (65)

Brad Price

• Kathryn Kuhlman and Miracles (192)

Wayne Price

• But I'm Not Worshipping! (22)
• "Forever," This Earth and the Jehovah's Witnesses (200)
• It Was His Birthday (67)
• Misplaced Emphasis (A) (102)
• Preacher, the Pewster, and Sound Doctrine (The) (194)
• Them That Obey Him (16)
• When Does God Not Mean What He Says? (4)
• "Who Is Your Father?" (159)
• Why Should I Place Membership? (116) (203)
• Worship or Entertainment? (164)

Bob Prichard

• Does the Bible Say That Gambling Is a Sin? (55)
• Is Drinking Alcohol Wrong? (131)

John Priola

• Awfulness of Sin (The) (42)
• Beacon (The) (98)
• Bellview Preacher Training School Lectureship (The) (94)
• Brethren, We Are in Trouble (114)
• Brother George Williams (201)
• Church of Christ—What Is It? (The) (154) (175) (156) (155)
• George E. Darling, Sr. Departs This Life (54)
• God's Drawing Power (102) (2)
• God's Last Words (50)
• Gospel Meetings Can Be Successful (75)
• Hindering God's Word (46)
• Is This You and Your Child? (60)
• Kind of Preaching Needed Today (The) (162) (30)
• Lesson from Hurricane Frederic (150)
• Medley of Matters (A) (142)
• "Peace, Peace, When THere Is No Peace" (134)
• Sabbath (Part 1) (The) (174)
• Sabbath (Part 2) (The) (178)
• Sabbath (Part 3) (The) (6)
• Sisters Fleetwood and Temple Pass (62)
• Spiritual Sword Publication (The) (36)
• Stephen (138)
• Tribute to W. L. Totty (A) (30)
• "We Are Not Ignorant of His Devices" 2 Corinthians 2:11 (67) (107)
• What About the Immaculate Conception of Mary? (170) (195)
• Why Bellview Does Not Support the Southeastern SoulSaving Workshop (86) (46)
• Worthy Commendation (A) (146)

Bob Pritchard

• Worship or Entertainment? (39)

G. M. Prosser

• What Must I Do to be Saved? (54)

Charles C. Pugh, III

• Alexander Campbell and the Church of Christ (67)
• Prom (The)—To Attend or Not Attend? (74)
• What Makes the Church Strong? (183)

S. T. Pugh

• Prayer (A) (186)

C. M. Pullias

• Kingdom—The Church—The Body (The) (87)

Glynn Purdy

• Gospel Preachers and "Ear Scratchers" (33)