Creekview Church of Christ

Articles by Stacey Durham

2020
"Abide in Me"

Abounding in the Work of the Lord
Adolescence
Adoption
Against Such Things

All or None
All Things New
All Things Work Together for Good
Alternatives to Anxiety
Always Good News
"Am I Good Enough to Be Saved?"
Ancestry

Androgeny
The Angry Mob

Answer the Lord's Prayer

Answering the JWs
The Antidote for Death

Apologies to Darwin
Approval for Abortion
Are the Jews Saved without Believing in Jesus?
Are We Guilty of Doctrinal Pride?

Are You an Evangelical?

Are You an Imitator or an Actor?
Are You Ready for This?

Arguments the Atheists Cannot Answer

As Obedient Children

Asleep in Jesus
Assembly Required?
Attention Deficient
Authentic Worship, Relevant Bible Teaching, and a Casual Atmosphere

The Authority to Give Eternal Life

Back to Goshen

Back to the Cross

Be Angry, and Yet Do Not Sin

Be Still and Know That I Am God

Be Strong and Courageous

The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes - Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

The Beatitudes - Blessed are Those Who Mourn

The Beatitudes - Blessed are the Meek

The Beatitudes - Blessed are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

The Beatitudes - Blessed are the Merciful

The Beatitudes - Blessed are the Pure in Heart

The Beatitudes - Blessed are Peacemakers

The Beatitudes - Blessed are the Persecuted
Before and After

Behold, Children Are a Gift of the LORD

Behold I Thought

Belief in Creation on the Decline
Belief that does not Save

Benevolence

The Best is Yet to Come
Be Perfect?
Be Separate
Be Sober
Blameless
Bless and Do Not Curse
Boast in the Lord
Bold Humility
The Boldness of Jesus

Boomerang
Born to Die

Boundaries for Males and Females
Break Up Your Fallow Ground
Breaking Bread
A Bunch of Hypocrites

Burning Books

But By the Grace of God
California's Resolution Against the Gospel

Calling Evil Good
Calling God Your Father
Calvinism
Calvinism and the Sinful Nature

Can a Christian Serve in the Military?

Can Jesus Really Save Anyone?
Can We Depend on You?

Can You Be Too Religious?
Changing Seasons, Unchanging God
Changing Your Spiritual DNA

A Child Makes Himself Known
Children Obey Your Parents
Choose Life
Choose Your Leaders

Choosing the Creation Over the Creator

A Christian's Politics

The Church from Eternity
Church is for Children, Too

Circle the Wagons!

Citizens of Heaven

Clean Out the Old Leaven

Clothe Yourself
Committed to Denying God

Common Sense
Common Sense Crisis?
Conditional Love
Conduct Yourself with Wisdom Toward Outsiders
Confession and Denial

The Confidence That God Hears Us

Conscience Before and After

Content but not Complacent
Contentment and Ambition
Controversy Over a Sign
Coping with Sorrows
Counting Birthdays
A Covenant with Your Eyes

Crucifying Christ Again
Crucifying the Flesh
Daniel's Prayer

Dead Silent
Dealing With Painful Memories
Dealing With Sin
Death Bed Confessions

Defending Self, Defending Others
Degradation
Demon Possession

Desperately Seeking Exceptions
Despising the Shame

The Devil and Judas Iscariot
Did Scientists Discover Noah?

Did You Ever Notice?

Diet and Exercise
A Different Perspective on "Once Saved, Always Saved"

Difficult Statements

Dignity
Dirty Dancing
Dissatisfied with God's Answers
Divided Methodist Church
Do Not Speak Against One Another

Do Wednesdays Count?
Do You Love Jesus?
Do You Trust Me?
Do Yourself a Favor - Be Forgiving
Does Everything Happen for a Reason?

Don't Be Stupid

Don't Blame Me!

Don't Give Up
Don't Give Up (updated)
Don't Ignore the Problem

Don't Preach That
Don't Skip Thanksgiving

Don't Take It Seriously

"Don't Try This At Home!"

Don't Worry About It
Each Day has Enough Trouble of its Own
Ease in Life is Not Ease of Faith

Easy as 1-2-3
Elders in Every Church
Empty Out, Fill Up

Enter His Rest

Envy and Covetousness
The Evangelism of Consequences

Every Knee Will Bow
Everyone Who Does Evil Hates the Light
Every Word of God is Tested
Evolution Weekend Revisited

Excuse Busters
Faith Can Do All Things
Faith in Every Compartment

Faith to be Fearless
Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend
False Expectations
Fasting
The Father Gave All Things into His Hands

Fear

Fellowship with God
Fight the Good Fight of Faith
Fighting Back the Flames

Financial Crisis - A Nation in Debt

Financial Crisis - Lend, Expecting Nothing in Return

Financial Crisis - Owe Nothing to Anyone

Find Him
Fireproof
The Firm Foundation of God Stands
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation

Follow the Directions to Forgiveness
Following the Good Shepherd
Follow Jesus through Your Trials
Follow the Bible's Map to God
Fools, Folly, and Fun

For Adults Only

For and Against
For by One Spirit We Were All Baptized
For Such a Time as This
For the Love of the Game
For the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
Forgive Me - Again

A Fragrance of Christ for God
Free Will and Self-Control
Freed From Sin
Freedom of Religion
Friends, Enemies, Truth, and Lies
From Bad to Worse
The Fruit of Man's Knowledge

The Fullness of Christ

Fulfill the Law of Christ
The Futility of Sin
Gaius and Diotrephes
Get Behind Me, Satan!

Get Over It

Get Rich Quick!
Get the Message
Getting to Know God
God Adds No Sorrow to His Blessings
God Desires All Men to be Saved
God Forsaken

God Has Joined Together

God Has Spoken To Us In His Son

God has the Solutions for our Nation's Problems
God is in Control
God's Views of Death

Going Home
Going to Law with a Brother

The Golden Compass
The Good Confession
A Good, Moral, and Lost Man

Good News: Millions of Lives Lost

The Good Old Days

"Good Sermon, Preacher!"
A Good Shepherd

A Good Trade
The Goodness of Guilt and Shame
The Gospel is Still the Power of God
Got Talent?

The Grace, the Gift, and the Joy

Grasping Grace
The Gray Head
The Great Commission and You
Grieve, Then Get to Work
The Growth Chart
Gutter Evangelism

Hands That Shed Innocent Blood
Hard Hearted

Has God Given America Over?
Hasten the Day
Hate Evil, You who Love the Lord
Have I Become Your Enemy?
Have We Forgotten How to Blush?

Have You Not Read?

He Causes It to Happen

He is a Believer Now
He Led Captive His Captives

"He Loved Me Ere I Knew Him"

He who Troubles his Own House
Hearing the Voice of the Son of God
The Heart of Idolatry
A High View of Scripture

Higher Law

His Only Begotten Son

His Resurrection: A Sign For All Time
Honorary Titles

Hope Does Not Disappoint
A House of Merchandise
How are Your Senses?

How Can I Know I'm Forgiven?

How Was Abraham Justified?
How Will the Church Survive?

Humbled and Exalted, Christ and Us
Humility of Mind
"I am the LORD"

I Do

"I Have No Greater Joy Than This"
I Know How You Feel
I Say Again, Stop the Violence
"I Want to Go Home"
I Will
"I Will Build My Church"
"I'm Offended"

In Evil Be Babes

In Him We Live
In the Cloud

In the Midst of the Garden
Incompatible with Human Dignity?

Increase Our Faith
The Insurance of Wisdom

The Invitation
Is Christ in You?

Is Dancing Wrong?
Is Obedience the Requirement of God or of Men?

Is the End Near?
Is the Gospel Foolishness to You?

Is the Gospel Hate Speech?

Is the Word of God in You?
Is Your Confession Worth Your Life?

It All Matters
It Does Not Bear the Sword for Nothing
It Isn't About Love
It Isn't the End of the World
It Only Takes One Generation
It's About Time
Jesus from Alpha to Omega
Jesus, Let Us Come to Know You
John 3:16
Judge with Righteous Judgment
Judging by Appearances
Judgment 2011?

Juror Misconduct

Justice for Those who Die Innocent
Keep Your Behavior Excellent
Keepers of the Truth
The Kingdom of God is not...
Knowing That You Don't Know
The Last State is Worse Than the First

The Laughter of God

Law and Liberty
The Law of Work
The Laws of God and the Laws of Man

Learning from the Past

Learn to Be Content

Lessons from a Missing Sign
Lessons from Grief

Lessons from the Land
Lest You Fall
Let All Things Be Done For Edification

Let Marriage Be Held in Honor
Let There Be Light
Let's Examine Halloween
Liberty

The Lie of Ananias and Sapphira

A Life-Changing Event
Life is in the Blood

A Life Well Spent

Like the Beasts That Perish
Like Unreasoning Animals

The Limited Gospel

Listen, Think, Speak

A Little Courtesy, Please
Living in the World
Living Things

Lo, I am with You Always
Lollygagging
The Lord Delivers the Righteous
The Lord Will Provide
The Lord's Supper for Children
Losing Liberty

The Lost Tomb of Christ?
Love Rejoices with the Truth
Made to Work
The Majority, the Minority, and the Lord
Make Certain His Calling and Choosing You
Making Vows
Making Wishes Come True
The Man of God and the Old Prophet

Man of Sorrows
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Man's Life Belongs to God

Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen
Marriage in Decline

Matters of Opinion

McGuffey's Readers

Memorial Day
Memorials

MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN

The Mighty Works of God among Us
Mind Your Own Business
Mishandling the Word of Truth
Mocking Prayer

A Monument to Satan
The Mountatin of the House of the LORD

The Necessity of the Negative

Need Directions?

New Age Religion, or Old Paganism?
A New Age Wave
New Blessings Every Morning

A New Creature
A New Year
The Nicest Place
No Children Allowed
No Fairy Tale
No Fine Print

No Worthless Thing

No Young People

Non-Change You Can Believe In
Nondenominational Churches

None of These in Heaven
Not Afraid of Burning in Hell

Not All Glory Is Fleeting

Not Ashamed

Not By Bread Alone
Not Finding Noah
Not in Vain

Not in the Name of Christ
Not Open to Interpretation

"Not Worthy of Me"

Now to Him Who is Able

O the Things We May Do
Obeying the Gospel

An Old Soldier Fades Away

Old Time Religion

On the Wrong Side of History

Once Baptized, Always Saved?
One in Seven Billion

One Powerful Way
One Thing You Lack

The One With Whom We Have To Do
Open-minded or Gullible?

The Opportunity for Repentance
An Opportunistic Enemy

Opportunity With Outsiders

The Optimism of Faith, Hope, and Love

Organic Teaching
Orientation and Identity
Our Days are Getting Shorter
Out with the Old, in with the New

The Parable of the Boiling Frog

The Paradox of Discipleship

Part-time Christians
Patient When Wronged
Paul Knew About Social Media

Perception Versus Truth in Evolution

A Perfect Life

Perfect Love
Perversity is not Diversity

Peter's Great Confession

A Pharisee on Baptism

Philadelphia

Post-Christian

Potential
Power in Weakness

Pray for All Who are in Authority
A Preacher's Cause and Effect
Predestination, God's Foreknowledge, and Man's Free Will

Preparing for the Known, or Hoping for the Unknown
The President Repents
Pretending
The Prophecy of Caiaphas
The Proverbs on Righteousness and Wickedness

The Providence of Satan
Psalm 73

Punish Your Children
Pure in Heart

The Pursuit of Happiness

Qualifications of a Bond-Servant
The Rapture
A Real Loser

A Reality Check
The Reason for Everything
Recovering from a Mistake
Redemption
Rejoice and Remember in Your Youth
Rejoice in the Lord Always
Religious versus Secular
Remember Lot's Wife
Remembering Brethren
Remembering Kindnesses
Remember Jesus Christ

Remember No More
Remember the Lord and Fight
Removing the Veil

Render to God the Things That Are God's
Repentance is a Gift from God
Repentance without Regret
Reproof is Not Hate

Resisting the Holy Spirit
Respect What is Right
The Rest of Psalm 22

The Rest of the Story

Restore to Me the Joy of Your Salvation

The Rich Heritage of God's Word
The Riches of God
Righteousness Exalts a Nation
The Righteousness of the Pharisees

The Roaring Lion

Roe v. Wade and "Meaningful Life"
Root Cause Analysis

Running from the Lord
Sacrifices for Today
Sadducees: Ancient Humanists

Sarah was a Beautiful Woman
Satan's Opportunities

Save a Soul from Death

Save the Planet, or Save Man?
Scammed

Scared to Death of Hell
Scientific Fact
The Scriptural Case Against Abortion
Sealed with the Holy Spirit

Second Chances
Seek and Destroy

Seek Him and You Shall Find Him

Seeking a Way Out
Seeking Excellence or Just Getting By?
Self-Destruction
Self Esteem

Sentence Sermons - Hebrews 13:1

Sentence Sermons - Hebrews 13:2

Sentence Sermons - Hebrews 13:3

Sentence Sermons - Hebrews 13:4

Sentence Sermons - Hebrews 13:5-6

Sentence Sermons - Hebrews 13:7

Sentence Sermons - Hebrews 13:8

Set Your House in Order
Setting Your Mind to Come to the House of God
Should the Church Apologize to Sinners?
Show Yourself a Man
"Show Yourself to the World"

The Silence of Christ

The Sin of Gluttony

Sin is a Hard Road to Travel

Sing and Make Melody with Your Heart

Sliding Down the Slippery Slope
Small Things
Snatching Joy from Despair

Some Things That Do Not Belong in the Lord's Church
Son of a Devil

Soul Saving or Pew Packing?

Sound Judgment About Yourself
Sowing and Reaping

Sparing the Rod in Delaware

Spiritual Laziness

Starved but not Hungry
Steadfast, Immovable, Abounding
Sticks and Stones and Profanity

Stoking the Fire

Strong Medicine
Stop the Bullying
Stop the Violence
The Story of Jesus and the World
Study the Works of God
Stumbling
Suffering for the Sake of What?
Suffering for the Truth
Surviving the Drought

Suspicion
Sympathy
Take Hold and Store Up
Take the Safe Route?
Taking All Words Too Seriously
Taking Away Guilt
Taking Back the Rainbow

A Tale of Two Judgments

Television
Test Yourself

Tested Today, Rewarded Forever

Tests, Trials, and Temptations
Time Travel
That the Scripture Might Be Fulfilled
That's Curious

Then I Spoke

There Ought to Be a Law!
There is a Balm in Gilead
There is None

They Were Glorifying God Because of Me

"They Who Wait For The LORD"

Things You Will Never Say
Think of Your Body as Dead to Sin

Think We're Losing? Think Again
This, Not That
Through the Veil
Thy Kingdom Come

Time is Money and Much More

A Time for Truth
Times are Changing
Tired of Listening?
Tithing

Today, Tomorrow, or Always?
Toxic Androgyny
To God Be the Glory
To Help or Not to Help?
To the Pure
Too Busy

The Tower of Babel

Trading Places
Train Up a Child

Troubled by Christmas
The True Measure of Wisdom
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth

Too Little, Too Late
Tracking the Trends in 2013
Transgender
Treasures of Wickedness
Truly Marvelous
Truth is not a Democracy
Trying to Change the Unchangeable

Turn the Hearts of the Fathers Back to the Children

Two Cases in Contrast
Two Resurrections

Understanding the Times
Ungrateful
Unity of Words
The Value of Faithful Leadership
The Veil was Torn in Two

Verbal Inspiration
A Very Small Thing

The Virgin Shall Be With Child

Wait Until the Lord Comes

Waiting

Was it not Necessary for the Christ to Suffer?
Was Jesus Political?
Wasted Youth

The Water Is Getting Hotter
The Way of Escape
"The Way of the Lord is Not Right"

We are the Lord's

We Can Do Nothing Against The Truth

We Exist For God

We Have An Advocate

Webster's Dictionary

Welcome the Discipline of God

What Can the Righteous Do?
What Can You Do for God?

What Did He See?

What Did Jesus Do?
What Do You Have That You Did Not Receive?

What Does God Know?
What Does It Prove?

What Ever Happened to Modesty?

What God Has Separated, Let No Man Join Together
What Good is Sin?

What Is Driving the Homosexual Agenda?

What is Falsely Called Knowledge
What is Man?
What is that to You?
What is Truth?

What is Written and What is Not
What It Really Is
What Others Think of You

What Saved Noah?
What Shall I Render?
What They Said About Jesus

When Is It Gossip?
When It Is Too Late
When the Last State has Become Worse Than the First

When Will It Be Your Turn?

When Will We Go To Heaven?
When You Assemble

When You Read You Can Understand

Where Can I Go From Your Spirit?
Where Did You Hear That?
Where Do You Get Your Information?
Where There is Liberty

Which World Is It?
Whitewashed Tombs
Who Can Go Where Jesus Is?

Who Cares?

Who Gives This Woman?
Who is a Christian?

Who is Going to Heaven?

Who is to Blame?
Who Will Follow Jesus?
Whom Can You Trust?
The Whole Creation Groans
The Whole of Man

Why Believe in a God?

Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?

Why Does the World Hate Christianity?
Why Give Thanks?

Why is There Doubt and Unbelief? Part 1

Why is There Doubt and Unbelief? Part 2
Why the Birth of Jesus Matters
The Wife of Your Youth
Will the Faithful Disappear?
Will We Know Each Other?
Wisdom is Vindicated by Her Deeds
Wishing for Life
Without Excuse

Woe to You
Women Preachers in the Churches of Christ
The Wonderful Memory of God
Words versus Truth

Working Lessons From Nehimiah
The World, the World, and the World

Worse Than Sodom

The Worst State of Life
The Wrong Obsession
Wrong Thoughts About Sin
Yes, We Have No Bananas
You are All One in Christ Jesus
You Are Christ's Body

You Are Mistaken

You Have Been Bought With a Price
You Have Been Identified

You Have Need of Endurance

"You Just Wouldn't Understand" - Really?
You May Know That You Have Eternal Life
You must be Crazy!
You Shall Not Bear Any Grudge
Your Mother Wears Combat Boots
Your Will Be Done

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