Online Articles
by Gary D. Collier

Most Recent Articles

• Book: The Divine Secret:  Getting Closer to God (2 volumes available, 2005-2007)

• Book: Divorce and the Christ Community:  A New Portrait (347 pp.)

• Articles:  See the archives of Holy Grounds for latest articles.

• Article:  Series on Matthew  Christian Matters (June-September, 2003)

• Article:  A Word to Religion Majors Everywhere (May 6, 2003/Rev. 10-14-2003)

Archives

Matthew

• Getting Serious About the Bible  Christian Matters (June 2003) (For the OBC)

• Looking at the Gospels Christian Matters (July 2003) (For the OBC)

• Matthew: A Fresh Reading Christian Matters (August 2003) (For the OBC)

• Conflict & Understanding in Matt Christian Matters (September 2003) (For the OBC)

Bible as Canon

• Seven Levels of Canon Written June 2000 in a discussion on canon with Warren Lewis and Richard Davies at Martin University, Indianapolis, IN.

Biblical Interpretation: Specific Texts

• Coffee with Paul: A Conversational Approach to the New Testament  Book.  In the Coffee with Paul Reading Library, 2006.
• "'That We Might Not Crave Evil': The Structure and Argument of 1 Corinthians 10:1-13" -originally published in Journal for the Study of the New Testament 55 (1994) 55-75.
• “The Problem of Deuteronomy: In Search of a Perspective.” Restoration Quarterly 26:4 (1983): 215-33.
• Praying with Jabez (1 Chron. 4:10) 
• "Angels: 1 Cor. 11:10"

Biblical Interpretation: In Theory

• The Forgotten Treasure: Reading the Bible Like Jesus. Book. Howard Publishers, April 1993. (out of print) Clicking on this entry will take you to an abstract and outline of the book, and what people are saying about the book. There is also a section called, "Reflections by the Author: Five Years Later."
• "Bringing the Word to Life: An Assessment of the Hermeneutical Impasse in Churches of Christ"-originally published in Christian Studies 11:1 (1990) 18-40.
• "Scripture, Culture, and the Essentials" -originally written April 1994. E-published with minor revisions February 1998.
• "Standing Under Scripture: A Look at the Theory and Practice of Biblical Hermeneutics  Book.  Originally written September 1995. E-published with minor revisions February 1998;  expanded into a book
• How to Read the Bible Any Way You Want:  911 in the Bible.

Divorce

• Divorce and the Christ-Community:  A New Portrait.  Book. Tribunal Media (e-format, 347 pages), 1997, 2003.  This book is currently available for purchase. Clicking here will give you complete information.
• "Rethinking Jesus on Divorce" -originally published in Restoration Quarterly 37:2 (1995) 80-96  Click on this link takes you to the RQ website for published article.
• "Divorce, Abuse, and the Christ Community." Image 13:2 (1997) 11-14. An adaptation and abridgment of the Prelude to the book, Divorce and the Christ Community (above).
• A Note on the Translation of poieiÍ au)th\n moixeuqh=nai in Matthew 5:32   A look at the phrase "he causes her to commit adultery" in Matt. 5:32.

Church

• Rethinking Church:  Why “church as usual” might not make sense any more:  A reevaluation of what it means to "be" church.
• Life Together:  A look at Jesus' top concerns for disciples today.

Ministry

• A Word to Those with Ministries Everywhere (May 6, 2003/Revised 10-14-2003)
• Telling the Truth about Secret Rules (May 13, 2003):  A bit of a tongue-in-cheek look at some realities of professional ministry, but a serious challenge about motive and direction.

Other

• "To Build a Fire." Image 10:3-4 (May - August 1994 in two parts). 
• "Lagard Smith's 1994 Pepperdine Speech: A Review and Critique"-originally published in Dialogue 1:3 (1994) 40-47.
• "Do We Even Want to Have Dialogue?"-originally published in Dialogue 1:4 (1994) 49-50.
• Origins of Satan:  Some Notes -- never published
• A variety of topics (e.g., canon, hermeneutics, divorce, & more) on the Stone Campbell Archives. 

Holy Grounds Devotionals (for Coffee with Paul)

Schooled for the Kingdom
Honor Your Father and Mother
A Life of Prayer and Reflection
The Adventure Begins
Meeting God
Mirror, Mirror
Lifestyles
Fanatics
Being Quiet
Through the Looking Glass
Nora's Day
On Living PrayActively (1)
On Living PrayActively (2)
To Build a Fire
Trust
What We Don't Know about the Bible
The Red Stuff
TURFF Wars
Call of the Wild
Cool, Fall Sky:  Whispers in the Heart
Instructive Devotion
The Discipline of Substance
A Moment Ago