Articles by Dr. Queen
- Senior Pastor's Columns/Materials
- "A Fresh Perspective," Columns as published in the State Journal
- 2009
- October 9, 2009 - Reclaiming the Gospel
- September 25, 2009 - Humility Necessary for Religious Dialogue
- August 28, 2009 - Salvation Defined By Jesus
- August 14, 2009 - What It Means to be a Christian
- July 27, 2009 - Love brings hope
- July 13, 2009 - The Compassion of God
- June 29, 2009 - Grace for all of Life
- June 19, 2009 - Faith Keeps us Going
- June 1, 2009 - In the world, but not of it
- May 22, 2009 - The church's mission
- May 8, 2009 - Reading the Bible with Jesus glasses
- April 24, 2009 - Why We Still Need the Church
- April 10, 2009 - The Cross Reveals God's Suffering Love
- March 27, 2009 - Our Freedom Limits God
- March 13, 2009 - Having the Faith "of" Jesus
- February 13, 2009 - Getting Christians to Think
- February 7, 2009 - Redeeming our Circumstances
- January 30, 2009 - Strength through Weakness
- January 23, 2009 - The Poor Need Justice Even More than Charity
- January 16, 2009 - Three Cups of Tea
- January 9, 2009 - The Gospel of Jesus
- January 2, 2009 - Images of God
- 2008
- December 26, 2008 - Grace before Repentance
- December 19, 2008 - God's Justice
- December 12, 2008 - No Future Without Forgiveness
- December 5, 2008 - Christ Comes Again and Again
- November 28, 2008 - Everything Is Grace
- November 21, 2008 - Accepting God's Acceptance
- November 14, 2008 - Love is Foundational
- November 6, 2008 - Finding the Center
- October 31, 2008 - A Living Faith Requires Evolving Beliefs
- October 24, 2008 - Searching for Common Ground
- October 17, 2008 - Healthy and Unhealthy Religion
- October 10, 2008 - No one has a corner on God
- October 3, 2008 - The Key to Spiritual Sight
- September 26, 2008 - Christ Speaks Today
- September 19, 2008 - The Problem of Bibliolatry
- September 12, 2008 - Perfect Knowledge Is Unavailable
- September 5, 2008 - The Christ We Really Need
- August 29, 2008 - Following Jesus Is More Important than Worshiping Jesus
- August 22, 2008 - Jesus as Judge is Good News
- August 15, 2008 - A Healthy Faith Is More Important than a Correct Faith
- August 8, 2008 - Having a Healthy Faith
- August 1, 2008 - Some thoughts on Faith
- July 25, 2008 - The Language of Testimony
- July 18, 2008 - God is Greater than Our Beliefs about God
- July 11, 2008 - God is Greater than Our Beliefs
- July 4, 2008 - Growing in Faith
- June 27, 2008 - Images of "Hell" and God's Love Are Incompatible (7th in series)
- June 20, 2008 - No "Hell" in Paul's Letters (6th in series)
- June 13, 2008 - No "Hell" in the book of Acts (5th in series)
- June 6, 2008 - "Hell" in the Gospel of Matthew (4th in series)
- May 30, 2008 - "Hell" in the Gospel of Luke (3rd in series)
- May 16, 2008 - No one believes "all" the Bible
- May 9, 2008 - The Hermeneutic of Jesus
- April 25, 2008 - God is with Us in Our Suffering
- April 18, 2008 - Who is the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship?
- April 11, 2008 - The Answer to Divisiveness
- April 4, 2008 - Questioning Is the Key to Spiritual Growth
- March 28, 2008 - The Power of Powerless Love
- March 21, 2008 - Who Put Jesus to Death?
- March 14, 2008 - Discover Who You Are
- March 7, 2008 - The Clash of Two Kingdoms
- February 22, 2008 - The Bible as a Slippery Slope
- February 15, 2008 - The Celebration of the New Baptist Covenant
- February 8, 2008 - Compartmentalizing God
- February 1, 2008 - The Great Omission
- January 25, 2008 - The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- January 18, 2008 - Loving Our Enemies
- January 11, 2008 - Being Christian and Respectful of Religious Diversity
- January 4, 2008 - A Lesson from a Desert Prophet
- 2007
- December 28, 2007 - A Lesson from the Magi
- December 21, 2007 - Balancing the sacred and secular at Christmas |
- December 14, 2007 - Jesus, the Disturber of the Peace
- December 7, 2007 - Putting Christmas in Perspective
- November 30, 2007 - The Meaning of Advent
- November 23,2007 - The Gift of Acceptance
- November 16, 2007 - Breaking Free from Indoctrination
- November 9, 2007 - Little minds have a little 'g' god.
- November 2, 2007 - Only a God of love commends worship.
- October 26, 2007 - The church's mission is to love.
- September 28, 2007 - No One is Ever Beyond Grace
- September 21, 2007 - The Message of the Cross
- September 14, 2007 - Applying the Scriptures
- September 4, 2007 - A Spirituality of Absence
- August 31, 2007 - The Continuing Presence of Christ
- August 24, 2007 - Inclusive Christianity
- August 17, 2007 - Liberation through the life of Jesus
- August 10, 2007 - Faith does not deny the contradictions
- August 3, 2007 - Jesus or Jabez? Prayers with Conflicting Interests
- July 20, 2007 - The Church at Its Best
- July 13, 2007 - Living in the tension of what can be and what is
- July 6, 2007 - No one knows how God's plan for the future
- June 29, 2007 - God Meets Us Where We Are
- June 22, 2007 - How Much Does God Love Us
- June 15, 2007 - You Must Be Born Again, and Again, and Again
- June 8, 2007 - Faith Is a Matter of "Seeing"
- June 1, 2007 - The Challenge of Growing Seed
- May 25, 2007 - Faith Is a Matter of Trust
- May 18, 2007 - God Language
- May 11, 2007 - What Kind of God Is Your God?
- May 4, 2007 - The Gospel of Jesus
- April 27, 2007 - What Is "the Word of the Lord?"
- April 20, 2007 - Jesus as interpreter of scripture
- April 13, 2007 - Radical Grace
- April 6, 2007 - The Crucifixion in the gospels of Mark and Luke
- March 30, 2007 - Getting Rid of the Good Stuff
- March 23, 2007 - Preemptive Forgiveness
- March 16, 2007 - In the Bible Many Voices Tell the Story of Salvation
- March 9, 2007 - Living in the "Now"
- March 2, 2007 - God as a Compassionate Parent
- February 23, 2007 - Healthy Religion Is Grounded in Unconditional Love
- February 16, 2007 - A Fresh Understanding of John 3:16
- February 9, 2007 - The New Testament concept of "salvation" is much richer than generally understood
- February 2, 2007 - Sharing in the sufferings of Christ
- January 26, 2007 - Paul's Gospel
- January 19, 2007 - Paul and the "Jesus Tradition"
- January 12, 2007 - A Balanced Approach to Paul
- January 5, 2007 - Understanding the Bible
- 2006
- December 29, 2006 - The Radical Jesus
- December 22, 2006 - The Mystery of "Incarnation."
- December 15, 2006 - Being "Baptist" in the historic sense
- December 8, 2006 - True Christian hospitality
- December 1, 2006 - Being Christian is about transformation
- November 24, 2006 - God is good!
- November 17, 2006 - People of other religions can know God too
- 2009
- Chuck's Column, from Connections
- 2010
- 2009
- November 22, 2009
- October 25, 2009 - American Christianity
- September 27, 2009 - Misconceptions
- August 16, 2009 - Inheriting Eternal Life
- August 2, 2009 - Hope
- July 1, 2009 - Welcoming Diversity
- June 5, 2009 - Congratulations to Graduates
- May 5, 2009 - Mother Teresa's Challenge
- April 22, 2009 - The Church and Study Buddies
- April 8, 2009 - Being Alive
- February 1, 2009 - The Good News According to Jesus
- January 15, 2009 - Spiritual Renaissance
- 2008
- December 31, 2009 - Difficult Texts and Topics in the Gospels
- December 3, 2008 - Much to Treasure
- November 23, 2008 - The Economy & Giving
- November 9, 2008 - Time for Change
- October 8, 2008 - Budget Time & Giving
- September 28, 2008 - Updates for Fall
- September 14, 2008 - Being More Inviting
- August 3, 2008 - Future Study Opportunities
- July 20, 2008 - "The Shack"
- July 6, 2008 - The Kingdom of God on earth
- May 25, 2008 - Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crisis, and a Revolution of Hope
- May 11, 2008 - New Mission Statement/Fall Studies
- March 16, 2008 - The Southern Baptist Convention
- February 17, 2008 - Knowing About Baptists
- February 3, 2008 - Multimedia Ministry
- January 20, 2008 - Amish Grace Study
- 2007
- December 9, 2007 - The Birthday of Jesus
- November 25 - The "Coming" of Christ
- November 11, 2007 - Church Renewal II
- September 30, 2007 - Church Renewal
- September 16, 2007 - Rethinking Beliefs
- August 19, 2007 - A Look Ahead
- August 5, 2007 - Cut Flower Spirituality
- July 22, 2007 - How Honest Do You Want Your Pastor to Be?
- June 10, 2007 - Study of Matthew
- May 27, 207 - Exile and Homecoming
- April 29, 2007 - The Good News of Jesus: A Fresh Perspective
- April 1, 2007 - Observance of Lent
- March 18, 2007 - Studying the Gospel
- March 4, 2007 - Reconciliation
- February 18, 2007 - God's Unconditional Love
- February 4, 2007 - Diverse Christianity
- January 21, 2007 - An Introduction to the Thought and Theology of Paul, the Apostle: Part One
- January 7, 2007 - "Come As You Are"
- 2006
- December 17, 2006 - Thoughts on the SBC
- December 3, 2006 - The Diversity of Belief
- November 19, 2006 - Doubting God
- November 5, 2006 - A Safe Place to Grow
- October 22, 2006 - Becoming a Christian
- October 8, 2006 - Thoughts on Evangelism
- September 24, 2006 - Thoughts on the Existence of God
- September 10, 2006 - Questioning Faith
- August 27, 2006 - Thoughts on The Heart of Christianity
- July 30, 2006 - Thoughts on Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life
- July 2, 2006 - Thoughts on Patriotism and the Church
- June 18, 2006 - Thoughts on The Da Vinci Code
- Studies in Matthew's Gospel: Weekly Commentaries
- 2008
- Lessons Fourteen & Fifteen: Matthew 28:1-20, Commentary and Questions
- Lesson Thirteen: Matthew 27:32-56, Commentary and Questions
- Lesson Twelve, Matthew 25:31-46, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Eleven, Matthew 21:1-22, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Ten, Matthew 20, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Nine, Matthew 16 and 17, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Eight, Matthew 13 and 14, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Seven, Matthew 11:25 - 13:58, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Six, Matthew 10:1-33, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Five, Matthew 8:14-2, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Four: Matthew 7:1-12, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Three: Matthew 5:17-20, 38-48, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson Two: Matthew 3:1-17, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- Lesson One: Matthew 1:1-25, Commentary and Discussion Questions
- An Introduction to the Study of Matthew's Gospel
- 2008
- "A Fresh Perspective," Columns as published in the State Journal