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Letter "S" » sermon
«I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way: The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear, fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear.»
«It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher»
«Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God.»
«Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Humorist,
Physician,
Poet,
Professor,
Writer)
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Keywords:
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Flag of,
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mounting,
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rudder,
sail,
sermon,
Sermon on the Mount,
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The Mount
«I wish Christianity were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy-day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Inventor,
Philosopher,
Printer,
Scientist,
Statesman,
Writer)
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Keywords:
compliments,
despised,
flatteries,
holy day,
pleasing,
productive,
sermon,
Wise Men
«I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.»
«No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.»
«If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, tho' he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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Keywords:
beaten,
Good Neighbors,
mouse,
mouse trap,
neighbor,
preach,
sermon,
The Good Neighbor,
Tho,
trap,
trap door,
woods
«May we be blessed with the wealth of maximum capabilities. May we be blessed by the sermon of divine knowledge leading to our progress. »
«Listening to the Lord's sermon, my pollution has been washed away. I have become totally pure, and I now walk in peace.»