Why Did Christ Die?
– F.E. Marsh. Reprinted by Kregel. This is excellent doctrinal and devotional material. Marsh has done a good deal of spadework for you. Use it! 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
Volume 02, Issue 16
September 1 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed, 1666 Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery, 1865 Earthquake strikes Tokyo & Yokohama, kills 106,000, 1923 Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan), 1945 September 3 Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War), 1783 World’s 1st
Checking Out The Church Library
By Warren W. Wiersbe Our pastor recently asked me to join a “Committee to Revitalize the Library,” which is in the room also known as the junior high Sunday-school room. And also known each October as the storage room for the women’s annual rummage sale. I smelled an oxymoron in the phrase “Committee to Revitalize.”
Marks of a True Christian
By Vance Havner Saved – Acts 2:47 Sure – 2 Tim. 1:12 Sound – Acts 2:42 Surrendered – Romans 6:13 Separated – 2 Cor. 6:17 Spirit-filled – Ephesians 5:18 Singing – Ephesians 5:19 Vance Havner, Pepper ‘n’ Salt Page 88 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up
Zondervan Software
Zondervan Publishing has a Bible Study software program you might be interested in. You can find out the details at www.zondervansoftware.com. www.zondervansoftware.com 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
What About This Business Of Plagiarism?
Okay, I’ll admit right off the bat, I’ve been guilty of using other peoples material and not giving them credit. Let he that is without sin, cast the first stone! We’ve all done it. Unfortunately, preachers are as guilty as anyone of stealing someone’s message and preaching it verbatim. We’re guilty of copying an article
Zip My Lips
Can you keep a secret? The longer I live, the more I realize the scarcity of persons who can be trusted with confidential information. Whether in government (an unnamed White House source) or the church, people love to talk. R.G. Lee said, “A lie travels around the world while truth is putting on its boots.”
A Sin In Good Standing
“Why did you preach my pastor’s sermon last night?” a student asked me at a seminary Bible conference. “I’m not sure I know your pastor,” I replied, “and I rarely get to hear other men preach. Was I in the congregation when you heard him preach it?” “No, I guess you weren’t,” he mumbled. “Maybe
If I Only Had Time!
If you find yourself saying in your sermons, “Now, if I had the time–” then beware! A pastor I know frequently punctuated his sermons with “If I had the time,” and one Sunday a deacon approached him about it. “Pastor, you keep saying ‘If I had the time.’ Why don’t you have the time? You
Bible League
www.BibleLeague.org The website www.BibleLeague.org provides helpful information on the persecuted church and what’s going on in the world. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
Questions That Demand Answers
By Michael Catt This sermon series is by Michael C. Catt. Messages can be found at SherwoodBaptist.net/bookstore. QUESTIONS THAT DEMAND ANSWERS(Part 1)CAN’T YOU READ?Mark 12:18-27 Leon Morris, “What does not agree with Scripture does not come from God.” This is the 1st and only time we see the Sadducees in Mark’s gospel. We know very
"When a thing has been said and said well; have no scruple. Take it and copy it." -Anatole France
"Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism." - George Moore
"There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him." - Benjamin Franklin
"What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before." - Mark Twain
"Originality is undetected plagiarism." - William R. Inge
"Genius borrows nobly." - Emerson
"Nothing is said which has not been said before." - Terence
"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgement." - Josh Billings
"Stealing a ride on someone else's train of thought." - Russell E. Curran
"Borrowing, if it be not bettered by the borrower." - John Milton
"The highest form of compliment and the lowest form of larceny." - Anonymous
"Plagiarist: an educated pickpocket and a literary body-snatcher." - Anonymous
"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other." - Eric Hoffer
"One Sunday morning after attending a church service, Mark Twain approached the pastor and said, 'I enjoyed your service this morning. I welcomed it like an old friend. In fact, I have a book at home containing every word of it.' The minister said, 'You have not!' Twain insisted, 'Yes, I have. I'll send it to you.' The next day, someone delivered a copy of an unabridged dictionary."
"To take the thought or style of another writer." - Ambrose Bierce
"Another man's ideas dressed up." - Solomon Bushkin
"The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in." - Dorothy Parker
"An act which aids the novice." - Anonymous
Plagiarism