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For his “Best Practices” feature in 2014, former editor Mike Mack introduced a listicle by writing: “Acts 20 contains 21 character traits of the apostle Paul. Look over this list, and then take time to assess yourself as a leader.” . . .
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“Over the past several years, cheating and plagiarism have surfaced as hot topics in academia, the news media, and more recently, the church,” Dean M. Christensen wrote in 2005. “Several high-profile cases involve pastors of large churches who resigned, or were fired or suspended for repeated instances of ‘borrowing’ sermons from various sources without attribution” . . .
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Christians gathered at The Lexington Cemetery in 1909 to hear J.W. McGarvey offer his recollections of eight “pioneer preachers” who are buried there, including John T. Johnson, Raccoon John Smith, Robert Milligan, and more. (Part 1)
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“Someone ought to say a good word for the small church,” Joseph H. Dampier wrote in 1981. “The reported observation of Abraham Lincoln that the Lord must love the common people because He made so many of them could be applied to small churches because there are so many of them.” . . .
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In this excerpt from a 1906 essay, Anna D. Bradley responded to a correspondent who contended that Christmas Day was “handed down from heathendom.” . . .
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“We need to share Simeon’s experience,” Editor Sam Stone wrote in 1978. “We need to see the Lord this Christmas. Simply hearing of the infant in a manger is not enough, however. We must look with the eye of faith to Calvary, knowing that there He died for us.” . . .
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Alexander Campbell provided this description of his father, Thomas Campbell, in a volume called “Memoirs of Elder Thomas Campbell,” published in 1861. Almost 50 years later, Christian Standard extracted and published this short portion . . .
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“Why not be thankful this year?” minister Orval M. Morgan wrote at the height of the Great Depression. “What are a few years of depression when compared to God’s eternity? . . . God is still God; Christ is still the Saviour of the world; the Holy Spirit our Comforter; prayer our privilege and the Bible our open Book. . . .”
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The assignment in fall 1983 was simple and direct: “Write a short paragraph telling of some verse or verses of the Bible that have special meaning to you.” Today we share responses from Ard Hoven of Grayson, Ky.; Barton McElroy of Duncanville, Tex.; Robert A. Scott of Waterloo, Iowa; and Jerzy Sacewicz of Warsaw, Poland.