Synonyms: replica, copy, representation, mock-up, dummy, imitation, double, duplicate, lookalike, reproduction, prototype, stereotype, archetype, type, version, style, ideal, paragon, perfect example, specimen, perfect specimen, fashion model, supermodel, mannequin, sitter, poser, subject, artist's model, photographic model, design, mark, configuration, variety, kind, sort, original, original design, exclusive, toy, miniature, facsimile, prototypical, prototypal, archetypal, illustrative, perfect, exemplary, classic, flawless, faultless, consummate, impeccable
Antonyms: deficient, imperfect
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Sermon
King Duncan
... by appearances . . . by possessions . . . by symbols of security . . . even though some of these symbols are superficial and, in some cases, not even real. For example, I was stunned to learn recently just how large the market is for counterfeit copies of brand-name goods. Do you know what I’m talking about—counterfeit purses, counterfeit watches, counterfeit shoes, etc.? Experts tell us that the combined value of counterfeit goods purchased worldwide is about $462 billion per year. That’s billion ...
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Dean Feldmeyer
... the T-Rex in her cart, then saw the Easy-Bake Oven and thought it was “much more appropriate for a little girl.” We received a can of haggis (yes, I guess haggis comes in a can) and a copy of the book “The Road.” It was a pretty depressing Christmas. In June of 1974, I went to work as a copy editor for a local newspaper. When Christmas rolled around, I learned that the year-end bonus was $5 for each year of service. Because I had worked there for seven months, my bonus was prorated. After taxes, it ...
To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense.
Charles Churchill
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Dean Feldmeyer
... Street was rejected by 27 different publishers before he finally sold it. John Grisham’s first book, A Time to Kill, took three years to write and was rejected 28 times until he got one yes for a 5,000 copy trial run printing. Today he’s sold over 250 million total copies of his books, world wide. Steven Spielberg applied and twice was denied admission both times to the prestigious University of Southern California film school. Instead he went to Cal State University in Long Beach from which he went on ...
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Frank Ramirez
... of Jesus Christ. After all, some day in the distant future an archaeologist may be digging through our trash. Instead of finding the remains of our dinners, which we’ve stuffed down the garbage disposal or sent to the landfill, they may find our pay stubs and a copy of the record of our church giving, the original of which was sent to the IRS. They may be able to look at the bills for our phones and our television packages and make a guess as to our true priorities. In 1895, the year of Queen Victoria ...
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King Duncan & Angela Akers
Does anybody else have a tough time with winter darkness at this time of year? We’re still six weeks away from the start of spring, and most of the U.S. is experiencing short days and long nights. Medical studies show that people have less initiative and are more likely to get the blues during the darker winter months. It seems that most of us don’t function well without light. There’s a small town called Rjukan (roo-KAN) in Norway that is located in a valley between two mountains. For six months of the ...
157. The Joy Of God
Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7
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Richard A. Jensen
... meditation and devotion. It was a safe place. He liked being around the temple, he said. There was a security there for him as he gave expression for his need to be right with God. Then one day at the temple, just by chance, he got his hands on a copy of the Christian Bible. There were many Bibles available in Japan even if there were very few Christians. So young Mr. Ishida began to read the Bible. It was a whole new world for him. At first he couldn't understand much of it at all. It didn't make ...
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George W. Hoyer
... place much before the Lord's last supper with his disciples. These hearers would not have been able to connect the Lord's words with the eating and drinking of that sacrament. Those scholars think these verses were placed here as the manuscripts were copied because of their similarity to Christ's description of himself as "bread." They hold, however, that these words of the Lord do describe in specific terms the eating and drinking which the Savior instituted in the sacrament of his last supper. And the ...
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Don M. Aycock
... not. I do not know the first thing about painting. Even if I did, I would not be a painter like Picasso just because I have one of his prints. I have in my library books by writers such as Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and others. I could work at copying their styles, but I will never be a Faulkner or a Hemingway. Their example alone is not enough to change me. You see, all great artists and writers have one thing in common -- they are dedicated to their tasks with such devotion that they put the rest of ...
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Charles H. Bayer
... Mary and Joseph leave the caravan and head back to the city. After consulting with the police and checking the hospitals, they go to the place he was last seen, the temple. Sure enough, there he is. What is he up to? In our undercroft we have a large copy of a famous oil painting depicting this story, which gets it wrong. It comes from an era when religious people were still uneasy with the notion that Jesus was like the rest of us. In this picture he is standing in the midst of the elders looking very wise ...
161. Fire Wood
Luke 12:49-53
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John G. Lynn
... more than in the differences between generations, in the relationships between father and son and mother and daughter. These relationships tend to freeze over into a cool placidity where mother thinks her daughter must be just as she is, or son thinks he must be a carbon copy of dad. Not so, says the gospel. There will not be agreement between mother and daughter or father and son so much as there will be distinction; each will have a proper share of the kingdom of God. God's Word burns off the ice of ...
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Stephen M. Crotts
... Notice also that it doesn't say, "We were his workmanship," past tense. It says, "We are!" Right now God is still working on us.\n Have you ever seen that famous unfinished portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart? It hangs in a Boston museum, but copies of it are familiar to every school child. The picture is considered a masterpiece, yet it has never been completed. The artist died before he finished it. Our lives are like that painting. We are unfinished. But our Lord is not dead. He is still on ...
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William L. Self
... of Dr. Niemoller in the hope of converting the Christian minister to totalitarianism. After some days of observing God's prisoner (as he was called), his habit of devotion, his unfettered faith in the ultimate triumph of righteousness, the Nazi officer called for a copy of the Bible, whereupon he was promptly removed from the jail. Once, in the Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., a tiny tube containing less than 1/2,000 of an ounce of radium was accidentally dropped and broken on the hardwood floor ...
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Paul W. Kummer
... not talking about computers). His file drawers were bulging. One day his exasperated secretary asked if she could dispose of all the old, useless material. The boss hesitated, but she was insistent. "All right," he finally agreed, "but be sure to make a copy of everything before you throw it away!" God remembers his covenants and all the promises he makes. He remembers what the rainbow stands for. He knows and remembers your name. He counts and remembers the number of hairs on your head. He "remembers that ...
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Thomas G. Rogers
... for a return to the way things used to be -- more familiar, more comfortable and more settled. When we encounter people who are to us unfamiliar, uncomfortable and unsettling, we may long to separate ourselves from them and surround ourselves with vague carbon copies of ourselves; we are confronted, at times, by those who are not like us. Poor people may be uncomfortable around wealthy people and vice versa. Some people may wish to avoid those with different customs than their own. The young may resist the ...
Children's Sermon
Robert B. Lantz
... and they made or bought ones that said something about their trade or their names or something that they liked especially well -- like a pet. One of the most often printed pictures in Christian art is this picture of Jesus knocking on a door. (A large size copy would be helpful here. Talk a little about the picture.) Why do you suppose Jesus is knocking on that door? (Responses -- He wants to find out if anyone is home, He wants in, and so forth.) Those are probably all good reasons, but the man who painted ...
Children's Sermon
Robert B. Lantz
... us." And it says, "The Lord is my helper; I will never be afraid." We ought to take confidence from the story of "Footprints" to know that even when we feel as though we are alone, Jesus is always there to help us through the bad times of life. (Give copy of poem.) (Prayer of thanksgiving to God for the supporting arms of Jesus.)
168. A Lesson From A Bouquet
Lk 12:27 · Mt 6:28
Children's Sermon
Kenneth Mortonson
... do, don't get angry with them. Just recognize that they are different and that is all right. God has made us all different and we need to be thankful for that difference and to see how it adds beauty to our shared lives. (If you have access to a copy machine.) As a reminder of what we thought about today. I have a drawing of a bouquet that you can take home and color. Perhaps you can send it to your grandparents. Possible Times To Use This Illustration In The Home: When you have a bouquet of flowers in your ...
Sermon
Steve Burt
... inside and said, 'The man in the next camper asked if you'd join him and his wife for a prayer.' I was annoyed at my father-in-law for telling the man I was becoming a minister. "The couple was from California and simply wanted to give me a copy of a book they liked, an old Christian classic, Streams In The Desert. (I hadn't thought about the significance of the title until now.) The man asked me to pray aloud, something I was uncomfortable doing, but I did it. He thanked me and I left. I never saw ...
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Robert G. McCreight
... amen. Hymn of Response (Please sing after the organist plays the melody once) O God, Our Help in ages past, our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast and our eternal home. Amen. [Bulletin Material (Notes, hymn texts, calls to worship, prayers, responses, etc.) may be copied for local church use by permission of CSS Publishing Co., Lima, Ohio.]
Sermon
Robert G. McCreight
... , it is he, Lord Sabaoth his name, From age to age the same, and he must win the battle.(Note: The tune for this response is Ein' Feste Burg, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," Psalm 46). [Bulletin Material (Notes, hymn texts, calls to worship, prayers, responses, etc.) may be copied for local church use by permission of CSS Publishing Co., Lima, Ohio.]
Sermon
Robert G. McCreight
... ) Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me; And in God's house forevermore my dwelling place shall be. Amen. (Note: The tune for this response is Evan, "The Lord's My Shepherd," Psalm 23) [Bulletin Material (Notes, hymn texts, calls to worship, prayers, responses, etc.) may be copied for local church use by permission of CSS Publishing Co., Lima, Ohio.]
173. Confidence To Spare
Psalm 27:1-6, 13-14
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Robert G. McCreight
... shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more, Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen.(Note: The tune for this response is Lasst Uns Erfreuen, "From All That Dwell Below The Skies," Psalm 117) [Bulletin Material (Notes, hymn texts, calls to worship, prayers, responses, etc.) may be copied for local church use by permission of CSS Publishing Co., Lima, Ohio.]
174. Let It Go!
Mark 8:31-38
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Elaine M. Ward
... a more positive perspective, to let nature heal? The last day of my escape to another's son's home, he read to me from Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. I said, "I have to buy this book!" Searching his library, he found another copy and presented it to me. Have you ever had that experience? A "coincidence," a "chance happening" of the right book or person appearing at the right moment? As a lover of stories I believe it is one of the ways God communicates. Perhaps you are wondering, however, what ...
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Alex Gondola
... I guess I did." During the pauses there are flashes of the same woman, home alone, a drink in her hand, crying. She concludes, almost with a sob, "Everything's great. It's just ... I'm not happy." The commercial offers an 800 number for a free copy of "A Power for Living," a devotional book, very possibly the Bible. It concludes with the reassuring message "No one will call." I saw that commercial several times over the holidays. Each time I saw it, I found it compelling. Part of it was the marvelous acting ...
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