WATCH YOUR MOUTH! What a lesson. There is a classic story about a minister who comes to church one snowy Sunday morning to find that only one lady has been able to make it to worship. As it happens, the text and sermon for the day came from this third chapter of James and focused on the damage done by gossiping. It also turned out that, of all the people in the congregation, this one lady was more guilty of this particular sin than anybody! So, one-person congregation or not, the pastor proceeded as if there were a full house - for twenty solid minutes, the word thundered from the pulpit about the dangers of the too-loose tongue. After the service, the sweet lady prepared to depart and was effusive with her compliments: "Marvelous sermon, Pastor. It's such a shame that those who needed to …
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Mark 8:27-30
Mark 8:27-30
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by David E. Leininger
by David E. Leininger
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