Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 18, 2009
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DEFINITION OF GOSSIP
Ken Sande, in his book on conflict resolution, The Peacemaker, gives the following definition for gossip. If you are taking notes, this is the definition you will want to write down. "To gossip means to betray a confidence or to discuss unfavorable
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Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 16, 2002
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MARRIAGE: A DEFINITION
Marriage is when you agree to spend the rest of your life sleeping in a room that’s too warm, beside
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Mennonite
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DEFINITION OF MISSION
I think mission was put very nicely by the ’Sunday Times’ journalist Matthew Parris – a man, who is by his own confession, not a Christian.
’The New Testament offers a picture of God, who does not sound at all vague.
He has sent His Son to earth. He has distinct plans for
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Anglican
Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 10, 2006
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Definition of Leadership
There are lots of ideas of what leadership is.
1 : the office or position of a leader
2 : capacity to lead
3 : the act or an instance of leading
- Merriam Webster
"The art of leadership...consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary
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Contributed by Sean Harder on Jul 7, 2009
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THE DEFINITION OF A BBQ
It’s the only type of cooking a "real man" will do. When a man volunteers to do the ’BBQ’ the following chain of events is put into motion:
1) The woman goes to the store.
2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert.
3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking,
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 20, 2010
A DEFINITION OF PRAYER
The Norwegian theologian Ole Hallesby gives a good definition of prayer.
"To pray is nothing more involved that to let Jesus into our needs. To pray is to give Jesus
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Brethren
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2003
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THE DEFINITION OF BARBECUING
It’s the only type of cooking a "real man" will do. When a man volunteers to do the ’BBQ’ the following chain of events is put into motion:
1) The woman goes to the store.
2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert.
3) The woman prepares the
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Oct 19, 2011
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THE DEFINITION OF A SAINT
A young boy went with his parents touring around Europe one summer. Part of their tour included visits to the great old cathedrals of the past. As he visited cathedral after cathedral, he was impressed by the massive stained glass portraits of the disciples and other
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Scott Berry on Jul 20, 2011
THE DEFINITION OF ME
Quote from the movie 'Spanglish' - "I've been overwhelmed by your encouragement to apply to your university and your list of scholarships available to me. Though, as I hope this essay shows, your acceptance, while it would thrill me, will not define
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 28, 2011
THE DEFINITION OF GRACE
George Stansberry to a group of Bible college students: "If you leave this service today and see a needy person on the street and give him a dollar, that is unmerited favor. He did nothing to deserve it. But if you leave here and go to your car and find a man breaking
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 20, 2008
DEFINITION OF GRACE
In the Bible there are three distinctive meanings of grace: it means the mercy and active love of God; it means the winsome attractiveness of God; it means
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 20, 2011
THE BEST DEFINITION OF A FRIEND
A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following:
"One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable."
"One who understands our silence."
"A volume
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Baptist
Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Mar 6, 2002
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Definition of Stewardship. "Stewardship is the proper management of one’s
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 30, 2002
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Definition of Worldliness: Worldliness is the lust of the flesh (a passion for sensual satisfaction), the lust of the eyes (an inordinate desire for the finer things of life), and the pride of life (self-satisfaction in who we are, what we have, and what we have done). Worldliness, then, is a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2003
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The definition of a committee: “a group of the unfit appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.”
Haddon Robinson, Decision-Making by the Book
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CNN reported on President Bush¡¦s statement:
He stated, "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and I believe we ought to codify that one way or the other and we have lawyers looking at the best way to do that."
His response was due to the latest Supreme Court ruling overturning a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 30, 2000
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The definition of prayer found in the Devils Dictionary, written by Ambrose Bierce around the turn of the century-- "To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled
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Wesleyan