Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 2, 2003
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[Embarrassed to Witness, Citation: Eastman Curtis, Raising Heaven-Bound Kids in a Hell-Bent World (Nelson, 2000); quoted in Men of Integrity (July/August 2001)]
As a youth pastor, I’d just entered a convenience store with "Jeff" to pay for the gas I’d put in the church van. It was apparent that the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be if we had to stand up and say what we believe based on our game plan for life. I believe in God the Father, maker of heaven and earth who is not worthy of me making two hours of week in my schedule to pray or talk to and to attend church. I believe in
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Contributed by Dale Harlow on Sep 4, 2002
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TELLING EVERYONE
In a Rolling Stone interview, Tanya Donelly, lead singer of Grammy-nominated alternative rock band Belly, notes,
"For some reason, God is embarrassing to people. It doesn’t embarrass somebody to talk about how they got completely bombed the night before and puked all over
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Brian William on Sep 30, 2002
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Every Methodist pastor of the last 250 years has answered the same set of 17 questions – questions that John Wesley himself asked of all his ministers. They range from the most basic and fundamental issues of Christianity: “Have you faith in Christ” to the complicated: “Have you studied the
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Methodist
Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Jun 16, 2001
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A bank in Binghamton, New York, had some flowers sent to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flower shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, "With our deepest sympathy." The florist, who was greatly embarrassed, apologized. But he was even
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Baptist
Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 4, 2003
A bank in Binghampton, New York had some flowers sent to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flowers shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, “With our deepest sympathy.” The florist, who was greatly embarrassed apologized. He was even
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2008
First-time visitors to a church care most about not embarrassing themselves, says David
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"I'm celebrating my 75th birthday, which is sort of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, If you are going to keep
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride, and every now and then one of them puts
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Traditionally, noise is used to ridicule, embarrass, denigrate, and curse, while silence is used for worship, respect, anticipation, and love. Do we
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 25, 2007
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Legitimacy vs. Abnormality
In the mass-media age, journalism is more than the transmission of neutral information. It traffics in the kind of information and spectacle calculated to embarrass western leaders. But the media doesn’t confine itself to embarrassing politicians. It also works to create
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Baptist