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Frank and Jesse James.....you have probably heard of these well-known brothers.

The fraternal outlaws who helped to define America’s Wild West came of age as Confederate guerrillas in Missouri during the Civil War. After the war, the brothers joined a gang of ex-soldiers and thieves who robbed banks, stores, stagecoaches and trains throughout the Midwest.

By 1882 Jesse grew close to another pair of siblings in the James gang, the Ford brothers, but it was Bob Ford who shot Jesse James dead in an attempt to collect the state reward. Frank eventually stood trial for robbery, but was never convicted, while the Ford brothers toured the country recreating the murder of Jesse James in stage shows.

There is another set of brothers in the Bible that you also may have heard about. Today, I want to tell you the tragic story of Cain and Abel in a message entitled, "THE FIRST FAMILY FEUD".....

- Dr. Larry Petton

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