Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 9, 2013
                
                
                
                    DISCIPLES IN CLAY
Peter Marshall, in a sermon entitled, "Disciples in Clay," pictured the apostles before an examining board which was appointed to choose Jesus' close associates. Peter stood there smelling of fish -- uncouth, uncultured, impetuous, uncultured, and impulsive. Andrew, James, and
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Hawk on Mar 13, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Let me conclude with this brief story about Clay King Smith.  Mr. Smith killed 5 innocent people, 2 women and 3 children, after tripping out one evening on drugs.  In May of 2001, Clay King Smith was executed.  A local news reporter in Arkansas had the chance to sit down and talk with Smith a year
                    
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                    Jars of Clay sings about how we should be in love with the One who we praise – Listen to their song “Love Song for a Savior” and note some of their words and the heartbeat of this song. Catch these phrases in the song
i.	He is as close as a heart beat.
ii.	We must learn how to see Him
iii.	We must
                    
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                    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 16, 2010
                
                
                
                    . 14 years ago Florida State’s sports information department had big news for Clay Shiver last year: Playboy magazine had selected him for its preseason All-America football team. But quicker than he snaps the ball, the 6-foot2, 280-pound center said, “No thanks.” he went on to say, “My mind was
                    
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                    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jun 16, 2008
                
                
                
                    I took a piece of modeling clay;
And idly molded it one day;
And as my fingers pressed it still,
It moved and yielded to my will.
I came again when days were past;
The piece of clay was hard at last.
The shape I gave it still it bore;
And I could change it nevermore.
I took apiece of living
                    
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                    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 22, 2008
                
                
                
                    NEVER TOO OLD
71-year-old pitcher Clay Council pitched at the 2008 All-Star Game Home Run Derby for Josh Hamilton.  Clay was Josh's American Legion coach.  Old men might have less vision, but they can still
                    
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                    Contributed by Clay Hilton on Dec 18, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    This clip is hilarious it helps to set up a sermon on anger:
The movie is Adam Sandler’s "The WaterBoy"
It is found in the first 1/3 of the movie:
Here is the start and end cue:
Show Waterboy Clip: Start with
                    
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                    Contributed by Clay Hallmark on Nov 20, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In his book, Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren says this: "We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us
                    
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                    Contributed by Clay Hallmark on Nov 20, 2006
                
                
                
                    LifeWay of the SBC. They found something alarming to me. Here is what they learned:
- 80% of all people who join a church and become active participants in a small group are still active and growing spiritually in that church 12 months later.
Of people who join a church and do not become active
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Miano on May 21, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    “Ken Walker writes in Christian Reader that in the 1995 college football season 6-foot-2-inch, 280-pound Clay Shiver, who played center for the Florida State Seminoles, was regarded as one of the best in the nation.  In fact, one magazine wanted to name him to their preseason All-American football
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not graven only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible
                    
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                    Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
                
                
                
                    A Mother’s Influence
I took a piece of plastic clay
And idly fashioned it one day;
And as my fingers pressed it still
It moved and yielded at my will.
I came again when days were past,
The form I gave it still it bore,
And as my fingers pressed it still,
I could change that form no more.
I took a
                    
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                    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Aug 4, 2003
                
                
                
                    He Walked a Mile  (Chorus)
by Clay Crosse
And everytime I close my eyes,
I see the nails, I hear the cries.
He did not keep himself away.
He was no stranger to my
                    
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