Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 11, 2010
                
                
                
                    Following the Leader
As Joshua prepares to enter the land, he confers with leaders from the 12 tribes. Every leader has a circle of influence. It was true in Israel, it is true in churches. But leaders must be united behind the leader, whether that be a Joshua in that day or a
                    
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                    Contributed by Michael Stover on Mar 14, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    William Barclay writes:
   It’s possible to be a follower of Jesus without being a disciple; to be a camp-follower without being a soldier of the king; to be a hanger-on in some great work without pulling one’s weight.  Once someone was talking to a great scholar about a younger man.  He said, "So
                    
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                    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 7, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS
S. I. McMillen, in his book "None of These Diseases," tells a story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the application blank that asked, "Are you a leader?" Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, "No," and
                    
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                    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MORE TO FOLLOW
Sam Ducanannan was a simple man with very few talents, but he had a great desire to do something for the Lord.  So he made it his practice to cut out pictures from cards and magazines and to paste onto these pictures appropriate verses and poems.  He would then give them as simple
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
                
                
                
                    "FOLLOW ME."
To understand that calling and Jesus’ invitation, we need to understand the context. In Jesus’ day, childhood education started at age five as young boys went to the synagogue school to learn Hebrew and memorize the Torah. By the time of his bar mitzvah at age 13, a typical Jewish
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 8, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    FAD OR FOLLOWER?
I was looking at a list of some fads from the 1990's. Among them were: spandex shorts, Pokemon, Grunge music and fashion, The Macarena, Bowl cut, What would Jesus do?, Pogs, Polly Pocket Toys, and Tickle Me Elmo.
In that list, only one fad had long-term bearing, "What Would Jesus
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
                
                
                
                    FAN OR FOLLOWER?
Kyle Idelman writes:
It was a Thursday afternoon, and I was sitting in our sanctuary where 30,000 people would soon be coming to one of our Easter services. I had no idea what I was going to say to them. I could feel the pressure mounting. I sat there hoping that a sermon would
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 27, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE TRUE FOLLOWER
The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God
                    
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                    Contributed by Dusan Tillinger on Mar 30, 2012
                
                
                
                    FOLLOWING THE MASSES
A few years ago I was walking down Prague's Wenceslaus Square when I coincidently, without realizing it, found myself in the middle of a protest. It was so easy to blend with them, to get into their middle and march with them, but once I tried to leave that mob, step out and
                    
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                    Contributed by Barry  Hidey on Jan 12, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Immediately following the Baltimore Raven’s final game last December(1999), Coach Brian Billick gathered the Ravens and said: "We’ve raised the bar. We can’t go back. We are at a new level, and we will move forward. Our fans, the media, the organization - all have new expectations for us. They’re
                    
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