It is not what men eat, but what they digest that makes them strong;
not what we gain, but what we save that makes us rich;
not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned;
not what we preach or pray,
but what we practice and believe that makes us Christians.
Frances Bacon
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Philippians 4:1
The King James Version
When a young minister was still single, he preached a sermon he entitled "Rules for Raising Children." After he got married and had children of his own, he changed the title of the sermon to "Suggestions for Raising Children." When his children got to be teen-agers, he stopped preaching on that subject altogether.
Bernard Brunsting