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Preach the gospel always and if necessary, use words.
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Always remember to preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.
Disputed The Short-Term Missions Boom : A Guide to International and Domestic Involvement (1994)
Go into all the world and preach the gospel, and, if necessary, use words.
Disputed The Boomerang Mandate : Returning the Ministry to the People of God (1999)
Witness for Christ each day, and if necessary use words.
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Wherever you go, preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.
Disputed What They Don't Always Teach You at a Christian College (1995)
Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!
Disputed The Lord is my Shepherd (1999)
"Preach the gospel all the time--if necessary, use words." Francis of Assisi
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St. Francis reportedly said, "Preach Jesus, and if necessary use words."
Disputed The Strong Family (1991)
Share the gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words
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Preach often, and if necessary, use words
Disputed This Is Your Time : Make Every Moment Count (2000)
Preach the gospel in everything you do. If necessary, use words. --St. Francis
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"No brother should preach contrary to the form and regulation of the holy Church nor unless he has been permitted by his minister. The minister should take care not to grant this permission to anyone indiscriminately. All the Friars, however, should preach by their deeds."
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Speak the Gospel, use deeds when necessary Mark Galli, Christianity Today, May 21, 2009. He is the author of "Francis of Assisi and His World"
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...love one another, as the Lord says: "This is My commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you." And let them show their love by the works they do for each other, according as the Apostle says: "let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth."
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..."Yes, the true servant unceasingly rebukes the wicked, but he does it most of all by his conduct, but the truth that shines in his words, by the light of his example, by all the radiance of his life." (1989) The Road to Assisi, Sabatier as edted by Sweeney, pg 143.
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