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Originally Posted by Jeffrey
Questions for ministers:
1. Have you ever used another person’s sermon whole or in part?
2. Have you given credit for the sermon or ideas from it?
3. How do you distinguish between larceny and inspiration?
4. What should we do with offenders?
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1. Yes
2. No
3. The sermon may have inspired, encouraged, or taught me and I wanted to inspire, encourage, or teach others so I "personalized" someone else's sermon and passed it on as my own. I don't see anything morally, ethically, or legally wrong there. If I published someone else's work and passed it off as my own there could be copyright problems but I don't see that applying to a sermon or teaching that I might modify or adapt and utilize.
4. No comment
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