This is the copyright policy of this site and specifically for articles authored by Ray Waldo. If there are no other restrictions specified, this policy becomes the default copyright policy for all articles published on this site.  However, if a particular author includes their unique copyright policy, then –  to whatever extent it is compatible with the policies of this site – those specific policies shall prevail.

Not all of my sermons have a cover sheet explaining my common sense copyright agreement. However, everything that I publish is understood to be bound by the following terms:

Published by Bishop Ray Waldo, 50486 Lester Lane, Loranger, LA 70446, USA © Ray Waldo, 2000-2008 – NO COMMERCIAL USE ALLOWED

You may use this material in your study and/or preaching /teaching as long as it is used in a positive manner to help share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Appropriate credit should be given to the author if you quote a significant portion of the material.

You may NOT use any of this material in a commercial publication (in any form) without prior approval by the copyright holder. This is meant to be a common sense copyright. It means that you may not profit financially from my work.

You are hereby granted the right to distribute copies this material (either in print or digital form) if no charges are made for its use and if the material is distributed as a complete and unaltered document – including this notice. If you add your commentary, please use a separate document that you distribute with this material. All other rights reserved.

If you need a LEGAL notice then the following is the OFFICIAL copyright notice:

All content on the Chief Shepherd is licensed under Creative Commons Attibution, Noncommercial, Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Unless otherwise noted, all quotations of the Bible are from the New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society

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