Was God sending a stern message to the Israelites?
He also said the $1 million fine sent a stern message.
He'll often ask a co-captain to deliver his stern message.
His execution was interpreted as the party's way of sending a stern message warning lower officials to toe the line.
But the stern message that emerges from many other artists' and authors' experiences is: get over yourself.
The Yankees had a nine-run lead, and Posada said Torre delivered a stern message to Wells.
"Naturally, we are disappointed in the behavior of certain employees," it said in a stern message on its Web site.
This, at least, is the stern message of Luke Timothy Johnson, writing in the latest issue of the Catholic journal Commonweal.
When she reached the victims, she did not smile or offer the usual politician gestures of empathy but instead delivered a stern message for the medical staff.
Obama visited Afghanistan for the first time as president on March 28, delivering a stern message to Karzai that he needed to clean up corruption in his government.
The readings on a recent Sunday deliver a stern message about fornication, and worshippers recite the familiar, lengthy prayers of the Mass.
