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  • A Christmas Story: Tongue In Trouble

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
     | 3,730 views

    A CHRISTMAS STORY: TONGUE IN TROUBLE The classic movie, A Christmas Story, is a nostalgic look at growing up in Gary, Indiana, through the eyes of a boy named Ralphie. One scene depicts playtime in the middle of winter. Two boys surrounded by their classmates are arguing whether a person's tongue ...read more

  • Moody's Servant's Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,260 views

    MOODY'S SERVANT'S HEART A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of the time, each guest put his shoes outside his room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. But of course ...read more

  • Hope Needs A Foundation

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
     | 2,496 views

    HOPE NEEDS A FOUNDATION A little over a month before he died, the famous atheist Jean-Paul Sartre, when trying to resist strong feelings of despair, would often say to himself, "I know I shall die in hope." ...read more

  • The Love Of Christ Alone

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,640 views

    THE LOVE OF CHRIST ALONE When Hudson Taylor was director of the China Inland Mission, he often interviewed candidates for the mission field. On one occasion, he met with a group of applicants to determine their motivations for service. "And why do you wish to go as a foreign missionary?" he asked ...read more

  • Just Words

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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    JUST WORDS Samuel Clemens (better known by his alias Mark Twain) attended a Sunday morning service. He met the pastor at the door afterward and told him that he had a book at home with every word he had preached that morning. The minister assured him that the sermon was an original. Clemens still ...read more

  • The More He Gave

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 840 views

    The great writer and preacher, John Bunyan: "There was a man, Some called him mad; The ...read more

  • No Enemies

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,960 views

    NO ENEMIES A reporter was interviewing an old man on his 100th birthday. "What are you most proud of?" he asked him. "Well, " said the man, "I don't have an enemy in the world." "What a beautiful thought! How inspirational!" said the ...read more

  • Fiedler's Forecasting Rules

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,651 views

    FIEDLER'S FORECASTING RULES 1. It is very difficult to forecast, especially about the future. 2. He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. 3. The moment you forecast, you know you’re going to be wrong--you just don’t know when and in which direction. 4. If you’re ever ...read more

  • Grey Hairs

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,507 views

    GREY HAIRS A little girl sat on the bed pestering her mum with questions while mum was in a hurry to get changed and go out. Watching her mother looking in the mirror and plucking out the grey hairs on her head she asked, "Mummy, why do you have some grey hairs?" Her mother replied, "Because ...read more

  • Family Fuss

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 4,528 views

    FAMILY FUSS If you think your family has problems, consider the marriage mayhem created when 76-year-old Bill Baker of London recently wed Edna Harvey. She happened to be his granddaughter’s husband’s mother. That’s where the confusion began, according to Baker’s granddaughter, Lynn. "My ...read more

  • A Definition Of Prayer

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 2,721 views

    A DEFINITION OF PRAYER The Norwegian theologian Ole Hallesby gives a good definition of prayer. "To pray is nothing more involved that to let Jesus into our needs. To pray is to give Jesus ...read more

  • Questions That Have Answers

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,473 views

    Quote: John J. Plomp "You know that children are growing up when they start asking ...read more

  • Is There Any Hope?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,191 views

    IS THERE ANY HOPE? Years ago an S-4 submarine was rammed by a ship off the coast of Massachusetts. It sank immediately. The entire crew was trapped in a prison house of death. Every effort was made to rescue the crew, but all ultimately failed. Near the end of the ordeal, a deep sea diver, who ...read more

  • How To Be Miserable

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 2,905 views

    HOW TO BE MISERABLE From an unknown source comes an article titled, "How To Be Miserable." It says, * "Think about yourself. Talk about yourself. Use 'I' as often as possible. * Mirror yourself continually in the opinion of others. * Listen greedily to what people say about you. * Expect to ...read more

  • Haydn: Not From Me, But From Thee

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,690 views

    HAYDN: NOT FROM ME, BUT FROM THEE Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was present at the Vienna Music Hall where his oratorio The Creation was being performed. Weakened by age, the great composer was confined to a wheelchair. As the majestic work moved along, the audience was caught up with tremendous ...read more

  • For More Elisha's

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,950 views

    Quote Charles Spurgeon: "The Holy Ghost works by those who feel they would lay down their own lives for the good of others, and would impart to them not only their goods and their instructions, but themselves also, if by any means they might save some. O ...read more

  • God Changes Things

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,987 views

    GOD CHANGES THINGS It was the late Donald Barnhouse the American pastor and author who stunned his congregation by saying, "Prayer changes nothing." The church was packed full of people, yet you could have heard a pin drop. Now his comment was ...read more

  • Faith In The C Of E

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,887 views

    FAITH IN THE C OF E * The bishop's car ran out of petrol, * But much to his relief his wife remembered passing a garage half a mile back down the road. * He searched the boot for a container, * But he could only find his baby grandson's potty, so it had to do! * He trudged to the petrol ...read more

  • A Model Husband

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 3,614 views

    A MODEL HUSBAND A husband came down to breakfast and was delighted to hear his wife say, "Darling you are a model husband." Now he was so flattered by the remark that later on that day he decided to look up the meaning of the word in his Oxford dictionary. He ...read more

  • After Going On A Diet, A Woman Was Really Feeling ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,638 views

    After going on a diet, a woman was really feeling good about herself, especially when she was able to fit into a pair of jeans she had outgrown long ago. "Look, look!" she shouted while running downstairs to show her husband. "I can wear my old jeans again!" Her husband looked at her for a long ...read more

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