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Everyone Enjoys Holding And Looking At A New ...
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 9, 2004 (message contributor)
Everyone enjoys holding and looking at a new baby. Eventually the conversation will turn to something like this: “Oh she has her mommy’s eyes,” or “He looks like his dad.” As children grow up it’s amazing not only how much they may look like their parents, but even more so how much children act like their parents! On more than one occasion I have watched my kids act just like me, and I’ve seen some of yours acting a lot like you.
When children act like their parents we often say, “He’s a chip off the ol’ block,” or my favorite “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
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Nobody To Forgive Me PRO
Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 9, 2002
Nobody to Forgive Me Not long before she died in 1988, in a moment of surprising candor in television, Marghanita Laski, one of our best-known secular humanists and novelists, said, “What I envy most about you Christians is your ...read more
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On Her 60th Birthday, A Woman From Brooklyn ... PRO
Contributed by David Parks on Oct 21, 2004
On her 60th birthday, a woman from Brooklyn decided to prepare her last will and testament. She went to her rabbi to make two final requests: First, she insisted on cremation. “What is your second request?” the rabbi asked. “I want my ashes scattered over Bloomingdale’s.” “Bloomingdale’s. Why ...read more
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When Robert Ingersoll The Notorious Skeptic, Was ... PRO
Contributed by Larry Norman on May 10, 2002
When Robert Ingersoll the notorious skeptic, was in his heyday, two college students went to hear him lecture. As the walked down the street after the lecture, one said to the other, “Well, I guess he knocked the props out from under Christianity, didn’t he?” The other said, “No, I don’t think he ...read more
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Just One Letter Of The Alphabet Makes All The ...
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 22, 2004
“Just one letter of the alphabet makes all the difference between us now,” said a recently-converted young woman to an unsaved friend, who could not understand the great change that had come ...read more
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Charles Caleb Colton Once Said, "To Look Back To ... PRO
Contributed by Guy Glass on Mar 17, 2004
Charles Caleb Colton once said, “To look back to antiquity is one thing, to ...read more
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