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                    Many of you watch the TV sitcom, “Everybody Loves Raymond.” In a rerun episode I saw recently Raymond’s brother Robert and his fiancée Amy were having a brunch for Raymond’s family one morning. Unexpectedly Amy’s parents showed up. Her parents are depicted as very conservative, narrow minded
                    
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                    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 26, 2012
                
                
                
                    When my wife and I attended Freed-Hardeman College (now University), one of our teachers gave a chapel talk about the importance of names. In so doing, he told us HIS story of the difficulties he had growing up with the name, “RC” Oliver. As a child entering school, his teacher and principal did
                    
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                    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Mar 28, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	Your heart will have beat an average of 122,400 times every day.  None of us want our heart to ask for a vacation or take a day off; we don’t even want to give it a short “coffee break” to skip a few beats.  Doctors understand the heart is critically important to our physical well-being; it is so
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Jul 30, 2007
                
                
                
                    7000 Protestant youth from many denominations were asked whether they agreed with the following statements:
“The way to be accepted by God is to try sincerely to live a good life.” More than 60% agreed.
“God is satisfied if a person lives the best life he can.” Almost 70% agreed.
“The main
                    
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                    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
                
                
                
                    	Tell somebody, Christianity is about a relationship, not rules.
  1. Religion is about rules.
	Let’s face it, religion is hard work.  
    * A good Muslim has to pray 5 times a day.  He or she will also fast for a whole month every year.
    * An orthodox Jew has to use separate sinks for
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Belief In Life After Death, like the existence of God, is widely embraced by American adults. According to a new Barna Research poll 81% believe in an afterlife of some sort. Another 9% say they are not certain. Just 10% contend there is no form of life after death. 79% agree, “Every person has a
                    
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                    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jan 17, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    BIBLE RIDDLES
Q. What kind of man was Boaz before he married Ruth? 
A. Ruthless. 
Q. What do they call pastors in Germany?
A. German Shepherds. 
Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? 
A. Noah He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation. 
Q. Who was the greatest
                    
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                    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 17, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Sixty-five percent of America’s high school students say that they would cheat on an important exam.   Fifty-three percent of them said that they would lie to protect a friend who vandalizes school property. All this is based on a LOU HARRIS poll of more than
                    
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                    Contributed by Greg Yount on Oct 28, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Stanford Research Institute was studying the differences in vocational perceptions.  They
devised a short but succinct test.  The first to be tested was an engineer.  The researchers asked him: “
What does two plus two make?”  The engineer simply said, “In absolute terms:  four.”  After making
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Kuzma on Jan 2, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	“Somewhere along the line, most of us bought into productivity as a chief value in life.  The lie that came along with this value was that the more we work, the greater would be the productivity.  The end result: rest is dangerous to productivity.  We can only rest after the work is done.  This is
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    HONORING OUR FATHERS
   I believe there is something in us--a law written on our hearts--that says, "Honor your father and mother."  That’s how it’s stated in the Bible, but you’ll find it in all of the world’s religions.  The ancient Chinese Analects advise, "surely proper behaviour to parent and
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 12, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SOUR GRAPES, SOUR MARRIAGE
Irish novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett received great recognition for his work--but not every one savored his accomplishments. Beckett’s marriage, in fact, was soured by his wife’s jealousy of his growing fame and success as a writer. One day in 1969 his wife
                    
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