Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jul 23, 2008
Statements from actual resumes and job applications – ones you might want to file these under the category of “what not to use” on a resume or application.
First this one – it was under the “qualifications” line on a resume. “I was wholly responsible for two failed financial institutions.” That
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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A man did not believe in all that incarnation stuff that the Churches proclaim at Christmas time, so he stayed home while his family went to church on Christmas Eve. Shortly after the family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window to watch the flurries getting heavier and
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 27, 2025
This poem focuses on the Easter Story and covers the crucifixion and the resurrection. Of course the story is not complete without the Lord coming again and the last stanza features that. Each stanza deals with a different feature of the Saviour’s life that passion weekend.
God’s love could
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 25, 2001
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True story happened Friday in Montreal
- A hospital patient who insisted on lighting a cigarette while hooked to an oxygen supply caused a small explosion, according to a hospital spokesperson.
The 73-year-old, who suffered minor burns in the blast, had been told not to light up but she ignored
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2001
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Great introduction to sermon:
A single battle can determine the outcome of an entire war. Like Gettysburg and the Invasion at Normandy, a telling battle of the future of England had came. General Wellington of the British Army represented the last formidable opposition to the French army under
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
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THE MARK OF SUFFERING
In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statue of the Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
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We have bought into the idea that the busier you are, the more important your life is. A recent book, Time for Life (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997), surveyed ten thousand people and found that, after tracking their true working hours, they actually worked fewer hours than they thought.
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 9, 2002
[illustration, Brian L. Harbour, Rising Above the Crowd.]
The year was 1920.
The scene was the examining board for selecting missionaries.
Standing before the board was a young man named Oswald Smith.
One dream dominated his heart.
He wanted to be a missionary.
Over and over again, he prayed,
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Aug 16, 2002
NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 8) - Ten people on a behind-the-scenes tour at an aquarium plunged into a shark tank after a platform collapsed. No one was seriously injured, officials said.
Two people were taken to a hospital for minor cuts and bruises, said Melissa Lee, a spokeswoman for the Aquarium of the
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AN ESKIMO FISHERMAN CAME to town every Saturday afternoon.
He always brought his two dogs with him. One was white and the other was black. He had taught them to fight on command. Every Saturday afternoon in the town square the people would gather and these two dogs would fight and the
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 27, 2002
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RE-INTRODUCING THE DEVIL
In a British radio broadcast circa 1943, reading one of his own essays, C. S. Lewis was discussing some of the basic Christian beliefs. In talking about the personal existence of the devil, Lewis anticipated the scoffing of the so-called enlightened modern thinkers who
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