Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 27, 2000
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I read an amusing story about the first Duke of Wellington. An inventor was trying to interest him in a bulletproof waistcoat he had made. It was absolutely marvellous and could save the great man’s life if somebody tried to assassinate him. The Iron Duke asked the man to put it on, and he
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Baptist
Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 14, 2000
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C. S. Lewis describes it so magnificently in The Screwtape Letters. He says, "Satan’s cause is never more in danger than when a human being no longer desiring, but still intending to do God’s will, looks around upon a world from which every
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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In 1858 the Illinois legislature--using an obscure statute--sent Stephen A. Douglas to the U.S. Senate instead of Abraham Lincoln, although Lincoln had won the popular vote. When a sympathetic friend asked Lincoln how he felt, he said, "Like the boy who
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 4, 2002
Dr. Jeffery Meyers, of Bryant College in Tennessee, and an instructor at Summit Ministries has something he calls the “Four Deadly Questions” he asks people who don’t follow Christ:
“What do you mean (or “mean by that)?”
“How do you
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Nov 6, 2002
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I read an amusing story about the first Duke of Wellington. An inventor was trying to interest him in a bulletproof waistcoat he had made. It was absolutely marvelous and could save the great man’s life if somebody tried to assassinate him. The Iron Duke asked the man to put it on, and he examined
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 5, 2003
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A Certain story is told about the construction of the overseas highway between Miami, Florida, and Key West, Florida. In the midst of the construction, a fierce storm destroyed most of the work that had been done. The man in charge called b back to his home office described
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Baptist
Contributed by William Wyne on Sep 8, 2003
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I am reminded of the story of a Preacher who asked a
boy about the presence of God. The Preacher said to
him, "Son, I will give you an apple if you can tell me
where God is". The boy looked at the Preacher, then he
looked at the apple, he
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Baptist
Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
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• No one imagined that Charles Dutton would have achieved anything, for he spent many years imprisoned for manslaughter. But when someone asked this now-successful Broadway star of "The Piano Lesson" how he managed to make such a remarkable transition, he replied, "Unlike the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Eldon Reich on May 3, 2005
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It was at a family reunion that a lot of pictures were taken.When the lady took them to the photo place she asked if they could be touched up.
“Wrinkles and such?” “Yes” he said:
Well she said: “Could you take about 30 pounds off of me?” “Yes” he said: And
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Methodist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2005
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A Protestant Minister and a Catholic Priest enjoyed teasing their Rabbi friend, continually asking him when he was going to convert to their faith.
When the Holidays rolled around, the Rabbi sent them a card with the following: "Season’s Greetings! Roses are reddish, Violets are bluish; When the
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Jun 7, 2005
A skeptic in London, in speaking of the Bible, said that it was quite impossible in these days to believe in any book whose authorship is unknown. A Christian asked if the compiler of the multiplication table was known. “No!” he answered. “Then, of course, you do not believe in it.” “Oh yes,” was
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 15, 2007
John 14:15 "If you love me, you will obey what I command.
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- John 14:17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither
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Christian/Church Of Christ
I heard the story about a little boy - who was sitting on the front steps of his house - with his face buried in his hands.
As he was sitting there his father arrived came home. He asked the little boy what was wrong.
The little boy looked up and
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Anglican
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 31, 2007
The answer we give to the question probably says as much about who we are as it does about our knowledge of who Jesus is. We may find ourselves like the German philosopher Schleiermacher. He was sitting on a park bench when a policeman, thinking him to be a street person,
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Salvation Army