Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 13, 2008
The Glass Of Water
A teacher was explaining stress management to his group of science students.
He raised a glass of water and asked “How heavy is this glass of water?”
Students answers ranged from 20 grams to 500 grams.
The teacher replied “the absolute weight doesn’t matter—it depends on how
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
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THE ANT, THE PRAYER, AND THE CONTACT LENS
A true story: Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was scared to death, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took a hold on the rope, and started up the face
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Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
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William H. Hinson tells us why animal trainers carry a stool when they go into a cage of lions. They have their whips, of course, and their pistols are at their sides. But invariably they also carry a stool. Hinson says it is the most important tool of the trainer. He holds the stool by the back
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Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
Paul Hammons says…
We have a tendency to see the past as being better than what it was… The good old days really weren’t all that good. We forget about all the hardships: (The depression, no air conditioning, out houses, no running water). Back in the days before electricity, a tightfisted old
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
SHED THE LOAD
A missionary in the Philippines was driving in a large flat back truck. He saw a local farmer who he knew walking with a really heavy load tied to his back. The load was obviously heavy and weighing him down, so the missionary stopped and told the farmer to jump on board the truck.
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Brethren
Contributed by Mark Christian on Jan 17, 2004
You should have seen the back of our Excursion on our trip to South Carolina. You would have thought we were moving back! We didn’t know whether the weather would be hot or cold, and we didn’t know whether or not we would be able to do some laundry while we were there, so we packed heavily and
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Oct 27, 2003
Henry and Tom Blackaby have said that “Other people can have absolutely
no effect on whether God can carry out his will. Only we
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Contributed by Dan Cormie on Nov 23, 2002
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Ill. – Eye of the needle
Jesus was not saying that it is impossible for the rich to be saved. In those days cities were walled and had huge gates, which were open in the day light hours but barred shut at night. If a trader arrived at the city after dark he would not be able to get into the city
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Mennonite
Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 24, 2006
Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike
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Church Of God
When I was very young, my grandfather worked for a time as a night watchman. His assignment was a textile plant that manufactured carpet. I never got to see him at work, but I sometimes got to see him before he left for the job and sometimes when he came home. He wore a badge and what I would call
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Patrick Mccosh on Jul 23, 2007
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Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike
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Baptist
Contributed by Greg Wiens on Jul 14, 2007
In other translations the word bag of gold is replaced with the word talent of gold. A talent is the largest measure of weight in the Jewish scale system. It was the amount that a strong male servant or worker should be able to carry comfortably. To illustrate, it would be the amount that Randy
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Mennonite
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