Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 15, 2005
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Paul Harvey tells the true story of a lady who went to a newspaper to report the death of her husband. She took a glowing four page report to the obituary counter. Upon seeing it, the news clerk said, "Ma’am, you should know that it costs $.50 a word to put that in the paper." Stunned, the wife
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 27, 2004
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I heard an interesting news item this week. According to the US Government it will now cost $160,140 for the average middle class American family to raise a child to the age 18. If you are quick on the draw with your math facts you just estimated what it may cost you to raise your children. For
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 23, 2002
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He Was A Stranger and I Took him In
The story is told of a Kansan who owned a general store. He was a
well-intending man who made a habit of offering a verse of Scripture
whenever anyone purchased something from him. The group of people who sat
around the store in this rural area enjoyed the
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Contributed by William Wyne on Sep 8, 2003
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There is a story told of three little girls who are
enjoying an evening of play. They started playing the
game of counting their money; the object was to see who
had the most and the winner would be crowned queen for
the day. The first little girl counted thirteen
pennies, the second counted
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Contributed by John Morris on Mar 5, 2008
Tom Jefferson wrote on how to handle anger in his "Rules of Living." "When angry count to 10 before you speak. If very angry count a hundred." Jefferson said. Mark Twain, 75 yrs later, revised it
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 18, 2005
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Loving others involves kindness and sacrifice. In the days when an ice cream cone cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked. “Fifty cents,” replied the waitress.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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A few years ago, a Dutch professor took time to calculate the cost of an enemy soldier’s death at different times in history. He estimated that during the reign of Julius Caesar, it cost less than one dollar. It cost Napoleon, $2,000. At the end of the First World War, it cost $17,000. During the
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Once there was a man who collected and traded in pearls. He had a fine collection of his own. But one day, while he was away on business, he spotted a beautiful pearl in a Jeweler's window. It was a pearl such as he had never seen, perfect in shape, size, and color. He thought to himself,
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Why do I give?
The first thing that popped into my head was that I don’t want to be a free loader. I know that it costs money to run a church. On average it takes 40 square foot of building space per person that attends church. Multiply that times $100.00 to $150.00 a foot to build and it doesn’t
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 1, 2007
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How can salvation be offered to us as a free gift of God, yet Discipleship have a great cost? Consider this analogy:
Suppose you have a desire to climb Mount Everest. Suppose a wealthy businessman heard of your desire and offered to pay for the entire expedition. It costs about $70,000 to do it. He
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