Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on May 2, 2010
                
                
                
                    (ILL: Customer Service)
Have you ever had to call a company about a product, and had to deal with customer service? It can be a nightmare, can’t it?
I have had to call the IRS a few times in the past. You see, ministers are given some benefits in regard to their taxes, but you have to record the
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010
                
                
                
                    TRUTH IN CUSTOMS
I have a friend who lives in France and she lives on a farm with her husband and animals. (On Christmas Day, she and her husband were helping the sheep they own as they gave birth to lambs!)
I decided to ask her about table customs in France that were different in America and she
                    
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                    Contributed by Greg Warren on Apr 19, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Good afternoon,
   I am God.  Today I will be handling all of your problems.  Pleae remember that I do not need your help.  If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, DO NOT attempt to resolve it.  Kindly put it in the SFJTD (something for Jesus to do) box.  It will
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 29, 2007
                
                
                
                    Illustration: 1872 Hallelujah Chorus’ Custom
On March 23, 1743, when “The Messiah” was first performed in London, the king was present in the great audience. It is reported that all were so deeply moved by the “Hallelujah Chorus” that with the impressive words, “For the Lord God omnipotent
                    
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                    Story: The habits and customs of the Eskimos of North Alaska have been remained very much the same for 500 years, until very recently. 
They had to depend on catching the polar bear 
for meat, 
for clothing – the bear’s fur, 
for fat for cooking, and 
for tools, the bear’s bones and
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "A shopkeeper was given a $10 bill by a customer in payment of a purchase. As the customer was leaving, the shopkeeper discovered there were actually two $10 bills stuck together. I was immediately
                    
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                    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 26, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A young customs official noticed a woman crossing the border every day on a motorcycle with a wooden box strapped on the back of the motorcycle. The guard knew she was trying to smuggle something into the country so he stopped her and searched the box. There was nothing in the box except sand, so
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    On September 27, 1991, as was his custom, Gerald Sittser, a professor of religion and philosophy at Whitworth College, prayed, asking God to protect and bless his family.   Something went terribly wrong.  Later that afternoon, returning from a family outing, a drunk driver lost control of his car
                    
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                    Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
                
                
                
                    Larry Richards writes, "Well-established custom in the Patriarchal Age protected the rights of any child born to a man by a slave woman. Though the son of the wife was a man’s legal heir, his child by a concubine was guaranteed an inheritance. Sarah’s demand that Abraham send Ishmael away was
                    
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