Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
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The story is told of a teacher tells about taking a 2nd grader to the library to help her learn to read. The book she choose for the girl only had pictures. So the teacher sat down with the child and said, "Why don’t you identify the pictures for me?" She started: "That’s a house, that’s a man,
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Two fellows meet in Florida. One says: ’I went fishing last week and caught a herring that weighed 450 pounds. The other guy looks at him and says: ’I too was fishing last week, and I didn’t catch anything, but I pulled up the hook, and standing on the hook was a lantern from an old ship. God only
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Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Dec 17, 2004
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I thought of a few practical examples related to a form of lying called cheating:
How about putting yourselves in the hands of a surgeon who might have cheated on his tests, or in some other ways lied about his credentials and training?
Do you want someone like that holding a sharp instrument,
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Contributed by Chris Surber on May 29, 2008
Last week my wife Christina and I were in Florida visiting her father who has been ill. Besides the pollen wreaking havoc on our sinuses, and the Florida humidity reminding us of yet another reason we are so happy not to live there any longer, there was something that I saw which I must say, I am
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Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jun 2, 2008
>>>When I think of sincerity or honesty I think of the woman doing a family history and had to do something about the reputation of two members who were hung and electrocuted...
For the uncle electrocuted for murder, she wrote, "occupied the chair of applied electricity at a large state
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 8, 2008
So, I’m waiting in line at that high end culinary experience, Taco Bell, and I get into a conversation with this woman. The conversation starts off with how crazy it is that Taco Bell can make fifty menu items out of only about seven ingredients and then moves on to Christianity. At one point this
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 28, 2008
Janet Paschal, a wonderful gospel singer wrote a song that includes these words…
“They said it wouldn’t last
Said God’s word would pass away into mere history
They thought the church He built would end
Replaced by modern times and trends
But countless generations proved again
His truth keeps on
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I was about six years old, first grade student… And half of the school facilities were under construction, remodeling the classrooms. So they put all the grades, from 1 to 8 on a condensed schedule. Grades 5- 8 in the morning, from 7:00 to 1:00 PM, and grades 1 to 4, afternoon, from 2:00 to 6:00
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 2, 2008
single man named Jerry had a pet cat that he loved very much.
One year, he decided to take a vacation to England, so he left his cat with his brother Dan.
As soon as Jerry got to England, he called his brother Dan.
“How is my cat?” he asked.
“Your cat is dead,” Dan said.
“Oh my!” he shouted. “I’m
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 2, 2008
In today’s politically correct society we can’t always tell the truth
Political correctness at its core can be a good thing
It is not P.C. to call someone retarded or to use racial slurs when referring to people with a different skin color
And that’s good
But sometimes people try to hide the truth
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 2, 2008
There was man who wanted to paint his house, but he couldn’t afford to buy any paint.
So he came up with an plan.
He would volunteer to paint the church for free-if the church would buy the paint.
He would then secretly thin the paint with water, which would give him enough paint to cover both
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 18, 2008
“The outward person of the messenger does not validate his message; rather, the nature of the message validates the messenger.” (MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer’s Bible
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 16, 2008
An 11 year old boy called 9-1-1 because his mom tried to force him to breathe into the interlock device on her car after she had been drinking. The police caught her and the boy was put in a foster home. Standing up for truth and
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 13, 2008
Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" describes people who have been chained in a dark cave and begin to perceive shadows as real. When they try to leave the cave, they are blinded by the light and prefer the darkness. Many people, even religious people,
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