Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 20, 2008
ILLUSTRATION: AS a child I remember watching a movie about a little boy who got sprayed by a skunk. His parents nearly scrubbed the skin off him but they could not get rid of the odor. So for a couple of days, he had to sleep in the barn and eat his meals outside the house. He could see his family
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Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 28, 2008
This is the kind of person like 5 year old little Annie Mandelbaum. Little Annie was having dinner with her parents and a guest, a prominent reporter. The reporter noticed that she had some brussel sprouts on her plate, pushed off to the side. “Do you like brussel sprouts?” the reporter asked
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Lutheran
Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Mar 2, 2009
I will never forget what Missionary Bill Lewis told me on my last night in Tanzania in 1963. The national pastor, in whose hut we had been staying while on this particular mission safari, had killed his only pig and had used all the remaining rice in his storage bin to provide our supper that
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 10, 2009
BBC America hosts nutritionist Gillian McKeith who works with unhealthy eaters to break lifetimes of bad habits. BBC introduces their webpage with this introduction: Is your fridge stocked full of fresh fruits, vegetables and lean meats OR is it full of fat-filled, overly salted processed
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 1, 2010
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FOUR SETS OF TEETH
Simon was an Orthodox Jew. He had a Gentile friend, James, who noticed that Simon owned four sets of false teeth.
One day James asked his friend why he had so many sets of false teeth. Surprised by the question, Simon explained, "My friend, as you know, I keep kosher. I have
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by John Perry on Oct 20, 2010
NO MORE TASTE
In the final years of my parents lives, they lived in an area where there were a number of retirement units. It was good for them b/c they met new people their own age, mixed w/ them, had a seniors club they went to & generally had a good time.
I remember one couple in particular
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Pentecostal
TIME TO A PIG
Reminds me of a man who was walking past a farm, and noticed a farmer feeding pigs in a most extraordinary manner. The farmer would lift a pig up to a nearby apple tree, and the pig would eat the apples off the tree directly. The farmer would move the pig from one apple to another
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 31, 2011
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THE GRIZZLY AND THE SKUNK
Dale Carnegie once noted that there was only animal that the grizzly bear would allow to eat with him. That animal is the skunk.
Grizzly bears in Yellowstone Park often come to eat at the place where garbage is dumped. This huge bear can fight and beat almost any animal
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Brethren
The pastor’s family was invited to Easter dinner at the Wilson home. Mrs. Wilson was widely known for her amazing contributions to church potlucks. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. As usual, it was a feast for the eyes, the nose, and the palate.
When
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Steve Malone on Feb 4, 2003
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Mark Buchanan writes the following in, Your God Is Too Safe,
The Lord is deeply and passionately committed to our joy. Where did we get the idea that religion is a stiff, dull, flat business, all pursed lips and knitted brows and gloomy outlooks? Where did we get that portrait of the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 22, 2003
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Adam and Cain are walking down the road and Cain looks over into the garden and says, boy dad that sure is a beautiful place. Adam replies thats where we use
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Contributed by Archie Luper on Jul 7, 2007
We’re too much like Jimmy Stewart’s character in the movie Shenondoah who prays to God concerning the food they are about to eat. "Lord we give thanks for this food,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Chris Surber on Feb 8, 2008
Our family pet, Happy the Saint Bernard, really doesn’t eat as much food as one might think she would for such a large dog but just because she doesn’t eat as much food as one might think doesn’t mean she does not have good taste!
Happy is not such a big fan of dry dog food. If you fill her bowl
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Christian Church
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 22, 2009
FOOD SAFETY QUIZ
In our Scripture this morning, we see that Peter has a vision where a blanket full of different kinds of food and a voice announces, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." "Surely not, Lord!" Peter replies. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."
Peter is very careful about what
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Contributed by Sam Peters on Mar 1, 2007
Rick Warren wrote in “The Purpose Driven Life”, “You were put on earth to make a contribution.
You weren’t created just to consume resources – to eat, breathe, and take up
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