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  • There Was A Man Who Decided To Ask His Boss For A ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Nov 6, 2006
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    There was a man who decided to ask his BOSS for a RAISE in SALARY. It was Friday. He told his WIFE that morning what he was about to do. All day long the man felt NERVOUS and APPREHENSIVE. Late in the afternoon he summoned the COURAGE to approach his employer. To his delight, the BOSS agreed ...read more

  • The Winter 1991 Issue Of The University Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Searles on Nov 24, 2006
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    The Winter 1991 issue of the University of Pacific Review offers a chilling description of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster: There were two electrical engineers in the control room that night, and the best thing that could be said for what they were doing is they were "playing around" with the ...read more

  • The Past. Remember It? Some Of You Have Less Of ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
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    The past. Remember it? Some of you have less of it than others. Some of you can’t remember a lot of it because it was so long ago! Remember the past? Remember… • When the only internet access was dial up? • When phones all had cords? • When diapers weren’t disposable? • When keeping in ...read more

  • Almost A Year Ago, I Went To One Of My ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
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    Almost a year ago, I went to one of my grandparents’ old home places. It is amazing what happens to homes when they become vacant. The yards go to seed and weeds take over. In fact, their old home-place was surrounded by weeds that were almost chest high. No longer a smooth green lawn but ...read more

  • Just The Other Day A Mild Mannered Young Man Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by Georgina Pando-Connolly on Apr 30, 2004
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    just the other day a mild mannered young man came into my office ready for a divorce. He complained that his bride was so bossy that she was driving him off the wall. He wanted things to change, immediately. I told him that he needed to build his self-esteem and that this would take time. Then I ...read more

  • When I Was In High School, There Was Two Twin ...

    Contributed by Kevin Barron on Feb 23, 2008
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    When I was in high school, there was two twin brothers who were one year ahead of me in school. They turned 16, they got their licenses, and then a nice used sports car appeared in their driveway, paid for, at least in part, by dear old dad. Not too much time passed before they were in an accident ...read more

  • A Man Who Flew His Own Plane Got Tired Of The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
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    A man who flew his own plane got tired of the long auto trip from the airport to his country place, which was situated on a lovely lake. The idea came to him to equip his plane with pontoons, so he could land right in front of his cottage. However, on his first trip up to the country with his ...read more

  • All Guys Know What This Means. We Have All Been ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jul 9, 2008
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    All guys know what this means. We have all been in the position of wanting to please a woman of whom we were unworthy. We may want to buy her a gift. So we draw on our vast experience and the advice of other people to know what kind of gift is best: • It should not say the wrong thing • It should ...read more

  • In The First Half Of The 17th Century, Germany ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 14, 2008
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    In the first half of the 17th century, Germany was in the midst of wars and famine and pestilence. In the city of Eilenburg lived a pastor by the name of Martin Rinkart. During one especially oppressive period, Rinkart conducted up to 50 funerals a day as a plague swept through the town and as the ...read more

  • Don't Get Caught  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 3, 2008
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    DON'T GET CAUGHT So often people do what is wrong as long as they know they won't get caught. I've seen surveys where people were asked about doing certain things like stealing and having an affair if they were assured they would never get caught. Would they do them? Amazingly, some of the ...read more

  • Real Faith

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 6, 2009
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    REAL FAITH The classic test an atheist will give to prove there is no God is this: "If there is a God, let him kill me right now". When nothing happens, they will confidently claim, "See there is no God, for I am still alive and well." Now if we were to ask the atheist, "What if someone came up to ...read more

  • The Joy Of Salvation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
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    THE JOY OF SALVATION The late great English Congregationalist clergyman and church leader, Robert William Dale (1829-1895), once wrote: "We do not please God more by eating bitter aloes than by eating honey. A cloudy, foggy, rainy day is not more heavenly than a day of sunshine. A funeral march ...read more

  • P ...

    Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
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    PROBLEM-SOLVING Now frankly, you know as well as I do when we want to solve a problem, we are not always the best at it, and sometimes by trying to solve a problem we just create another one. I love the story Reader’s Digest told of some men who were laying carpet in a woman’s living room. ...read more

  • A Lady In The North Of England Said That Every ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 6, 2009
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    A lady in the north of England said that every time she got down before God to pray, five bottles of wine came up before her mind. She had taken them wrongfully one time when she was a housekeeper, and had not been able to pray since. She was advised to make restitution. "But the person is dead," ...read more

  • A Man Came Back From A Weekend Retreat Experience ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
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    A man came back from a weekend retreat experience and, when a friend asked him how it was, he said, "I died!" The friend asked him what he meant. "You see," the man answered, "I went to this thing not knowing what to expect. But in the process of that long weekend, I discovered that I had spent ...read more

  • A Beautiful ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 26, 2010
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    A Beautiful Prayer “I asked God to take away my pain. God said, ‘No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.’ I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, ‘No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.’ I asked God to grant me patience. God said, ‘No. Patience ...read more

  • Poem: Don't Quit

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jul 16, 2007
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    POEM: DON’T QUIT When things go wrong as they sometime will, when the road your trudging seems all up hill, When funds are low and debts are high, and you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit rest if you must but please don’t quit. Life is queer with it’s twist ...read more

  • The Monday After Thanksgiving, This Year, Still ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
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    The Monday after Thanksgiving, this year, still very much in November, I met a group of preachers, as is my habit most Mondays for lunch. I was the first to arrive and while I was waiting, I noticed the music playing on the sound system. Song after song of Christmas music was coming out. If only ...read more

  • From Usa Today September 13, 2007 ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 17, 2007
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    Illustration from USA TODAY September 13, 2007 edition page 11a “Live and Let Live – Public opinion polls reflect what many people see in their daily lives: When it comes to gay rights, issues of race and beyond, the USA has become a more tolerant nation over the past 25 years.” (See ...read more

  • Heading In The Opposite Direction

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 4, 2007
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    1. We need to work in partnership with God. 1-3 Jonah wasn’t always working together with God, he was a reluctant prophet who was singing from a different hymn sheet to God. After all God had said go to Nineveh – Jonah headed in the opposite direction for Tarshish. Jonah actions remind me of ...read more