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A couple moved into a community. The wife was a backslid Christian, the husband had never received Christ. They were visited a couple of times by members of the local church. They became almost abusive in stating that they wanted to be left alone. One day the wife was looking out the front window
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One afternoon my wife and I arrived home to discover that the bird feeder hanging beside
our carport had been taken over by a large blacksnake. My wife and I stared for a few
moments at the large snake which had coiled itself around the feeder and finally she said,
"Well, we are going to have to
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 28, 2001
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Bill O’Donovan, an SIM missionary to the Kagoro Bible College in Nigeria told his students that he had discovered a special medicine that would drastically reduce fights between husbands and wives. All of the students eagerly looked forward to the day when the missionary would bring the medicine
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 13, 2007
Michelle Collins of the Globe & Mail:
When 26-year-old Geoff Emery put money down on his first condominium, he started looking forward to moving out of his mother’s house. The move-in date of November 2005 rolled around only to find himself in November 2006 still living with his mom in Markham.
He
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Contributed by Tim White on Apr 14, 2009
A wealthy man who had lost his son in the war put up his priceless art collection for sale by auction. The first item that was presented was not one of the great works from the masters, but a portrait of his beloved late son done by a local artist. The experienced and seasoned art buyers showed no
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John Maxwell wrote a great book called “Failing Forward” the premise of the book is that if we learn from our mistakes then we actually improve in life. He states, “Everybody fails, errs, and makes mistakes. You’ve heard the saying ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine.’ Alexander Pope wrote that
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THE 100 THING CHALLENGE
Have you heard about the 100 Thing Challenge? It's a "grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to a mere 100 items." It was started by on-line entrepreneur Dave Bruno, who believes in this simple truth:
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 25, 2013
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ANGEL AT FREDERICKSBURG
No longer able to withstand the wrenching moans of the suffering wounded and dying Union soldiers, 19 year old Confederate Sergeant Richard Kirkland of the 2nd South Carolina approached Brigadier General Joseph Kershaw, CSA, to seek permission to go to their aid. Initially
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2020
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Sept. 1 2020 (UPI) -- An American Airlines pilot preparing to land in Los Angeles reported an unusual encounter at about 3,000 feet with a "guy in a jetpack."
A recording of the conversation between the pilot and air traffic control Sunday evening at Los Angeles International Airport
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Evangelism (when tickets don’t hurt)
In 1992, a Los Angeles county parking control officer came upon a brown Cadillac El Dorado illegally parked next to the curb on street sweeping day. The officer dutifully wrote out a ticket. The officer completely ignored the man seated behind the wheel of the
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When we choose to follow Jesus, we are walking in his steps.
When I was being taught how to clear a minefield our instructor told us to step precisely in the footprint left by the person in front of us. The concept was simple: since the person in front of us stepped on a spot that didn’t set
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 12, 2007
Early in the summer, we’ve gotten burned with corn on the cob. Inevitably some grocery in late May or early June have a huge sale on fresh corn on the cob. For several years we’ve tried it. I look forward to good corn on the cob. Yet, we have always gotten burned with this early corn. It is awful.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 23, 2008
Famous Last Words
P.T. Barnum - 1891: "How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?"
Humphrey Bogart - 1942: "I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis."
Writer, Oscar Wilde - 1900: he died saying, "Either that wallpaper goes or I do."
Lady Nancy Astor - 1964: "Am I dying,
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Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
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- Sniper Camp - U.S. News And World Report carried this story. The U.S. Marines conduct a secret sniper program in Quantico, Virginia. The school admits 25 men for an eight week course of sixteen hour days. Very few pass. To graduate, each goes on a mock mission into a well defined area where
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 28, 2005
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Well, let me tell you a true story about a young fireman. In the midst of a blaze he stepped forward and volunteered to go rescue a little baby, even though the chief had said that the flames were too strong and the building too unstable.
As soon as that young fireman was able to get that little
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