Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 28, 2003
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A recent e-mail asked readers to reflect on the following questions: 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five heisman trophy winners. 3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest. 4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. 5. Name the
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Church Of God
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CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL!!
Quarterback Sneak - Church members quietly leaving during the invitation.
Draw Play - What many children do with the bulletin during worship.
Half-time - The period between Sunday school and worship when many choose to leave.
Benchwarmer - Those who do not sing, pray, work,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 28, 2003
"I think I was in my pre-teen years, when someone whose name I did not hear at the time said this half in jest, but it made its point with me when I heard it and has stayed with me all these years. . He was British, and talking to an American pastor when he said, “The problem with you American
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Orthodox
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
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In New York City, there are eight million cats and eleven million dogs. New York City is basically just concrete and steel, so when your pet dies, you can’t just go out in the back yard and bury it. The city would dispose of your dead pet, but charged $50
So one lady had this great thought: I can
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Contributed by Mark Evans on Sep 12, 2003
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A preacher and an atheistic barber were once walking through the city slums. Said the barber to the preacher: "This is why I cannot believe in a God of love. If God was as kind and loving as you say, He would not permit all this poverty, disease, and squalor. He would not allow these poor bums to
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Several Years ago there was a movie that starred Nicolas Cage. It was about a New York City Cop who didn’t have enough money for a tip. He felt bad about it so he gave her a choice. She could wait until tomorrow and he would come back and bring her a few dollars or she could have half of
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 28, 2000
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When Rembrandt’s famous painting, The Night Watch, was restored and returned to Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, the curators performed a simple, yet remarkable experiment. They asked visitors to submit questions about the painting. The curators then prepared answers to over 50 questions, ranking the
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Haines on Mar 8, 2001
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Do you remember the little girl from Canada that slipped into the backyard alone wearing only a diaper a couple of weeks ago?
It was –20 C. She ended up collapsing on the snow-covered lawn before being found by distraught family and friends.
The mother, who had been sleeping with the girl and a
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2002
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Anne Sullivan was born at Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, in poverty, in affliction. She was half-blind. When her mother died she was sent to the poorhouse. As was common in those days when a person didn’t have any relatives that would take them into their home.
- Then, at the Perkins
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Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 19, 2007
Last summer when I was working at the seminary on grounds crew, I was put in charge of a special task. I was to oversee the labor of three other workers. We were suppose to clean up the yard for our new Dean of Student Life. There were a lot of different plants growing in a bed around the front of
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Lutheran
Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
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
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Methodist
The Tarnished Star
A half step slower than yesterday
a little pain won’t go away
not quite as strong
not near as high
a younger man has passed him by
the tarnished star.
He works so hard, he gives his all
but new stars rise while old stars fall
he was so bright, a brilliant light,
but now a
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Robert Mitchell on Apr 27, 2008
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
Have you ever been given instructions on how to do something, but you were pretty sure that you could figure it out, so you threw out the instructions? I did that one time with a brand new entertainment center. I had put all kinds of furniture together before and I just
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Baptist
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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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 15, 2008
Plymouth, England, December 1: Being too particular about cleanliness can make you a lenient judge, says a strange but interesting British study.
Dr. Simone Schnall, a psychologist at University of Plymouth, stated that people who tend to wash their hands before making judgments are more likely to
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jan 3, 2009
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Three preachers on fishing trip. The Methodist says, "Hey guys, since we’re not catching anything, why don’t we pass the time by sharing our secret sins?" The Pentecostal says, "I think that would be great!", but the Baptist says, "I don’t know...I think that’s a bad idea." After a half an hour
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