Contributed by Steve Greene on Jan 23, 2006
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A minister was speaking about all the things money can’t buy. “Money can’t buy happiness, it can’t buy laughter and money can’t buy love” he told the congregation.
Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” A hush fell over the
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Nazarene
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
19th Century Polish Rabbi
Anonymous writer, about an American tourist’s visit to the 19th century Polish rabbi, Hofetz Chaim: Astonished to see that the rabbi’s home was only a simple room filled with books, plus a table and a bench, the tourist asked:
“Rabbi, where is your furniture?”
“Where is
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Kevin Earls on Oct 25, 2006
Illustration: I’m Raising Kids!
Harmon Killebrew, the great baseball player of yesteryear, tells in his autobiography about growing up in a home with four boys. He says that on one occasion his father was out in the front yard playing baseball with the boys and a neighbor walked by and said, "Mr.
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 4, 2006
When my kids were very little we would travel from Indiana to Ohio to spend a month at the summer home of my in-laws. The boys loved “the cottage,” fishing, swimming, and being spoiled by their grandparents. We would no sooner get on the road than I would hear a voice from the back seat, “Are we
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 4, 2006
When my kids were very little we would travel from Indiana to Ohio to spend a month at the summer home of my in-laws. The boys loved “the cottage,” fishing, swimming, and being spoiled by their grandparents. We would no sooner get on the road than I would hear a voice from the back seat, “Are we
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
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Diana L. James’ 3 yr old grandson visited with her while his parents were on a weekend trip. In their home, it was their practice to bow their heads and pray out loud before each meal. And little Daniel watched every time his grandpa prayed. On the day his parents came to pick him up, they all
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
Online News The daily audience online for news has grown dramatically since ‘02 - a surge fueled by the rise in home broadband connections. Some 50 million Americans now seek out news on the internet on a typical day. 71% of these news consumers go online for news on the average day, while 59% get
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 4, 2004
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Three boys were boasting about their dads and one boy said, "My dad is so fast, he can shoot an arrow and get to the target before the arrow hits it." The second boy said, "My dad is so fast that he can shoot a rifle at a deer and get to the animal before it falls." The third boy said, "My Dad’s
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Christian Church
Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 23, 2004
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When W.E. Sangster was appointed General Secretary of the Home Mission Department of Methodist Church in Britain, he divided labor between his subordinates, assigned each responsibility, and gave up all supervision. He never regretted such trust. It was said of Sangster: “his greatest grasp of
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 19, 2003
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It’s like a salesman trying to sell a housewife on a home freezer, a salesman pointed out, "You can save enough on your food bill to pay for the freezer ."
"Yes, I know," the woman agreed, but you see we’re paying for our car on the bus fare we save. Then, we’re paying for our washing machine on
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 10, 2009
Six hundred teenagers found in New England’s prisons gave these startling facts as to why they were there:
Six out of ten had fathers who drank to excess.
Many had mothers in the same condition.
Three out of four were permitted by parents to come and go as they pleased.
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
JUST WORDS
Samuel Clemens (better known by his alias Mark Twain) attended a Sunday morning service. He met the pastor at the door afterward and told him that he had a book at home with every word he had preached that morning. The minister assured him that the sermon was an original. Clemens still
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Brethren
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 9, 2011
TONGUE IS LIKE A FIRE
When we were children, my brother and started a small fire in the field across from our home. We just wanted to burn off some briars and things so that we could clear the field to play. Wow, did we ever clear that field. The wind picked up and before long the fire was
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