Contributed by Graham John on Apr 2, 2001
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Foot and Mouth
The most recent attack on the foot and mouth disease that is ravaging farms in the U.K. has been the sad slaughter of thousands and thousands of unaffected cows & sheep, together with their newborn spring lambs. This is to create a “firebreak” between the infected and the uninfected
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Contributed by Adlai Naidoo on Oct 10, 2001
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Three monkeys sat on a coconut tree,
Discussing things as they are said to be,
Said one monkey to the other :
"Now listen you two, there’s a certain rumor which can’t be true,
that man has descended from our noble race;
why, the very idea is an utter disgrace,
No monkey has ever deserted his
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 21, 2004
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Dr. Scott Peck wrote a book titled, “People of the Lie.” Early in the book Peck tells one of the stories form his counseling practice that helped lead him to see that evil is a genuine reality in the world. He calls it, “The Case of Bobby and His Parents.” Bobby was a 15 year old boy who was
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Christian/Church Of Christ
From National Public Radio -- June 6, 2002 -- Writer Bob Greene calls it "the miracle of the trains." Starting in December 1941 and throughout World War II, volunteers in North Platte, Neb., greeted and comforted millions of soldiers and sailors heading off to battle as troop trains made brief
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 28, 2009
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DYING WAS MORE USEFUL THAN LIVING
In the 4th Century there was a Christian called Telemachus who decided that the only way to protect himself from the corruption of the world and to serve God was to become a hermit and live in the desert.
One day as he rose from his knees, it dawned on him that
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Anglican
Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 5, 2009
In 1993 the unthinkable happened. Superman died. Now, this certainly wasn’t the first time a comic book killed off its main character and then figured out a clever way of bringing him back later, but when news of Superman’s impending death hit mainstream media it was publicized as the end of the
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Christian Church
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 1, 2021
7 Types of Loneliness
1. New-situation loneliness. You’ve moved to a new city where you don’t know anyone, or you’ve started a new job, or you’ve started at a school full of unfamiliar faces. You’re lonely.
2. I’m-different loneliness. You’re in a place that’s not unfamiliar, but you feel
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 3, 2002
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I had the meanest parents in all the world. When I was seven years old they
dared to spank me just because I told them I would not do what they asked me
to do to help around the house. My friend next door never got spanked. He
didn’t have to help at home. He had nice parents.
I had the meanest
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 5, 2005
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For Love of Jim
Jim and Jack were the best of friends. Devoted. Inseparable. So when Jim lost both his legs in a railroad accident, Jack did everything he could to help. At first Jim was certain his career with the railroad was finished.. Then the company gave him another job¨Csignalman. His
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Wesleyan