Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jun 30, 2003
A man went fishing on the Susquehanna River, near Harrisburg, PA. in the spring time. The water was raging, so rather than rowing, he tied his boat to a tree and let the rope out so the boat could get offshore. The line untied from the tree and the boat was swept away, only to be dashed to pieces
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Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 5, 2004
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A man and his wife were taking a tour through the smelting plant of the U.S. Mint. One of the workers told them that if they would dip their hand in cold water, he could then pour the liquid metal over their hands without hurting them. He asked the man if he wanted to try it and the man said he
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 6, 2010
Shannon of Cincinnati Bible College in Ohio. “In Stockholm, Sweden, a lady was pinned beneath a streetcar. She was seriously injured and bleeding badly. A crowd collected. They tried to move the streetcar, but it was too heavy. There was nothing to do but wait for the heavy equipment to come. She
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Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 11, 2006
Years ago on Candid Camera, children were used in an experiment about generosity. The children were placed by themselves in a room with a plate of cookies. On the plate were at least two cookies, there may have been more, but one of the cookies was very large. The adult left the room and the
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Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Aug 17, 2006
Abel is included in the Faith chapter for one reason—generosity.
Years ago on Candid Camera, children were used in an experiment about generosity. The children were placed by themselves in a room with a plate of cookies. On the plate were at least two cookies, there may have been more, but one
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 4, 2008
EMOTION
The Bee Gees and Destiny’s Child sang a song called "Emotion". The song is about the sadness of lost love.
"In the words of a broken heart it’s just emotion taking me over. Caught up in sorrow lost in the song
but if you don’t come back, Come home to me, darling,
don’t you know there’s
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
SON GETS THEIR CHOICE IN WILL
A testator left all his estate to a monastery on condition that on the return of his only son, then abroad, the worthy fathers should give him "whatever they should choose."
When the son returned home he went to the monastery, and received but a small share, the
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
THE REVEREND AND THE ROSE
Rev. Jerry Parnell, pastor of the Canaan Baptist Church of Anderson, South Carolina, will often conclude one of his sermons with an illustration using a live rose. He tells how that God gives us a fresh flowing in life, but that over the course of time we make bad
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2008
Arthur and Skinner were high school buddies. They grew up together in Mount Carmel, PA. They joined the army together. They rode the same troopship to the Philippines. That’s where they were separated. Skinner was on Bataan when it fell to the Japanese in 1942. Arthur was captured a month
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought
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