Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 25, 2026
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The wife ... of a man who had recently died ... assumed ... they were well off financially, ... so she gave him a very nice funeral ... and a fancy tombstone that read, ... "Rest in Peace."
However, ... when the estate was settled ... she was informed by their attorney ... that he had
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 18, 2000
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A small boy was writing a letter to God about the Christmas presents he badly wanted. "I’ve been good for six months now," he wrote. But after a moment’s reflection he crossed out "six months" and wrote "three". After a pause that was crossed out and he put "two weeks". There was another pause
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 19, 2022
• A Sunday School was putting on a Christmas pageant which included the story of Mary and Joseph coming to the inn. One boy wanted so very much to be Joseph, but when the parts were handed out, a boy he didn’t like was given that part, and he was assigned to be the inn-keeper instead. He was
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 28, 2023
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The "fear nots" used in the biblical narratives of the birth of Christ:
The "fear not" of SALVATION: "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings...which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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BIBLE CONFUSION
The little girl was sitting with her grandmother, who had presented her with her first little children’s Bible, in an easy-to-read translation, when she was very young.
Now, a decade or so later, the elderly lady was ready to spend a few sweet moments handing down the big old
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2004
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IT’S HARD BEING...
Pastor Ben Patterson, tells the following story:
My 5-year-old niece, Olivia, and her best friend, Claire, were participating in a nativity play at school. Claire was playing Mary, and Olivia was an angel. Before the show, a young boy was going around the dressing room
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 21, 2020
Ken Gire writes, “Where you would have expected angels, there were only flies. Where you would have expected heads of state, there were only donkeys, a few haltered cows, a nervous ball of sheep, a tethered camel, & a furtive scurry of curious mice. Except for Joseph, there was no one to share
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