Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
Appropriate Church Behavior
In church last Sunday I noted a small child who was turning around smiling at everyone. He wasn’t gurgling, spitting, humming, tearing the hymnbooks, or rummaging through his mother’s handbag. He was just smiling.
Suddenly his mother jerked him around, and in a stage
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Baptist
Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Dec 11, 2002
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A woman by the name of Sandy Willey related a Christmas story that occurred during World War II. A woman named Anne took her two little children to Texas to be with her parents because her husband was stationed in Europe. And they prepared for Christmas and got the tree up and all the gifts
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 19, 2004
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As the crowded airliner was about to take off, the peace was shattered by a five-year-old boy who picked that moment to throw a wild temper tantrum. No matter what his frustrated, embarrassed mother did to try to calm him down, the boy continued to scream furiously and kick the seats around him.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 2, 2010
TOUGHER PASTURES
For our own good God will not let us stay too comfortable! As unlikely as it sounds, the birth of a giraffe teaches us a similar lesson.
When a baby giraffe is born it drops 10 feet to the ground and lands on its back. Within seconds, it rolls to an upright position with its
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Alan Tison on Apr 25, 2011
DIAPERING IS LIKE BASEBALL
Communication is necessary for all mothers. A young couple had just had a newborn baby, and the time came when the baby needed a change, and the mother was not able to change the baby so she asked her husband, who was a minor league ball player if she would change the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Corey Arnold on Nov 10, 2003
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In Our Greatest Gift, Henri Nouwen tells a parable of faith and hope. He imagines twins–a brother and a sister–talking to each other in their mother’s womb:
The sister said to the brother, "I believe there is life after birth."
Her brother protested vehemently, "No, no, this is all there is. This
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by David Ward on Aug 26, 2006
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In Our Greatest Gift, Henri Nouwen tells a parable of faith and hope. He imagines twins–a brother and a sister–talking to each other in their mother’s womb:
The sister said to the brother, "I believe there is life after birth."
Her brother protested vehemently, "No, no, this is all there is. This
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 14, 2008
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In the first half of the 17th century, Germany was in the midst of wars and famine and pestilence. In the city of Eilenburg lived a pastor by the name of Martin Rinkart.
During one especially oppressive period, Rinkart conducted up to 50 funerals a day as a plague swept through the town and as the
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Other
Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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Fathers Protect Their Nests
There was a hunter on a hunting expedition in the Amazon. It was the last day of the trip. He rose early in the morning to enjoy one more day in the jungle. As he was watching the sun rise, he noticed a family of large birds. The mother bird is tending to the baby
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
A professor at Cornell University wrote this poem. I can’t decide if he were a disciple of Christ or an opponent.
What was our trust, we trust not;
What was our faith, we doubt.
Whether we must or must not,
We may debate about.
The soul perhaps is a gust of gas,
And wrong is a
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Pentecostal
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Some years ago a famous actor was giving an after dinner speech.
He asked his audience if there was any famous poem that they would like him to recite. There was a silence.
Eventually an old vicar raised his hand and said: "Psalm 23 please."
The actor agreed, on one condition: that the
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Anglican
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