Contributed by Corey Laughary on Jan 8, 2007
In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes:
“There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then the karate lesson guy said I had to start paying him five
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Contributed by Todd Stiles on Jan 18, 2007
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In the early 60’s, Vince Lombardi, just after losing a Superbowl and on the eve of a new season, rallied his team in the locker room one day and mounted the bench for a speech. He reviewed last year’s loss, then began to talk about the plans for a return trip to he great game and how they would
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Contributed by Ted Mulder on Mar 24, 2007
John Elderidge wrote in his book The Journey of Desire
“Nearly every Christian I have spoken with has some idea that eternity is an unending church service… He goes on to write – We have settled on an image of the never-ending sing-along in the sky, one great hymn after another, forever and ever,
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Contributed by Steven Dow on Jun 4, 2004
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After the preacher died and went to heaven, he noticed that a New York cabdriver had been given a higher place than he had. “I don’t understand,” he complained to St. Peter. “I devoted my entire life to my congregation.” “Our policy is to reward results,” explained St. Peter. “Now what happened ,
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When the railroads were first introduced to the U.S., some folks feared that they’d be the downfall of the nation! Here’s an excerpt from a letter to then President Jackson dated January 31, 1829: As you may know, Mr. President, ’railroad’ carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of 15 miles per
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Contributed by John Hamby on Jan 14, 2003
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I like the story that is told of a chaplain who reported to a new duty station. Upon arrival some of the men came to see him and asked him this question; Do you believe in a literal hell? When he replied that he did not. The men asked him to resign and he asked them why. Their response to him was;
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009
Pride was deadly in the summer of 1986, when two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. The news became even more horrifying when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It wasn’t a technology
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Contributed by Gerald Steffy on Aug 28, 2009
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S EPITAPH
In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph. He didn’t profess to be a born-again Christian, but it seems he must have been influenced by Paul’s teaching of the resurrection of the body. Here’s what he wrote: "The body of Benjamin Franklin,
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 6, 2009
That no one except God is perfect but we don’t want people to think we are “that bad.”
We pose. We pretend. We put on our plastic masks. We go to “church.”
I saw a commercial recently about a new type of veneer for your teeth that is supposed to be the best yet. What I thought was incredibly
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Church Of God
“What a Night”
That night when in the Judean skies
Thy mystic star dispensed its light,
A blind man moved in his sleep
And dreamed that he had sight
That night when shepherds heard
The song of angelic choir near,
A deaf man stirred in slumber’s spell
And dreamed that he could hear
That night
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Vonnie E James on Mar 25, 2010
For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island’s gone. New Moore Island in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor
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Baptist
VULTURES AND HUMMINGBIRDS
Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of
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Christian Church
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
Quote: Wilbur Rees sarcastically writes in one of his books (to paraphrase):
• "I would like to buy £50 worth of God please,
• Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep,
• But just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine.
• I don’t want enough of him to make me
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Brethren
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 19, 2010
SIN MARS US
During an all-night festival in Paris, five young people, apparently drunk, broke into the Orsay Museum and left a 4-inch gash in a priceless painting by Claude Monet. Culture Minister Christine Albanel said the painting could be restored, but she was deeply disturbed at the damage
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Independent/Bible
"Now a man can scarcely arrive at the needed sense of responsibility, unless his living conditions allow him to become conscious of his dignity, and to rise to his destiny by spending himself for God and for others. But human freedom is often crippled when a man encounters extreme poverty just as
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Catholic
Contributed by Jason Evans on Oct 4, 2016
Let’s say there is a man who owns a brand new $100,000 car. He decides he wants to take it out one day to go to the store and parks in a lot around a lot of other cars. When he comes out it has been stolen. When they find the thief and arrest him the thief says "Well you should have known better
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