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HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM?
Years ago a military officer and his wife were aboard a ship that was caught in a raging ocean storm. Seeing the frantic look in her eyes, the man tried unsuccessfully to remove her fears. Suddenly she grasped his sleeve and cried, "How can you be so calm?"
He stepped
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Oct 14, 2005
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A few weeks ago I was walking through the alley into the backyard with Benjamin. It was dark and the alley and the yard are not that well lit. Although we were holding hands, Ben didn’t want to keep going. I asked him why and he replied that he thought there might be witches back there! I told
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Contributed by David Tack on Aug 25, 2011
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BREAD AND BUTTER
A small-town baker bought his butter from a local farmer. After weighing his butter, he concluded the farmer had been reducing the amount in the packages but charging the same. Therefore, the baker accused the farmer of fraud. In court the judge asked the farmer, "Do you have
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 6, 2012
"I WORK FOR CHRIST."
Howard Hendricks, sat in a plane that was delayed for takeoff. After a long wait, the passengers became more and more irritated. Hendricks noticed how gracious one of the flight attendants was as she spoke with them.
After the plane finally took off, he told the flight
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Contributed by Kevin Humphrey on Mar 12, 2013
LOOKING AT THE DOOR
A defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. The lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick: "Within one minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this
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Contributed by K M Srinivas on Oct 10, 2017
On a Sunday morning, as I was driving to Church; my 2yr old daughter asked me to play her favorite songs. I inserted the CD, but nothing played on the car's music system. I told my daughter, the CD is not working. She replied, you put it in wrongly, its upside down. In my ego, I smirked and
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019
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. A pastor was trying to teach a children’s class about how to be saved.
.”If I sold everything I have and gave it to the church, would I go to heaven?”
The children answered, “No.”
The pastor said, “Very good. That’s right. And if I worked hard at keeping the 10 commandments, would that get me
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2021
A pastor entered a class as the lesson was in progress and asked, "Who broke
down the walls of Jericho?"
A lad answered, "Not me, sir." The pastor turned to the teacher and asked, "Is this the usual
behavior in this class?"
The teacher replied, "I believe
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 15, 2022
J. C. Ryle tells of a mother whose daughter ran away and lived a life of sin. For a long time, no one knew where she was, but she finally came back, turned to Christ in repentance, and believed in Him. Someone asked the mother what she had done to bring her daughter back and she replied, “I prayed
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