Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 28, 2010
In their book Sway, Ori and Rom Brafman tell about a test that was conducted at a college. They said the teacher couldn't make it, but they had a guest instructor. Half the students were given a brief bio that included the statement that the instructor was competent, even though he was considered
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 18, 2011
MOODY MR. RIDDELL
We have all been around people who could change their moods at the flip of a switch. Don't know exactly how to take them. Have a good time with them and then out of nowhere they slap us in the face. Bob Deffinbaugh tells about one of his teachers who was like this. His name
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Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 27, 2011
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WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR?
Four friends were talking about death. One of them asked the other three, "When you are in your casket and people are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?"
The first man said, "I'd like to hear them say that I was a fine physician in my time
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 4, 2011
THE HISTORY OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY
In the secular world, Happy Birthday is the best known song in the English speaking world. The song's base lyrics have been translated into at least 18 languages.
It was written in 1893 by 2 sisters: Mildred J. Hill came up with the tune, and her sister Patty added
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 13, 2022
Years ago, the Sheriff's office in a Texas city distributed a list of rules titled, "How To Raise A Juvenile Delinquent In Your Own Family."
Rule One: Begin with infancy to give the child everything he wants. This will insure his believing that the world owes him a living.
Rule Two:
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
At the turn of the 19th Century, there was a little Shepherd boy who used to come to Sunday school but was not very good in learning.
His Sunday school teacher taught him the first five words of the 23rd Psalm. "The Lord is my Shepherd" (on "Shepherd" make a fist with your
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Anglican
Contributed by Wayne Major on May 14, 2001
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I conducted a personal survey for an evangelism course in seminary, examining the ways people come to faith in Christ. The single most influence in leading people to Christ? By far, it was the parents. Behind parents came pastors, youth pastors, Sunday School teachers, adults of the church. The
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Methodist
Contributed by Joel Preston on Nov 7, 2002
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Several years ago Roy Firestone interviewed the legendary basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabar. During the interview, Firestone Asked Jabar if there was one coach that he had during his career that influenced him the most. Immediately, Jabar answered, “Yes, John Wooten of UCLA.” Firestone then
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Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jun 28, 2005
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I heard about two kids who were in Sunday school one day. The teacher had taught the lesson on Lot’s wife who became a pillar of salt. After Sunday school they were walking out and one of the kids said to the other one, "Do you really believe that Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt?" The
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Contributed by David Ward on Sep 27, 2006
John Wooden, former basketball coach at UCLA, was the antithesis of many of today’s coaches. He seldom left his seat on the Bruins bench during a UCLA game. "I tried to teach players that if they lose their temper or get out of control, they will get beat," he says. Pressed in an interview to be
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Collegiate Church Drop-Outs In ‘02, the SBC’s Council on Family Life reported 88% of evangelical children are leaving the church shortly after they graduate from high school. Estimates of 15 to 20 million people now in America have said they’re Christians but don’t want to be a part of the church.
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2007
The ability to read and to study God’s Word for yourself, gives you a great step up in your battle with temptations and trails. The Puritans thought reading was so important that in 1647 they passed the “Old Deluder Satan Act”, the first law in the United States requiring public education be
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Baptist
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 12, 2008
2920 Alexander’s Garments. When Alexander the Great entertained the kings and nobles at the court of Persia, he appeared wearing only those garments which had been woven for him by his mother, Olympias, who was the daughter of a chieftain, the wife of a king, and the mother of a conqueror. One
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Contributed by John Perry on Feb 9, 2010
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GOD SHOWING THROUGH
One Sunday morning a little girl on her way home from Sunday school in the car said to her parents, "I don't understand." Her parents said "What don't you understand, sweetheart?"
She said "Well, our Sunday school teacher today told us that God is inside of us!" "That's right
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THE FREE-FOOD TREE
One year, a tree on the campus of Green Acres Elementary School, near Santa Cruz, California, bore strange fruit—mostly sandwiches, but sometimes a cookie, a cupcake, an apple or an orange.
It came into full bearing from a seed planted by teachers Sophie Farrar and Sandra Enz,
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 17, 2007
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Margaret was in her forties and suffered from bouts of depression and despair resulting mainly from an extremely poor self-image. She just couldn’t see herself as a person of worth. Over the years of her adult life, this image steadily grew worse. Finally reaching out in desperation, she sought the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 30, 2006
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I will never forget how the Holy Spirit worked in my life to teach me to depend upon Him for the revelation and illumination of truth to my life. It was in March of 2003 - I had spent a week in special study at Luther Rice Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. I had been studying about how to live the
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