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  • My Daughter Came Home From School One Day With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Nov 28, 2004
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    My daughter came home from school one day with tears in her eyes. "Tori said that she won’t be my friend unless I sit with her on the bus." Just like that, a seven year old had placed conditions on a friendship that should have been unconditional. Sometimes we forget that Jesus loves us ...read more

  • A Wife Went With Her Friend To The Police Station ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Apr 15, 2005
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    A wife went with her friend to the police station to report that her husband was missing! * When the policeman asked for a description, she said, “He’s 6 foot 2, has deep blue eyes, dark wavy hair, athletic build, well-groomed and sharply dressed, weighs 185 pounds .......” * “He’s ...read more

  • A General Rode Up To A Gunner Standing By His ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jul 10, 2005
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    A general rode up to a gunner standing by his gun. He took out his field glasses and looked around. "Pierre," he said to the gunner, "you see that little cottage over there. The one near the clump of trees." "Yes, sir," said Pierre turning pale. "There’s a nest of Prussians in there. I want you to ...read more

  • You Likely Have Never Heard Of Jeff Foran, Who ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 27, 2005
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    You likely have never heard of Jeff Foran, who lives in Foreman, Arkansas. Apparently Mr. Foran, aged 38, was drunk – very drunk, it looks like – one night in May and went out for a drive. Well, as he was driving, his cigarette fell out of his fingers and out the window. Not to waste a good ...read more

  • One Of The Affects Of The London Bombings For Me ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Aug 31, 2005
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    One of the affects of the London bombings for me has been to make me realise how precious people actually are, pray to see them through God’s eyes, and the thought that one minute they are here and the next blown away without possibly learning of Jesus or receiving even a small compassionate smile ...read more

  • In Addition To Mt. Rushmore, One Of Gutzin ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    In addition to Mt. Rushmore, one of Gutzin Borglum’s great works as a sculptor is the head of Lincoln in the Capitol at Washington. He cut it from a large, square block of stone in his studio. One day, when the face of Lincoln was just becoming recognizable out of the stone, a young girl was ...read more

  • Why Did The Philistines Allow Samson's Hair Go ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Steffens on Dec 11, 2007
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    Why did the Philistines allow Samson’s hair go grow back when they knew it was the key to his great strength? Was it because they blinded his eyes? No, for even a blind but strong Samson could cause severe havoc. Why then did they allow his hair to grown back? Because the ...read more

  • Enry Ward Beecher Said Something Truly Helps Us ...

    Contributed by George Mansfield on Jan 10, 2008
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    enry Ward Beecher said something truly helps us here. “If one should give me a dish of sand and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look for them with my eyes and search for them with my clumsy fingers and be unable to detect them; but let me take a magnet and sweep through it and ...read more

  • Pickpockets On Board

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    PICKPOCKETS ON BOARD Dean Niferatos was riding the Number 22 Chicago Transit Authority bus in Chicago. The bus brimmed with dozing office workers, restless punkers, and affluent shoppers. At the Clark and Webster stop, two men and a woman climbed in. The driver, a seasoned veteran, immediately ...read more

  • Two Highly Pedigreed And Blue-Blooded Poodles ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
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    Two highly pedigreed and blue-blooded poodles were walking daintily along the street with their noses held high. They came upon an old hound with long, floppy ears lying asleep in the sun. They winked at one another, then one said, “Hi. My name is Fifi, spelled F-I-F-I.” The old hound opened one ...read more

  • Always Look Skyward

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 12, 2008
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    ALWAYS LOOK SKYWARD "A man in the prairie observed an eagle fatally wounded by a gunshot. He writes: "With his eyes gleaming...he slowly turned his head, giving one last...longing look towards the sky. He’d often swept those starry spaces with his wonderful wings...the sky was the home of his ...read more

  • A Young Man Once Fell In Love With A Girl And Saw ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
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    A young man once fell in love with a girl and saw the starlight in her eyes when he proposed. He bought a ring to give her but he was poor, and it wasn’t a very big diamond. He said to her apologetically, "It is not a very big stone." But she replied, "It is as big as we make it." If you are ...read more

  • For Israel There Were The Canaanite Baals, Those ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 28, 2008
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    For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Shekels, and Stomach (an unholy trinity constituting one god: self), and the other enslaving trio, Pleasure, ...read more

  • Horses In The Salad—readers' Digest Online, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Horses in the Salad—Readers’ Digest Online, Reader Contributions, Hazel Boone, Kelowna, BC, 1999 "I took Spanish lessons every day while my husband and I lived in Argentina. After a month, my tutor encouraged me to ’speak to the shop clerks, the maid. Speak to everyone and practise, practise.’ A ...read more

  • Have You Ever Gone To Some Of The Older Members ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Have you ever gone to some of the OLDER MEMBERS and ask them why TRADITION is so important to them? Have you ever asked what is of UTMOST important to them in their WORSHIP? Have you ever asked them why they so enjoy some of the OLDER SONGS that you can hardly bear singing? Ask one of the WIDOWS ...read more

  • Just As Scared Of You  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Apr 3, 2009
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    JUST AS SCARED OF YOU The great musician Louis Armstrong told the story about the old lady who sent him to spring with a bucket to get water. When Armstrong got there, he saw the eyes of an alligator, and in fear he drops the bucket and runs back to the lady. She asks him where her water is, and ...read more

  • Italian Poet Dante Alighieri Criticized By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
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    Italian Poet Dante Alighieri Criticized by Enemies During Church Service Deeply immersed in meditation during a church service, Italian poet Dante Alighieri failed to kneel at the appropriate moment. His enemies hurried to the bishop and demanded that Dante be punished for his sacrilege. Dante ...read more

  • An Old, Rich Man With A Cranky, Miserable ...

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 8, 2010
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    An old, rich man with a cranky, miserable attitude visited a rabbi who lived a simple life. The rabbi had an idea on how to get through to him about his negative attitude. He took him over to a window and asked him what he saw. “I see men and women and a few children.” Then the rabbi took him to a ...read more

  • The Eagle And The Vulture  PRO

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    THE EAGLE AND THE VULTURE A story is told of two birds that soared far above a beautiful national park. They flew the same path, at the same altitude, at the same speed. The eagle returned to tell all about the beautiful waterfalls and streams full of trout, breath-taking landscapes of colorful ...read more

  • Anger: Strength In Your Claws

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
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    ANGER: STRENGTH IN YOUR CLAWS The biggest lobster ever caught in Maine, a 27-pounder (12.25 kg) with claws tough enough to snap a man's arm, was released back into the ocean on Thursday after being trapped in a shrimp net last week, marine officials said. The 40-inch (one-meter) male crustacean, ...read more