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Once there was a man who collected and traded in pearls. He had a fine collection of his own. But one day, while he was away on business, he spotted a beautiful pearl in a Jeweler's window. It was a pearl such as he had never seen, perfect in shape, size, and color. He thought to himself,
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Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
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A mother crab who was having a hard time teaching her young the right way to
walk went scurrying at the beach one day. Before too long, the mother crab
again chastised her son: "How many times do I have to tell you to walk
straight! Stop walking sideways! It¡¦s much more becoming to stroll
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 27, 2001
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A man often walked through a cemetery on his way home. One night, though, unaware that a new grave had been dug in his path, he tumbled in. For some time he struggled to get out of the 7 foot deep grave, but finally gave up and settled down for the night.
An hour later, a farmer out possum
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 25, 2001
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A neurotic sickly girl, suffering from insomnia, consulted a physician. After examining her and finding no physical cause, he bluntly said, “You have ingrown feelings.” She looked puzzled, so he made it plainer. “You think too much about yourself. What you need to do is to get away from
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2001
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In his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace, Philip Yancey tells the true story of a Texas couple who had trouble with pride. An argument ensued one day when the husband felt that his wife had spent too much on sugar at the grocery story. The argument was never resolved. They lived together for
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
The movie, "Chariots of Fire" tells the true story of Eric Liddel, an Olympic runner who won a Gold medal for Scotland in the 1930’s. Liddel’s parents were missionaries to China and Eric and his sister Jenny were going to China to be missionaries too. But when Eric decided to delay going to China
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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In his sermon, “A Dangerous Pentecost,” Halford Luccock tells of Lorenzo de’Medici, the great Florentine patron of the arts who was very proud of the spectacles he staged for the citizenry. Among his productions were several amazingly realistic religious pageants performed in church. But one
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 21, 2003
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Picture this: The nation enters WW2, and a son receives notification that he has been drafted into the armed forces. The son ships out, leaving his loving parents behind. He also leaves behind his most prized possession, a 1930 Ford Model A coupe. Will the father of this lad will simply allow that
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Contributed by Ken Kersten on Apr 28, 2004
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There’s a song by Oscar Hammerstein II, written in 1949
You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear,
You,ve got to be taught from year to year,
It’s got to be drummed in your dear little ear.
You’ve got to be carefully taught
You’ve got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 18, 2004
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One of the worst things we can do is have an unrealistic expectation that life will be without trouble. Several years ago I had a young couple in my office who wanted me to perform their wedding. I told them to do so, would require them to complete our pre-marital counseling. The girl looked at me
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Contributed by Shawn Rose on Nov 28, 2004
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It is easy to become a slave to hatred in our hearts. A good friend of mine, "Roy", became angry with another friend of mine, "Lee", several years ago. "Roy" has never forgiven "Lee" for the trespass, and "Lee" has never known that "Roy" is angry with him. Recently, I bumped into "Roy" and asked
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Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Nov 12, 2006
(Ill.) For a number of years, I traveled to Dayton, OH,
for a continuing education experience for my
Computer Science job at the college. One summer we
were walking over to Arby’s for lunch – we had
walked out the back door of the classroom building,
across the parking lot. We
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Methodist
Contributed by Michael Trask on Jan 18, 2007
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Have you ever noticed that good feeling that you get when you give of yourself? Perhaps you gave time to help someone with a flat tire on the side of the road, or perhaps you helped a lost child be reunited with his mother in a crowd, or maybe when the clerk at the store gave you too much
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Lutheran