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  • Ever Seen A Picture Of A Platypus?

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 6, 2008
     | 1,345 views

    Ever seen a picture of a platypus? Strand creature these things are They live on the east coast of Australia The bizarre appearance of this mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud First off it is a mammal ¡V that lays eggs It ...read more

  • Myron

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
     | 1,528 views

    Myron Do you need encouragement on a smaller scale for a person with lesser abilities? Kenneth Dodge, San Leandro, California: In a small town in the Midwest where I spent six years of my early youth, there lived a mentally retarded adult named Myron. It was during depression years and there was ...read more

  • It's Been Said That The Six Most Important Words ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Mar 20, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,736 views

    It’s been said that the six most important words in communications and human relations are “I admit that I was wrong.?Counting down, the five most important words are “You did a great job.?The four most important words are “What do you think??The three most important word are “May I help??The two ...read more

  • Collegiate Online 43% Of College Students Go ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 767 views

    Collegiate Online 43% of college students go online at least 10 hours a week, while 31% spend 6 to 10 hours a week online and 19% visit the Web for 3 to 5 hours a week, finds a recent Experience study. By contrast, just 17% watch TV more than 10 hours a week, and a mere 1% spend 10 hours a week ...read more

  • The Oakland Police Force Recently Unveiled Its ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jan 2, 2009
     | 2,123 views

    The Oakland police force recently unveiled its first lowrider police car. The vehicle has the standard logo, lights and siren, but also includes chrome wheels, hydraulic lift, and a 500-watt sound system. The car was put on the force to help officers build better relationship with inner-city ...read more

  • That's All I Want

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Mar 2, 2013
     | 1,732 views

    THAT'S ALL I WANT Here, I am prompted to share a humorous yet insightful Church story involving a Sunday school girl. Given the task of reciting the first verse of Psalm 23 before a huge Church crowd (including her anxious parents), this girl is said to have uttered unwittingly out of nervousness ...read more

  • Giving Blood  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 11, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,999 views

    GIVING BLOOD Priscilla Larson writes, “My brother-in-law, who is a minister, responded to a Red Cross appeal for blood donations. When he didn’t come home by the time his young son expected him, the boy asked his mother, ‘Is Dad going around visiting all the sick people?’ His mother replied, ‘He’s ...read more

  • Giving Blood" Priscilla Larson Writes, "My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 18, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,237 views

    "Giving Blood" Priscilla Larson writes, "My brother-in-law, who is a minister, responded to a Red Cross appeal for blood donations. When he didn’t come home by the time his young son expected him, the boy asked his mother, ‘Is Dad going around visiting all the sick people?’ His mother replied, ...read more

  • Hardship And Discipline

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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     | 3,661 views

    HARDSHIP AND DISCIPLINE No professional football team that plays its home games in a domed stadium with artificial turf has ever won the Super Bowl. While a climate-controlled stadium protects players (and fans) from the misery of sleet, snow, mud, heat, and wind, players who brave the ...read more

  • A Baptist Congregation Installed A New Full ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 8, 2008
     | 2,663 views

    A Baptist congregation installed a new full immersion baptistery in the sanctuary as part of an extensive remodeling project. But the county building inspector wouldn’t okay its’ installation. “I can’t,” he said, “unless it has a separate septic tank.” The trusties couldn’t understand why a ...read more

  • What I Wouldn't Give...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 29, 2012
     | 2,878 views

    WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE... When Oliver Wendell Holmes was still on the U.S. Supreme Court, he and Justice Louis Brandeis took walks every afternoon. On one of these occasions Holmes, then ninety-two, paused to gaze in frank admiration at a beautiful young girl who passed them. He even turned to look ...read more

  • Solomon Lived The Life Under The Sun To Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,157 views

    Solomon lived the life under the sun to its fullest extent, He had everything; went anywhere; did anything he wanted to do. In Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11… He was looking for peace and purpose in life, he had tried everything under the sun but nothing could satisfy… He poured himself into science, ...read more

  • Horse Sense

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 7, 2012
     | 1,985 views

    HORSE SENSE I like horses okay, but I am not a horse-person. But for much of history, horses were crucial. As a result, we have developed a lot of idioms involving horses. "Many terms and phrases in the English language harken back to a time not so long ago when horses were of extreme ...read more

  • Dave Barry - Excerpt From "The Pain Of ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
     | 1,452 views

    Dave Barry - Excerpt from “The Pain of Childbirth”: The key to avoiding drugs, according to the natural-childbirth people, is for the woman to breathe deeply. Really. The theory is that if she breathes deeply, she’ll get all relaxed and won’t notice that she’s in a hospital delivery room wearing ...read more

  • Faithful For A Sign  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Oct 2, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,824 views

    FAITHFUL FOR A SIGN Tracy Harp of Lynnwood, Washington is 34 years of age and has been a diabetic for 21 years. She sent me the following letter. “On Monday, August 19, 2002 I was running late for work. I had missed my carpool, which meant I had to drive myself into work. I work at 4:00pm to ...read more

  • What Do People Want In Their Pastors? A New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,491 views

    What Do People Want In Their Pastors? A new study by Hartford Institute researcher Adair Lummis reveals that, first and foremost, lay leaders want a pastor with an authentic religious life. Most lay people define that as a person whose faith combines both head and heart; a person whose lifestyle ...read more

  • In The Movie From Louis L'amour's Book, "Hondo", ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 7, 2005
     | 1,130 views

    In the movie from Louis L’Amour’s book, “Hondo”, John Wayne passes the news to Geraldine Page’s character that their friend, Apache Chief Vittorio has been killed in battle. Her response is ‘no, it can’t be’, to which Hondo declares, ‘Everybody gets dead, it was his turn”. In spite of our ...read more

  • Charlie Browns Christmas--The Clip Is When Linus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brice Early on Nov 30, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,928 views

    Charlie Browns Christmas--The clip is when Linus and Charlie brown are standing by the cement wall and Charlie Brown talks about how Christmas causes him to be depressed and how he doesn’t look forward to it. The draw is that not everyone looks forward to Christmas and the holidays. When the ...read more

  • Rejoice

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 16, 2008
     | 6,246 views

    REJOICE I can recall a memorable moment many years ago when Susan and I were taking Kimberly, age 2, and her slightly younger cousin, Able, to church in the car. Kimberly was in a foul humor that morning, but her smily faced cousin decided it was time for a word of exhortation. Though he could ...read more

  • The Book Of Re-Evaluation!!!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 1, 2022
     | 1,313 views

    Charles Schulz consistently provided helpful and humorous insights through his Peanuts comic strip. In one run he showed Charlie Brown's sister, Sally, struggling with her memory verse for Sunday. She was lost in her thoughts trying to figure it out when she recalled, "Maybe it was ...read more