Humor | Perspective | Short Shorts
PERSPECTIVE If a man has limburger cheese on his upper lip, he thinks the whole world smells.
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Gift | Honor | Humor | Position | Pride | Risk | Stewardship
THE PASTOR’S INVOLVEMENT WITH STEWARDSHIP A man called at the church and asked if he could speak to the Head Hog at the Trough. The Secretary said, “Who?” The man
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Children | Family | Humor | Speech
BE SPECIFIC The story is told of a little boy who answered the home telephone. The caller was a salesman, and the following conversation took place: “Is your mother at
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Disobedience | Honesty | Humor | Judgment | Justice | Reward | Worldliness
JUSTICE One winter day not so long ago a man went shopping at the local neighborhood mall. When he returned to his car he noticed a rather foul oder coming
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Appearance | Complain | Divorce | Humor | Marriage
CARELESS APPEARANCE In Atlanta, a woman seeking a divorce complained that her husband was careless about his appearance. She said: “He hasn’t showed up in two years.” Funny, Funny World
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Communication | Heaven | Humor | Speech | Understanding
HUMAN BEHAVIOR A couple went to a lumberyard to buy some 2×4’s. The man at the yard said, “We don’t have 2×4’s but we have 4×2’s.” The husband said, “I’ll
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Deceit | Example | Honesty | Humor | Women
DENOMINATIONAL DISTINCTIVES Two country fellows met on a back road one afternoon. One was going down the road with a possum-hunting dog and the other said to him, “How much
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Appealing Talk | Humor | Ministry
A VERSE FOR ALL OCCASIONS A young pastor had rung the doorbell at the home of one of his parishoners and was waiting to be received but no one came
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Desire | Guidance | Humor | Salvation | Trust | Understanding
SELF-AWARENESS IS THE KEY When he was eighty-eight years old, the late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once found himself on a train. When the conductor came by, Justice
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Burden | Humor | Prayer | Strength | Success | Trial
CHILDREN’S CANDID RESPONSES Our Kindergarten class went to the fire station for a tour and some instruction in fire safety. The fireman was explaining what to do in case of
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Death | Honor | Humor | Trust | Truth
THE RIGHT MAN They were burying a rather unsavory character who had never been near a place of worship in his life. The services were being conducted by a minister
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Assurance | Burden | Humor | Trust | Value
IDENTITY CRISIS There is the story of a woman who, early one morning, made a mad dash out of the house when she heard the garbage truck pulling away. She
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Authority | Humor | Power | Strength
POTENCY I was recently reminded of the old story of the man who had nine cats. One day his friend was visiting him and noticed that he had nine separate
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Appearance | Failure | Humor | Perspective
THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM The pastor went to call on one of the elderly widows of the church. While visiting with her, he noticed a bowl of
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Divorce | Fear | Humor
WHO BEATS WHOM? A judge called a young lad into his chambers. He announced to the boy that he had to make a decision as to which parent was to
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Burden | Courage | Humor | Trust | Wisdom
KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER A young salesman walked up to the receptionist and asked to see the company’s sales manager. Ushered into the office, he said, “I don’t supppose you want
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Backsliding | Children | Disobedience | Humor | Sin | Speech
REPRESSED SIN WILL FIND A WAY OUT When her daughters were very small girls, Mrs. Dwight Morrow gave a high tea at which one of the guests was to be
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Burden | Care | Death | Humor
OUR INHERITANCE I ‘m not sure how excited you get about what I call tortured alliterations in sermons, but here’s a set I used on the inheritance described in I
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Children | Humor
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT — MODERN VERSION In Sunday school one day, the subject was the Ten Commandments, and the class had gotten up to the last one. When the nun
Appealing Talk | Humor | Money | Truth
COMPARISONS In 1930 Babe Ruth earned $80,000 — a huge sum in those days. When asked if he thought it was fair that he receive more than President Hoover, he
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