GOD’S PICTURE There’s an old story about a little boy who was so engrossed in drawing that his mother finally asked him what it was he was drawing. “God,” he […]
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TO DIE LIKE JESUS As an aged man lay dying in the hospital he summoned his nurse. “Would you call to me my lawyer and my doctor, right away?” he
Death | Healing | Honesty | Humor | Law Read More »
PART-TIME TOMB Someone said to Joseph of Arimathaea, “That was such a beautiful, costly, hand hewn tomb – Why did you give it to someone else to be interred in?
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ONLY THE TOUGH GROW OLD A group of senior citizens at a retirement home were having a high old time discussing their various aches, pains and ills. One had arthritis
Adversity | Age | Aging | Humor | Pain | Physical | Sickness | Trial Read More »
A REASON TO DIE During the second World War, a woman of the “upper crust” of English society was overheard upbraiding, chiding and criticizing Sir Winston Churchill at a social
Conflict | Criticism | Death | Despair | Humor | Marriage | Reason | Revenge Read More »
REALLY DEAD DEBTORS My sermon for the morning was on the fifth petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” The children are always
Child | Children | Death | Debtor | Humor | Lord’s Prayer | Prayer | Understanding Read More »
HAVING THE FINAL SAY! Carefully backing into a parking lot space, the driver of a big, heavy old Rolls-Royce was angered when a teenager in a snazzy sports car zipped
Age | Aging | Car | Compare | Humor | Money | Revenge | Youth Read More »
SHARE A BRUSH A little girl is out in the backyard brushing the dog’s teeth and her father stops by and says, “What are you doing.” She says, “Well, I’m
Care | Child | Children | Dog | Family | Humor | Private | Toothbrush | Understanding Read More »
Humor/Heaven/Hell/Friend/Faithfulness Companionship/Sacrifice: A FRIEND TO THE END An Irish priest was preaching to his mission congregation concerning heaven and hell. To emphasize the difference between the two, he asked for
Children | Desire | Eternal Life | Heaven | Hell | Humor Read More »
CATCH THE VISION Our new pastor was preaching a sermon on the importance of having a vision for the Lord’s work. He was about to emphasize a point in his
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NO EXCUSES! I came across an article where a preacher anonymously wrote in a magazine his answer for people’s excuses for not coming to church. He had quite a few
THE SURVIVORS For all those born before 1945 – consider the changes we have witnessed… We were born before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact
MAIL BUOY WATCH I can recall how strong the sense of homesickness was when I was stationed aboard ships during my time in the Navy. It’s difficult to explain the
Deceit | Family | Hoax | Home | Humor | Lonely | Love Read More »
IT’S RELATIVE! Manager: “I’m sorry I can’t hire you, but there isn’t enough work to keep you busy.” Applicant: “You’d be surprised how little it takes.”
PEANUTS Charles Schulz, creator of the “Peanuts” cartoon says that the success of his cartoons comes from the fact that Charlie Brown is unsuccessful. “After all, people don’t laugh at
Depression | Fail | Failure | Humor | Life | Succeed | Success | Weakness | Worry Read More »
KEEPING UP A successful young attorney sat waiting for a red light to change when a young boy rode alongside of him on a moped. The boy motioned the man
Appearance | Car | Compare | Humor | Lawyer | Perspective | Speed | Worldliness | Youth Read More »
THIS SIDE UP I ‘ll bet you a big jar of raspberry jam And also the strawberry milk in your cup That no matter how long you practice each day
Failure | Humor | Mother | Poetry | Trial | Weakness Read More »
WHY PUNISH OTHERS? Ruth: Say Karl, Ay understand you und your vife celebrated your 25th anniversary last month. Ay suppose you had a party — killed a chicken or something?
Anniversary | Conflict | Humor | Judgment | Marriage | Poetry Read More »
ISAAC NEWTON Sir Isaac Newton sure was smart, Beneath the apple tree. When one fell off and hit his head, He said, “Wow, gravity!” For Isaac was a genius And
Humor | Knowledge | Poetry | Understanding | Wisdom Read More »
SILENT FOOL “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.” Author unknown
Fool | Humor | Mouth | Short Shorts | Silence | Speak | Speech | Talk | Tongue | Wisdom Read More »
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