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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 150 views
> Children of God > > A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. > > The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. > > The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. > > Irritated,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
When Cumberland, Wisconsin police arrived at the local high school responding to a report of an automobile accident, they discovered an elaborate senior prank instead. The student had used a junk car, bricks, tape, and a black tarp to make it look like the car had crashed into the principal’s office.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Portland State University doesn’t charge late fees for overdue library books. That is quite a relief for the person who recently returned two books that were checked out in 1963. The library says someone returned books entitled,”Basic Principles of Speech” and “Preface to critical reading.” A note that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
An online course featuring several noted philanthropists including Warren Buffet, will help students learn about giving away money and could help make decisions regarding how Buffet’s money will be distributed. More than 4,000 people have signed up for the course, and sponsors say if more people sign…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 6 views
September 29th, 2012 10:00 PM ET By Alan Miller, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Alan Miller is Director of The New York Salon and Co-Founder of London's Old Truman Brewery. He is speaking at The Battle of Ideas at London's Barbican in October. By Alan Miller, Special to CNN The increasingly common refrain…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 18 views
That’s what William Borden did. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, or perhaps you might say a golden calf in his back yard. He was heir to the Borden dairy estate and, because of this, was a millionaire by the age of 21. As you can imagine, he went to Yale for his education. But William was…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 6 views
Posted: 06/29/11 07:58 PM ET The Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey of global evangelical leaders which yielded some interesting results. For one thing, 92 percent of those surveyed believe taking a yoga class is incompatible with being a good evangelical. Seriously? We're against yoga?…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 27 views
Have you heard about the cell phone ringtone that junior high and high school kids are using to keep teachers from discovering that they are using their cell phones in school? The pitch of this ringtone, called the "mosquito tone," is too high for people over 25 to hear. So the kids can still send and…
Wesley Crouch • Illustration • • 82 views
Prevailing Prayer by D. L. Moody PREFATORY NOTE The two first and essential means of grace are the Word of God and Prayer. By these come conversion; for we are born again by the Word of God, which lives and abides forever; and whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. By these also…
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The gunman in a deadly shooting spree at a Pittsburgh-area gym says in Internet videos he posted that he routinely hid his feelings, struggled to "emotionally connect" with people and read books on how to date young women. The two undated videos, apparently recorded by 48-year-old George Sodini, surfaced…
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 217 views
> Children of God > ********************************************** > A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom > of children while they were drawing. She would > occasionally walk around to see each child's work. > > As she got to one little girl who was working > diligently, she asked what…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
MAKING A DIFFERENCE As Jean Thompson stood in front of her 5th grade class on the first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she would love them all the same. She didn't know she was lying, but she was because she hadn't really met Teddy…
Chad Oltman • Illustration • • 9 views
Read this one slowly and with the book of Amos close at hand. Read it more than once over the next few days. Perhaps it will revive you as it did me. …………………………. Of the minor prophets, Amos has always drawn me. Maybe it was in that first class I took on Minor Prophets at Moody in Chicago, when I realized…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 151 views
Here is a list of "Murphy's Laws for Churches" (author unknown): Video projectors always work before the class meeting begins. The probability of the preacher tripping over the mike cord is greater on "Bring A Friend" Sunday than any other week. The largest Bible Class will show up when the teacher feels…
Nathan Parker • Illustration • • 8 views
Unknown Author A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it was "too crowded." "I can't go to Sunday School," she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by. Seeing her shabby, unkempt appearance, the pastor guessed the reason and, taking her by the hand, took…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 341 views
Someone has come up with the following list of "politically correct" terms for teenagers: No one fails a class anymore, he's merely "passing impaired." You don't have detention, you're just one of the "exit delayed." Your bedroom isn't cluttered, it's just "passage restrictive." These days, a student…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
CHURCH The church is losing 7,600 attenders a day in Europe and North America, according to British demographer David Barrett. That means that every week, more than 53,000 people leave church and never come back. To put that in perspective, consider that the United States lost about 57,500 people in…
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WINNENDEN, Germany — The 17-year-old gunman who went on a rampage at his former school and killed 15 people before taking his own life warned of his plans in an Internet chatroom only hours before, officials said Thursday. Suspect Tim K. told others in the chat room that he was "sick of this life" and…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 442 views
I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that!" My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 28 views
ENCOURAGEMENT Achievers like Pat Summitt, the Lady Volunteer's Basketball Coach, demand the best from themselves and others. You might think that her high standards and demanding ways are the reason her teams have won three national titles over the past four years, but you'd only be partially right.…
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By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY They weren't goths or loners. The two teenagers who killed 13 people and themselves at suburban Denver's Columbine High School 10 years ago next week weren't in the "Trenchcoat Mafia," disaffected videogamers who wore cowboy dusters. The killings ignited a national debate over…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 2 views
A minister was telling, in the pulpit, about his lovely three-year-old daughter. “I fell to daydreaming the other day,” he said; “and I could see the day, not far distant, when she would be starting to public school. I could see her, with happy face, and with her hair done up in pigtails, trotting off…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 109 views
5 Kinds of Christians Understanding the disparity of those who call themselves Christian in America. A new national survey co-sponsored by Leadership. Reported by Helen Lee Monday, October 1, 2007 Jennifer Hua identifies herself as a Christian. A 35-year-old former attorney studying Christian counseling…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
HONESTY The students have changed, but the results of a national survey are nearly the same: A majority of high school students have cheated on an exam and lied to their parents. The "Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth," compiled by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, has tracked the morals of…
Jack Wood • Illustration • • 3 views
Old Testament Notes ~ Class One · Old Testament : three major divisions the law, prophets, writing I. The origin of Biblical Prophecy A. Biblical prophecy didn’t originate with ancient Canaanite religion (Deut. 12:39-31, Numbers 23:23) B. Biblical prophecy has it’s origin in God (Deut. 18:9-22) 1. God…