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A person asked me one day, “Is not such-and-such a person a Baptist?” I replied, “I do not know him.” He said, “He is a fellow who says a very long grace before his dinner, and he goes to such-and-such a chapel.” “Well,” I answered, “If he goes there, he certainly attends a Baptist chapel.” Then he said,…

Shall we keep back the children’s bread lest the dogs should steal the crumbs? Shall we destroy health-restoring drugs because fools may poison themselves with them? Shall all the trees be cut down for fear the owls should build their nest in them? Shall the sea be dried up because sharks swim in it?…

After sealing thousands of dollars of electronic equipment from the Mount Olive AME Zion Church in Waterbury, Connecticut, the thief left behind a note that said, "Pray 4 Me!! Sorry brothers. Save me." Members of the church responded by praying for him. —Jim L. Wilson https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/church-burglar-leaves-apology-note-theft-equipment-57311451…

Tequila Isaacson is an Idaho woman who was traveling on a Washington State highway. She was at a rest stop when a Pickup truck in the parking lot next to a coffee shop caught on fire. While the boy’s parents worked to get him out and another man called 911, Isaacson began searching for a fire extinguisher.…

According to Baptist Press, “On average, Americans gave 2.1 percent of their income to the church in 2017, a smaller share even than the 3.2 percent given during the Great Depression.” https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/ten-percent-drives-increase-in-giving-at-california-church/ Matthew…

Arkansas police said an 18-year-old man tried to steal a commercial jet so he could fly to a concert in another state. Authorities responded to reports of a man jumping an airport fence and found Zemarcuis Scott in an Envoy Air jet. They said Scott told them he wanted to go to the concert and thought…

Police in New Jersey are looking for a man who tried to steal $2 worth of gasoline. Police say the suspect was carrying a gas can when he approached an attendant outside a gas station, pulled a knife and demanded $2 in gasoline. When the attendant refused to comply, the suspect ran away. Authorities…

While an Albuquerque TV news crew was preparing a story about crime in the city, a thief drove off in the station’s SUV. Michelle Donaldson, News director for KOB television said the crew was reporting on recent concerns about crime and safety, and one of the issues in the report was an increase in auto…

James Kelly is serving a 10-year sentence for using his own ID to steal from another Verizon customer with the same name as his. He is seeking $72 million in damages from Verizon because they didn’t prevent the theft. In the garden Adam blamed God for giving him Eve, Eve blamed the serpent. James Kelly…

A New York man lost his wallet. To his amazement, his license and credit cards returned, but not the wallet. With the returned items, there was a note from the person who found it. The note said, “I kept the cash because I needed weed, the Metrocard because, well, the fare’s $2.75 now, and the wallet…

An employee alerted Jitennda Singh about a possible shoplifter in his store. Singh went to the front and confronted the young man when he came to the register to check out. When asked to empty his pockets the boy took out one item, but Singh had seen him take more on the security cameras. When Singh…

Italian police investigating drug crimes discovered two Van Gogh paintings that vanished in a 2002 robbery. The paintings were found in a farmhouse where police seized over $22 million worth of assets. The director of the Van Gogh Museum Axel Rueger said investigators had contacted them so that art experts…

Desmond Amofah, also known as Etika, was a star on YouTube. The subject of his final video was suicide. Talking about social media he said, “It can give you an image of what you want your life to be and get blown completely out of proportion. It consumed me.” Soon thereafter police found his body in…

Carlotta Flores, owner of the El Charro restaurant in Tucson, said a former employee sent them $1,000 and an apology for stealing from them years earlier. The letter came from a woman who said she worked at the restaurant while attending school in the 1990s. The woman said a waiter encouraged her to…

Twenty-seven years after he stole a Color TV from the Norwalk, Connecticut Jewish Center, Randy Iannacone turned himself in to the police, who booked him for the crime. Though the Jewish Center closed in April of 1989, the 60-year old man still is working to make things right. –Jim L. Wilson http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-turns-self-stealing-tv-1989-n555411…

In Season 9, episode 16 of Seinfeld, Elaine’s boyfriend David Puddy is a “Christian” and Elaine is an atheist. Throughout the episode, Elaine is frustrated with David, because of his apathy towards her spending an eternity in hell. In the final scene. David tells Elaine to steal the neighbor’s paper.…

Michael Freiman was a first-trimester abortionist. He was learning to be a second-trimester abortionist by observing one. “Suddenly a small arm with a hand on it dropped into the surgical pan. . . He felt momentarily short of air, as though someone had punched him hard in the stomach. . .. What was wrong…

Danielle Reno said she only got out of her car for a minute to pick up her daughter, but when she did, someone jumped into her car and drove away. Reno said she filed a police report but decide to do some detective work on her own. The thief had also taken her credit and debit cards because her wallet…

Pennsylvania police said a very obvious clue led to the arrest of a man charged with stealing a pot of meatballs. They found the man with red sauce smeared on his face and clothes. Authorities in Luzerne County charged Leahman Glenn Robert Potter with burglary, criminal trespass and theft by unlawful…

Ben Shapiro is fond of saying: “Facts don’t care about your feelings.” There is a similar axiom, that says, “Cash doesn’t care about your deservingness.” Don’t worry about money, because money isn’t worried about you. Jesus spoke of the fickleness of lady Lucre this way: “moth and rust destroy. . . thieves…

For years a priceless vase sat in a French family’s attic, hidden in a shoebox. The family had received the heirloom as part of an inheritance, but stashed the boxes in the attic planning to deal with them later. When the owner opened the box, they were stunned by the shades of green, blue, yellow, and…

In his book, Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You, Andy Stanley writes, "Greed is conquered with generosity. Generous giving will break the grip of greed on your life. So whether or not you think you have extra, give and give generously. You’ve got to give to the…

Jon Peters holds the high school record for consecutive wins as a pitcher. He set the record in 1989 with his 51st consecutive win. After arm injuries in college ended his dream of a Major League Baseball career, his life began a downward spiral of broken relationships, alcoholism, and depression. After…

Authorities in the Chicago area say they are still searching for a man who allegedly took $75 out of a photo booth at an amusement park. The booth is designed to take pictures of anyone who tries to manipulate or damage it in any way. It snapped several pictures of the suspect which were left behind…

When Nate Roman and his son returned to their home in Marlborough, Massachusetts, they discovered the back door was open and that someone had broken in and deep cleaned the whole house. Roman said he could smell the cleaning chemicals and every room except the kitchen had been thoroughly cleaned. Roman…