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Someone wrote these interesting words entitled, “Only in America:” 1- Only in America can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. 2- Only in America are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. 3- Only in America do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of…

A young boy lived in the country and his family hadn’t moved to the modern convenience of inside plumbing. So they had to use an outhouse , which the young boy hated. It was hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and always smelly. The outhouse was located near the creek so the boy decided that he would…

I heard about a young lawyer who was called in from the big city to represent a large railroad company that was being sued by a farmer . It seems that the farmer’s prize cow was missing from a field through which the railroad passed, and the farmer was suing for the value of the cow. Before the case…

Kay Arthur writes : "The muffled, distant sound had broken the quiet reverie of his walk across the meadow. The sharp barking of a dog almost irritated him. It was abrasive in that tranquil setting. As the barking grew louder, his eyes scanned the meadow, looking for the culprit. "Suddenly a small doe…

A man shopping in his grocery store one day and noticed a lady with her 2 year-old in her cart. The child asked for cookies but her mother said no. The little girl began to cry loudly. The mother patiently said, "Now Missy, we’re half-way done, it won’t be long." The same thing happened in the candy…

Physics (and practical experience) tells us that when one object impacts another object that it usually makes an impression. I'm sure there are several here today who have experienced this truth through an automobile accident…some lasting indelible impression was made – either by you or someone else!…

A lady who helped her husband by working while he went to college , worked the midnight shift as an emergency-room clerk in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She shares how one night around 3 a.m., several students who obviously had been partying walked in to watch the harried doctors…

You know how as parents we sometimes worry about our children when we send them off to college . Well a mom received the following letter from her daughter one day… "Dear Mom: Sorry I haven’t written sooner. My arm really has been broken. I broke it, and my left leg, when I jumped from the second floor…

Intro – With all the hustle and bustle going on right now as you start to getting ready for Christmas, I believe we need to be reminded why Christmas is a good idea. Without Christmas… • The candied fruit market would completely collapse! • Our boring, uneventful lives would have no stress at all! •…

A PARAMEDIC was asked on a local Dallas TV talk-show program: “What was your most unusual and challenging 911 call?” “Well Recently,” the paramedic began, we got a call from that big white CHURCH on 11th and Walnut. A frantic usher was very concerned that during their WORSHIP service an elderly man PASSED…

"A prisoner about to be executed asked to be brought before the sultan. Granted, in pleading for his life, he said to the sultan, 'If you will spare me for a year, I will teach your favorite black horse to talk.' Intrigued by the idea, the sultan accepted this proposition, and the prisoner was returned…

An evangelist preaching a revival one night asked all who wanted to go to heaven to raise their hands. Everyone in the audience did so, except one elderly man sitting near the front of the sanctuary. The preacher pointed his curly finger at him and said, "Sir, do you mean to tell us that you don't want…

A college student was taking the course in ornithology , which is a study of birds and the course had the reputation of being the most difficult class in the whole curriculum. The professor was an extremely difficult professor. Everybody feared him. But it was a required course, & every student had to…

It was D-day, June 6, 1944 . The Allied Forces were about to land on the beaches of Normandy. An armada of 5000 Allied ships and over 150,000 personnel were poised ready to storm ashore across 60 miles of beach. Why? To penetrate and drive the German forces back into retreat and ultimately liberate the…

A Churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday . He wrote, “I’ve gone to church for 30 years now, and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a single one of them. I think…

"An elderly woman who had many troubles and yet retained a happy face and cheerful heart was asked her secret. She said that for many years she had kept a 'Pleasure Book.' Every evening she wrote in it something pleasant that had happened to her that day. Sometimes she had an enjoyable walk, or someone…

Grand parents …don’t you just love it when your grandchild or (grandchildren) do something really nice for you! Well a little grandmother was surprised by her 7 year old grandson one morning when he made her coffee. She was so pleased but she wound up drinking what was the worst cup of coffee in her…

Several years ago there was a flight on a 4-engine jet plane. It was going to be a lengthy flight and the pilot encouraged the passengers to relax and enjoy the flight. Not long into the flight, the co-pilot came on the intercom and said, 'Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, we have lost power on our…

There was this Christian lady that had to do a lot of traveling for her business , so she did a lot of flying. Flying made her nervous , so she always took her Bible along with her to read and it helped relax her. One time, she was sitting next to a man . When he saw her pull out her Bible , he gave…

If Jesus is your Living Hope this morning – and I pray He is – I want to challenge with the words of Hebrews 12:1-2 … Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance…

In a Peanut’s cartoon Lucy and Linus were sitting in front of the television set when Lucy said to Linus, "Go get me a glass of water." Linus looked surprised, "Why should I do anything for you? You never do anything for me." "On you 75th birthday," Lucy promised, "I’’ll bake you a cake." Linus got up,…

I read about 3 widows who lived together. One sister got up from the couch in the den to go to bed one evening, and half-way up the stairs she stopped and asked "was I going up or was I coming down"? One sister replied with a hint of aggravation, "You were going up to bed." A second sister headed into…

A family member was at a family reunion and took a lot of pictures . When she took them to the photo place to get them developed , she asked if the pictures could be touched up . The photo tech asked : “You mean wrinkles and such?” She said “Yes” and the tech said, “Well of course.” Well she said: “Could…

When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!” He *said to them, “Why are you afraid,…

Perhaps you heard about the officer who was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial . The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman’s credibility.... Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?" A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description…