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One Sunday a cowboy went to church.  When he entered, he saw that he and the preacher were the only ones present. The preacher asked the cowboy if he wanted him to go ahead and preach. The cowb... read more..

Does God talk to you personally? Would you bet your life on it? Claiming to receive personal messages from God on a regular basis places subjective experience on the same level as Scripture, Greg argu... read more..

Not expecting to do well on the economics exam, Bill was heartened by the first question: In any given year, and to the nearest ton, how much wheat did the United States export?Smiling confidently, he... read more..

All of these situations are real and some of them were mighty embarrassing.Enjoy! Part 1: Actual reference queries reported by American and Canadian library reference desk workers of various levels. ... read more..

Adultery. Common word, common occurrence in our society. Lt. Kelly Flinn narrowly avoided court-martial for adultery and insubordination. Gen. Joseph Ralston left the candidacy for the top military po... read more..

When I returned home from college for a break, I noticed a paper posted on the refrigerator. It listed some goals my dad had set for himself: Help wife more; lose weight; be more productive at work.I ... read more..

Recently I was officiating at a funeral where I did not know many of the family particularly well. As it was near Christmas, I decided to us the idea of Advent as a departure point. I said that Christ... read more..

An airline captain was breaking in a new goober stewardess.  The route they were flying had a stay-over in another city, so upon their arrival, the captain showed the stewardess the best place fo... read more..

The two teenagers were arrested. The police sergeant told them they were entitled to a phone call. Some time later a man entered the station and asked for them by name.The sergeant said, "I suppose yo... read more..

A man is not a man, in my opinion, unless he has adequately mastered the art of snoring. When I say mastered, I mean there is more to snoring than the mere act of making ze noise. It is an ancient art... read more..

My daughter-in-law Alma and grandson Eddy were digging for fishing bait in my garden.  Uncovering a many-legged creature, Eddy proudly dangled it before his mother. "No, honey, he won't do for b... read more..

A minister had just finished an excellent dinner at the home of a congregation member when he saw a rooster come strutting through the yard."That's certainly a proud-looking rooster," the minister com... read more..

One of Christ's predictions of what would mark the end of time was the incessant cry from the world for, ?Peace, Peace!? This has come to be more than we could have ever imagined as the multiple layer... read more..

There were two guys working for the city.  One would did a hole, he would dig, dig, dig, the other would come behind him and fill the hole, fill, fill, fill.  These two men worked furiously.... read more..

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den, and I'm thinking about buying a computer.ABBOTT: Mac?COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.ABBOTT: Your ... read more..

DEAR PASTOR TIM, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE REPUBATED ANTI-BIBLICAL BILL THAT WAS PAST TO ALLOW REPUBATES TO MARRY? MY OPINION IS AS FOLLOWS: I AM THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED WITH CANADA AND THE FACT T read more..

Is it easy to hold grudges, rather than forgiving someone? Has someone done something to you or said a harsh word that you've had trouble forgiving? I ran across an article in a magazine where two Mot... read more..

A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, and looked at the old pages as he turned them.  Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible, and he picked it up and looked at it ... read more..

In the spring of 2003 a young man named Aaron Ralston was hiking alone in the canyons of Utah when an 800 pound boulder shifted and pinned his arm to the canyon wall. He struggled for five days to fre... read more..

Jessica wrote: Dear Tim, I Don't like what your sending me so BACK OFF!! You are an idoit!!!! From Jessie I replied: Dear Jessica, I've removed you from my lists. BTW, "Idoit" is spelled "idiot"... read more..

Two elderly gentlemen are playing cards on Saturday evening as they have done for the past 35 years.  Max, the older, had been having problems remembering what cards were what, and usually needed... read more..

A Catholic priest I once knew went to the hospital to visit patients. Stopping at the nurse’s station, he carefully looked over the patient roster and jotted down the room number of everyone who had "... read more..