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2076. Walk the Beam

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... would not undertake the walk under such circumstances and certainly not for $20. Having seemingly made his point, the lecturer inadvisedly continued, posing still another question: "Supposing I were standing on one of the same two buildings holding one of your children over the edge and told you I would drop your kid if you didn't walk across the beam. NOW what would you do?" Pondering momentarily, the executive made a shambles of the decorum of the class when he inquired, "Which kid do you have?"

2077. Caddy Disasters

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... out on the course. Arnold Palmer will never forget the Westchester Classic when, in the middle of the match, his caddie fell into the lake with all his clubs. Of course, that snafu doesn't compare with the Anheuser-Busch Classic in which Bill Kratzert had to drop out early because his caddie had forgotten to bring more than three balls. Gary Hallberg, playing in the Greater Milwaukee Open, had more to fear from his caddie. At the most crucial part of the game, a shot that could win him $108,000, Hallberg's ...

2078. Punny Headlines

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... From Mother-In-Law She Never Met Here's How You Can Lick Doberman's Leg Sores Woman Survives Period Trapped In Car In River Slain Minister Recalled New Autos To Hit 5 Million Tuna Biting Off Washington Coast Genetic Engineering Splits Scientists Town To Drop School Bus When Overpass Is Ready Kids'' Pajamas To Be Removed By Woolworth Rosemary Hall Gets New Head Lawyers To Offer Poor Free Advice Stiff Opposition Expected To Casketless Funeral Plan Child's Stool Great For Use In Garden Deer Kill 130,000 Farmer ...

2079. When Making Wishes Be Specific

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... at Arlington Park, hoping to make ends meet. He lost all his money, his car and his house. Then his wife left him, and in desperation, he started drinking. He became one of those street people spending the night on Lower Wacker. Well, one night, as Joe drained the last drop from a bottle of muscatel, there was a puff of smoke and a genie rose out of the bottle and said, "Master, I am your genie. I have come to grant you one wish." Joe grinned and said, "If I can have anything I want, I'd like a foreign ...

2080. Spellbounding Speech

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In one of the memorable debates between Douglas and Lincoln in 1858, the former, who was an eloquent and practiced orator, had delivered such an enthralling speech that his audience was spellbound, and Lincoln's friends felt that the victory was already won for his opponent. When the cheers had died away, Lincoln got up, shed his long white duster, and, dropping it on the arm of a young man standing nearby, remarked, with his droll smile: "Hold my coat while I stone Stephen."

2081. Have You Heard This Joke?

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... when you cut a lawyer. Q: What's the difference between a trampoline and a lawyer? A: You take off your shoes to jump on a trampoline. Q: What do you say about a lawyer who is in sand up to his neck? A: Not enough sand. Q: If you drop a lawyer and a skunk out of a plane, which hits the ground first? A: Who cares? Q: Why don't lawyers play hide-and-go-seek? A: Nobody will look for them.

2082. The Elevator of Youth

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... life in the mountains. The visitor was absolutely amazed at all he saw around him. His eyes popped as he saw a little old lady enter an elevator in the lobby of the RCA building. The door closed, the little red light blinked, and she was gone. Then, he almost dropped dead in surprise when, a minute later, the same door opened and out stepped a gorgeous young blonde. "You just can't beat science," he said. "If I'd a known about that contraption, I'd have brung along my old woman."

2083. What a Cow!

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... bartender and timidly said, "Sir, I'm a poor traveling Methodist circuit rider. I've just made it across the desert. I'm bone dry. Could you let me have that foamy glass of milk I see you've just poured?" The preacher drank that milk real slow, savoring every drop. Then he looked up towards the ceiling and with a smile on his face he declared, "Lord, what a cow!"

2084. Daily Bread

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... , two mischievous boys heard her prayer as they were passing her cottage. They quickly devised a scheme to surprise the old lady. The next day the boys arrived at the woman's prayer time and climbed on her roof. When she made her request for bread they dropped a loaf of bread down her chimney. Upon opening the package and seeing the bread, she began to dance around, shouting praises to God. The two pranksters slid off her roof and rapped on her door. Upon opening it, the laughing boys told her that it was ...

2085. Building Bridges

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... helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge, a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other. A fine piece of work handrails and all and the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming across, his hand outstretched. "You are ...

2086. What Does It Taste Like?

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... . . . CRUNCH, MUNCH . . ." He finished the apple. "All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate was it bitter or sweet?" The theologian paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion: "I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted your apple." The white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into his crumpled paper bag, looked up at the theologian and said calmly, "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."

2087. The Love of the Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... that one-third of farmers there have been seriously injured in attacks by sheep, often being charged from behind and receiving damaged knees and broken vertebrae. Meanwhile, in England a twenty-eight year old parachutist named Alison Pearson made a 13,500-foot drop from an airplane without incident except that she landed in a field full of sheep. A ewe in that field panicked at Alison’s sudden arrival and attacked her. Allison received serious chest injuries from being charged by a sheep. Finally, in ...

2088. Little Acts of Kindness

Matthew 25:31-46

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Philip W. McLarty

Julia Carney wrote these words in the mid-19th Century. They still speak to us today: Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the beauteous land. And the little moments, humble though they may be, make the mighty ages of eternity. Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, make our earth an Eden, like the heaven above. I like to think ...

2089. We Ache to Know God’s Blessings

John 1:6-8, 19-28

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Joel D. Kline

... but ineffectual karate kicks. Noting that the youth weren't carrying guns, Jim decided to confront them with what they were doing. "Stop it! Just stop it!" Jim scolded them. "You guys have got to quit terrorizing people like this." The young teens, taken by surprise, dropped their hands, so Jim continued, "I'm a pastor. You boys want to try and beat up a pastor and take his money? Come on ahead. Take your best shot." At that they fled down the street, but the little karate kicker turned back, looking ...

2090. Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1:26-38

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Leonard Sweet

... one the angel confronts, she is first introduced by her relationship to Joseph. She is “a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph.” Even before Luke provides his readers with the name of this “virgin,” he specifically “name-drops” another tidbit of information. This Joseph is “of the house of David.” Throughout Gabriel’s announcement to Mary, Luke draws a distinctive line between the historical promises and eschatological expectations associated with that Davidic house and the events ...

2091. The Unwanted Christmas Gift: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

2092. Christmas Turns Everything Upside Down

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

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Ian Chapman

A preacher tells of the time when a woman, her arms filled with Christmas presents, came out of a department store and bumped right into him. It was a good, solid bump, and all of her parcels dropped on the sidewalk. As he bent down to help her pick them up, she said, more to herself than anyone else, "Oh, I hate Christmas. It turns everything upside down." And so it does. Christmas turns the world topsy-turvy because it is centered in a baby, and babies change ...

2093. The Handiwork of God

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Why have we been saved? “To do good works.” In a recent book author Max Lucado tells a wonderful story about a ship that is blown off course. It quickly comes across a group of uncharted islands. The ship’s captain orders the boat’s anchor dropped at the first island and sets foot on it. What he discovers is a scene of total despair. Poverty and discord abound on this island. The people are dispirited and demoralized. The Captain and his crew move on to other nearby islands and they, too, reveal ...

2094. Yada, Yada, Yada

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... the crack was a cricket. The young man was amazed. “How could you pick up the sound of a cricket in all this noise?” he asked. The old farmer didn’t say a word and just reached into his pocket, pulled out a couple of coins and dropped them on the sidewalk. Immediately a number of people began to reach for their pockets or look down at the sidewalk. The old man observed, “We hear what our ears are trained to hear.” Psychologist Ellen Langer says that many people are so preoccupied with their daily ...

2095. Better Angels of Our Nature

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... those “angels” not only exist, but they are, in fact, gaining ground. In his most recent work, The Better Angels of Our Nature — Why Violence Has Declined (2012) America’s most prominent scientific writer, Harvard neuroscientist Steven Pinker traces an undeniable drop in violence across the world in the past several centuries. Sounds wrong doesn’t it. But Pinker notes the decline in the number of wars, the rising rule of law, the strength of centralized governments, and the world’s economic ...

2096. After the Parade

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... -old bank examiner named Arland D. Williams Jr. Workers on the rescue helicopter sent to the crash reported that Williams was one of only a half a dozen survivors clinging to twisted wreckage bobbing in the icy Potomac when they arrived. Life vests were dropped, then a flotation ball. Williams repeatedly spurned the safety line and passed it on to the five others floating in the bitterly cold water. One by one they were taken away to safety. By the time the helicopter crew could return for Williams, however ...

2097. The Reluctant Celebrity

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... leprosy to be healed. Jesus wants everyone who is physically sick or emotionally sick, to be healed. He wants everyone who is hurting in any area of life to be released from that hurt. Maybe you’re hurting financially as you watch the equity in your house drop, or hurting emotionally as you watch your children turn their back on you. People hurt in a multitude of ways, and none of it is what Christ desires for his people. Believe that. Is it God’s will for anyone to have leprosy, or cancer, or heart ...

2098. Did You Hear That?

John 12:20-33

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King Duncan

... , there tucked in the crack was a cricket. The young man was amazed. "How could you pick up the sound of a cricket in all this noise?" he asked. The old farmer didn't say a word and just reached into his pocket, pulled out a couple of coins and dropped them on the sidewalk. Immediately a number of people began to reach for their pockets or look down at the sidewalk. The old man observed, "We hear what our ears are trained to hear."

2099. When You Look for Trouble

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... 't have any insurance. I left my wallet in the cab I took home. I found my wife with another man . . . and then my dog bit me." "So...I came to this bar to work up the courage to put an end to it all, I buy a drink, I drop a capsule in and sit here watching the poison dissolve; and then you show up and drink the whole thing! .........But enough about me, how are you doing?"

2100. Acts 8:26 40

Acts 8:26-40

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Leonard Sweet

... him (see 1 Kings 18:46). Clearly Philip’s obedient response to and participation in all these divinely ordered directives puts him in a role akin to that of the prophet. Whatever the Spirit tells him to do, whatever the circumstances the Spirit drop him into, Philip continues with his witnessing mission. As surprising as is the Ethiopian eunuch’s presence on that desert road, it is even more astonishing what he is doing: reading a portion from Jewish scripture. In accordance with tradition the man is ...

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2076. Walk the Beam

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2077. Caddy Disasters

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2078. Punny Headlines

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2079. When Making Wishes Be Specific

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2080. Spellbounding Speech

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2081. Have You Heard This Joke?

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2082. The Elevator of Youth

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2083. What a Cow!

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2084. Daily Bread

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2085. Building Bridges

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2086. What Does It Taste Like?

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2087. The Love of the Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

2088. Little Acts of Kindness

Matthew 25:31-46

Illustration

Philip W. McLarty

2089. We Ache to Know God’s Blessings

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Illustration

Joel D. Kline

2090. Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1:26-38

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

2091. The Unwanted Christmas Gift: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

2092. Christmas Turns Everything Upside Down

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Illustration

Ian Chapman

2093. The Handiwork of God

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

2094. Yada, Yada, Yada

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

2095. Better Angels of Our Nature

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

2096. After the Parade

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

2097. The Reluctant Celebrity

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

2098. Did You Hear That?

John 12:20-33

Illustration

King Duncan

2099. When You Look for Trouble

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2100. Acts 8:26 40

Acts 8:26-40

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Leonard Sweet

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