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Delicious Chicken

Delicious Chicken

Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. They discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother.  The first said: "I built a big house for our mother." The second said: "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver." The third said: "You...

Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

 A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.    “Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I've got a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring home with...

This Should Be in Our History Books

This Should Be in Our History Books

A famous Revolutionary leader and orator, Patrick Henry said “Give me liberty, or give me death” which became the battle cry of the American Revolution.  He was a five-time Governor of Virginia. He once declared: “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too...

A Father’s Love Letter

A Father’s Love Letter

My Child… You may not know me, but I know everything about you …Psalm 139:1I know when you sit down and when you rise up …Psalm 139:2I am familiar with all your ways …Psalm 139:3Even the very hairs on your head are numbered …Matthew 10:29-31For you were made in my...

T.E.A.M.

T.E.A.M.

While recalling the British Open golf tournament that was played in England, I noticed the effort that was taken to thank the tournament volunteers.  There were 1,800+ volunteers that worked and sacrificed to pull off all the details to make a successful Open. They...

God Loves You for YOU!

God Loves You for YOU!

Someone asked, “Does God have a sense of humor?”  I think there’s little doubt.  Consider the platypus.  When the Lord created this peculiar creature, I think he chuckled about the foolish evolutionists that would one day come along.  The c...

Are You on God’s Side?

Are You on God’s Side?

During the war, Abraham Lincoln overheard someone remark that he hoped “the Lord was on the Union’s side.”  Lincoln responded with a  sharp rebuke: “I am not at all concerned about that, for I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right.  But it is my...

Loving-Kindness

Loving-Kindness

A mother asked her six-year-old what loving-kindness meant.        “Well,” he said, “when I ask you for a piece of bread and butter and you give it to me, that’s kindness. but when you put jam on it, that’s Loving-Kindness.”   ...

Barbers Don’t Exist

Barbers Don’t Exist

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I...

Get Out of That Bed!

Get Out of That Bed!

A family spent the night in a motel and the wife had awakened early.  She packed the bags and carried them to the car.  Returning after one load she accidentally went into the wrong room.  Seeing a sleeping man and assuming it was her husband, she...