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The barracks where Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsy were kept in the Ravensbruck Nazi concentration camp were terribly overcrowded and flea-infested. They had been able to miraculously smuggle a Bible into the camp, and in that Bible they had read that in all things they were to give…

Very early one morning two birds were sitting at the side of a large puddle of oil near Newark, New Jersey. They spotted a worm on the other side. So one flew over the water, while the other one swam through. Which one got to the worm first? The one…

Two students, Robert and James, were taking the same test in class. Both had the same grade for the Fall Term, and this test would determine who had the college’s highest G.P.A. for the semester. Each of them missed only one of the questions. The prof went to Robert and…

Bill went to see Jennifer, a local chiropractor, though he thought privately that they were all ‘quacks’ and that she wouldn’t be able to help his chronic back pain. But after a few minutes, his back felt like new. When the doctor asked, “Well, how do you feel about chiropractors…

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas there was an escalation of absences from the university’s contract-law class taught by Professor Fiddler. Finally the professor asked his teaching assistant to issue a strong warning regarding the consequences of such truancies. When the class convened for its next session, these words were found on…

Oxygen and Potassium went on a date. Evidently it went OK. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong started a restaurant on the moon. They said the food was great, but the place had no atmosphere. If you buy a particular sandwich cookie and don’t mention it, then it may be an…

For all the negative things we have to think or say, God has a positive truth in His Word to “correct” our thinking. We say, “It’s impossible.” GOD says, All things are possible. (Luke 18:27) We say, “I’m too tired.” GOD says, I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28-30) We…

Friday after Thanksgiving. A father found his small son sitting in his bedroom, looking very unhappy even though he’d been off school all day. “What’s wrong?” he asked. The boy shook his head and said, “I just can’t seem to get along with your wife.” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected]…

Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment–to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Most of the class might be considered economically disadvantaged, but still many would celebrate the holiday with turkey and other traditional goodies of the season. These,…

“What am I supposed to do with this?” grumbled a motorist as the policeman handed him a ticket. “Keep it,” the cop said. “When you collect four of them, you get a bicycle.” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”

[PH forwarded a bucket-full of one-line word plays. God bless him.] I wrote a book on penguins. On further reflection, paper would have been better. I absolutely hate being schizophrenic. Best thing in the world. I’m addicted to placebos. I’d give them up but it wouldn’t make any difference! Ah,…

[The following test should help you determine if YOU are a workaholic. If you answer numbers one or two, you are a workaholic. If you answer number three, you seem fairly well balanced. If you answer numbers four or five, you’ve got other problems, but you are definitely not a…

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do, hereby, appoint and set apart the last Thursday in November next as a day which I desire to be observed by all my fellow-citizens wherever they may then be as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God the beneficent…