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THE ROCK THAT WILL NOT ROLL

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  An old country preacher was challenged by an atheist. The atheist said, “why do you Christians have faith in an invisible God? What makes you think He will help you?” The old preacher replied: “Well, son, it says in the beginning of my Bible that God was in charge when time started up. Then I flip over to the end of my Bible and reads that God will be in charge when time runs down. So I figure that between the beginning and the end there’s nobody big enough to whoop ‘em.” Isaiah 28 is an amazing chapter that emphasizes the necessity of building our lives on a solid foundation and the folly of making a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place. We read “woe to the proud crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley Of those who are overcome with wine! Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent; as a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, Like a storm of mighty overflowing water...
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Fare Thee Well Barnabas

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           The Carpenter’s tools held a conference with Brother Hammer presiding over the conference. During the conference several suggested that he leave the meeting because he was way too loud. Bro. Hammer replied, “If I have to leave the workshop, Brother Screw must go also. You have to turn him around and around again and again to get him to accomplish anything.” Bro. Screw spoke up, “If you wish, I’ll leave, but Bro. Plane must leave too. All his work is on the surface and his efforts have no depth at all.” Bro. Plane retorted, “Bro. Rule will also have to withdraw, for he is always measuring folks as though he were the only one who is right.” Then Bro. Rule complained about Bro. Sandpaper. He said, “You ought to leave too because you are so rough and always rubbing people the wrong way.” Then in the midst of the conference the Carpenter walked in. He put His apron on and went to the work bench to construct a pulpit. He used the hammer, screw, p...
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