“Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.”
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Viktor Frankl on Freedom
by davidrsmithby davidrsmith“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
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Testing Meth
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithLet’s say you bought some meth in a recent drug deal. Let’s say you smoked it and didn’t like it. Then let’s say you wanted to get the meth’s purity tested. Who would you call for that “service”?
Probably NOT who Doug Kelly called….
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Two Crooks Walk Into a Bar…The Wrong Bar
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithIt was a simple plan:
Run into the bar
Wave the gun around.
Grab the cash.
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Face Tat Fail
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithWhen Mark Cropp was 17, the New Zealander made the bad decision of pulling a knife on a tourist. Sadly, the prison sentence he faced for the crime wasn’t enough…
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What’s Worse: Rape or Religion?
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithSee if you can pick which is worse between the following pairs: a traffic jam or an ice cream cone, a root canal or a three day weekend, chickenpox or Super Bowl tickets. Fairly easy, right?
But Sam Harris can’t always pick between such obvious options….
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The Real Mother-In-Law
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithDuring a hectic day in the court of King Solomon, two middle-aged women came rushing into the throne room demanding the king’s attention. In their clutches was a handsome young man wearing a nice suit.
The first woman said, “Your Highness, this young CPA agreed to marry my daughter!”
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My New Boyfriend
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithAs promised, Jessica brought her new boyfriend, Dylan, by the house to meet her parents on Friday evening. When they opened the front door, mom and dad weren’t exactly thrilled by the young man standing on their doorstep.
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Gasping for Air
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithJon Krakauer and Andy Harris reached the summit of Mt. Everest at 1:12pm on May 10, 1996. At 29,028 feet elevation, they were literally “on top of the world.” But that’s just half the adventure.
They were about to discover that descending Mt. Everest is just as deadly as climbing it….
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Removing Sin
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithSin. Three letters. One syllable. Not a big word on paper. But if the Bible is to be believed, “sin” carries with it a rather significant meaning. But don’t bother looking up that meaning in the dictionary.
Some editions no longer include the word on their pages.