Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Brainteaser - Sunday's Answer

Below are the answers to Sunday's brainteaser. You were required to solve two clues to arrive at two words, which when added together, gave the answer to the final clue. There were five answers in all.

1) A light brown colour + To Leave = A dance (Tango)

2) A store's announcement + A type of women's clothing = A buildings location (Address)

3) A vehicle + An animal pal = A floor covering (Carpet)

4) The ocean + A father's boy = Part of the year (Season)

5) Another name for dad + a yellow veggie = A white fluffy snack (Popcorn)

Congratulations if you answered all five correctly!



Pastor's Business Card



A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore he took out a business card and wrote "Revelation 3:20" on the back of it and stuck in the door.

When the offering was processed the following Sunday, he found that his card had been returned. Added to it was this cryptic message, "Genesis 3:10." Reaching for his bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter.

Revelation 3:20 begins "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Genesis 3:10 reads, "I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid for I was naked."

"A cheerful heart is good medicine"
(Prov. 17:22)

Signs Of Growing Old




Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
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Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
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You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
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6 a.m. is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

Monday, 3 August 2009

Misguided Faith

In March last year an eleven-year-old girl from rural Wisconsin died of a treatable disease, undiagnosed diabetes. Her tragic death arose because despite not being able to walk, talk, eat or drink, her parents failed to seek medical help. Instead she was surrounded by people who prayed for her.
Her father, Dale Neumann, was found guilty by a US court of killing his daughter by praying for her recovery rather than seeking medical care. Neumann's wife, Leilana, was convicted earlier this year.
Medical experts told the court that the girl could have survived if she had received treatment, including insulin and fluids, before she stopped breathing.
Neumann, who in the past had studied to be a Pentecostal minister, was reported as saying, "If I go to a doctor, I am putting the doctor before God," he said "I am not believing what he said he would do."
This tragic act of misguided faith prematurely ended the life of an innocent young girl, who's parents lost sight of the fact that they had a duty to love their daughter as well as God.

Invisibles