The Dead Horse

Young Chuck in Montana bought a horse from a farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news.. the horse died."
Chuck replied, "Well, then just give me my money back."
The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."
Chuck said, "Ok, then, just bring me the dead horse."
The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with him?"
Chuck said, "I'm going to raffle him off."
The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead horse!"

Chuck said, "Sure I can, Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."
A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, "What happened with that dead horse?"
Chuck said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $998."
The farmer said, "Didn't anyone complain?"
Chuck said, "Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."
Chuck grew up and now works for the government.
He's the one who figured out how this "bail-out" is going to work.

Anyone know a Creed?

A student once answered me; "Yeah, I like their old stuff."

I think churches should give tall-carmel-chocolate-vanilla-skinny-soy-decaf-latte's to anyone who can say the Apostles Creed.
...and a Crispy Cream if can define any of the articles.

Shameless Commerce

One of the blogs I subscribe to was holding a promotion (though it is not really that kinda blog) ...and I would recommend them even if posting these blog links didn't increase my chances of winning.

22 Words

Molly Piper

22 Words is just that, a 22 word post...usually random, usually thoughtful.. he calls it "experiments in getting to the point." 

Well, I need more than an experiment, I need therapy. A recent post provoked me to embark on a similar writing exercise (therapy) I am calling 41 words. Shameless rip-off hun? 

Last but not least, it is also the source of a funny post on worship music How's that for bait?

Compare and Contrast…

"Israelite evangelism never suggested that neighboring idolators start worshipping the true God because Yahweh would give them better crops than their idols. Instead, people were and are called to turn from their idols because idolatry is (sin) against God.”

p.149 When People are Big and God is Small, Edward T Welch