If you grew up in church, you can probably relate to some of these. Welcome to memory lane.
- One of your heroes was Bibleman.
- You know who Larry and Bob are.
- You didn't get to watch The Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday night because you were at church.
- You were taught Bible lessons with flannel-graph.
- You flipped through the pages of the song book or looked at all the pictures in your Bible multiple times to survive a boring sermon.
- You had a cover on your Bible...and it was stylish.
- You have competed in a contest called "Sword Drill."
- You have owned a WWJD bracelet.
- You've had to keep yourself from laughing at someone who thinks they can sing a "special" but are way off tune.
- You're familiar with the poem "Footprints."
- The song "Father Abraham" was your weekly workout.
- You've been in a singing contest where the winner sang, "Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah" or "Praise ye the Lord" the loudest.
- Potluck.
- You ate out on Sundays after church.
- You went to summer camp.
- You know the song, "Deep and Wide."
- You have attended Vacation Bible School.
- You've sang, "The B-I-B-L-E...yes that's the book for me."
- You spent Halloween at a church fall festival instead of collecting candy in your neighborhood.
- You've heard the words, "Slow down and walk in church."
- You've had the joy, joy, joy, joy, down in your heart, down in your heart to stay.
- You saw Thief in the Night and had nightmares afterwards.
- You've collected quarters in a little bank.
- You memorized the books of the Bible.
- You've asked to go to the bathroom to get out of a boring lesson.
- You played games around an Awana circle.
- You participated in an offering contest.
- You've sang a hymn while looking down at a songbook.
- "Just as I am" was sang over and over until someone came forward at the end of service.
- You've attended a church "lock-in."
- You sang in a children's choir.
- You attended a "school" that meet on Sunday.
- You've watched a slide show presentation by a missionary.
- You've listened to puppets communicate God's Word.
- You sat through a sermon that felt like it would last for an eternity.
- You've used a church bulletin as a coloring page during a service.
- You've watched a song leader wave his arms in sync with the music.
- You know the words to "Deep and Wide."
- You know Zacchaues was a wee little man and a wee little man was he.
- You know the B-I-B-L-E, yes that's the book for me.
- You've sang, "Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world..."
- You've sat through a "business meeting" and you weren't inside an office building.
- You know what the word "rapture" means.
- The radio station in your car was always set to a Christian station.
- You gathered around a school pole once a year.
- You played hide and seek at church after the service...until you got caught.
- You sang about being in the army...the Lord's Army.
- Your dad went to Promise Keepers.
- You listened to the music of Carman or Steve Green or Petra
- You know, "you can't get to heaven on roller skates 'cause you might roll right past those pearly gates."
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