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| Confess and be Forgiven
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
| Bible |
| September 30th, 1962
On this day in 1962, the New York Mets lost their major league-record 120th game of the regular season, 5-1, to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
| Sports Facts |
| Puppy Love
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
-- Josh Billings
| Philosophy |
| Man of the House
The husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, You Can Be the Man of Your House.
He stormed over to his wife in the kitchen and announced, "From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and my word is Law. You will prepare me ...
| Humor |
| Forgive Before Praying
Mark 11:25
Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
| Bible |
| September 29th, 1954
The Catch! On this day in 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants caught a deep drive off the bat of Vic Wertz of the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, won by the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 5-2.
| Sports Facts |
| Internet Freedom
The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American government wants anything but Internet ...
| Philosophy |
| Knock Knock Hello
Girl: Knock Knock
Boy: Who's there?
Girl: Hello
Boy: Hello Who?
Girl: Hello kitty!
| Humor |
| Be Kind
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
| Bible |
| Cheers
AP) Cheerleaders for the Houston Texans football team have decided to wear shorter skirts. According to the team's press release, the dancers' new outfits should make the team's fans root harder .
| Humor |
| Passing Away
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
-- Zhuangzi
| Philosophy |
| Orel Tale
On September 28th, 1988, the L.A. Dodgers' Orel Hershiser pitches 10 shutout innings to extend his string to 59 consecutive scoreless innings, a MLB record. Hershiser would pitch the Dodgers to the World Series title that year before burning out his arm in ...
| Sports Facts |
| Sitting on Jesus' Throne
Revelation 3:21
The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
| Bible |
| Car Thief
Q: Why did the texas university Longhorns linebacker steal a police car?
A: He saw "911" on the side and thought it was a Porsche.
| Humor |
| Too Long
A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
-- e. e. cummings
| Philosophy |
| September 27th, 1973
On this day in 1973, the California Angels' Nolan Ryan notched his 383rd strikeout of the season. More than 40 years later, this is still a MLB record.
| Sports Facts |
| Born of God
1 John 3:9
No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
| Bible |
| Super Bowl Ring
Q: What do you call a Buffalo Bills player with a Super Bowl ring?
A: A thief.
| Humor |
| Faithful Planter
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
-- B. C. Forbes
| Philosophy |
| No-Hit King
On September 26th, 1981, Nolan Ryan threw his 5th no-hitter, making him the first man to do so. He would later end his career with with 7 such gems.
| Sports Facts |
| Our Faith
1 John 5:4
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
| Bible |
| Football Season Repeat
(This one never gets old...)
The Seven Dwarfs were marching through the forest one day they fell in a deep, dark ravine. Snow White, who was following along, peered over the edge of the steep chasm and called out to the fallen dwarfs. From the depths of ...
| Humor |
| Harmony in Autumn
There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley
| Philosophy |
| September 25th, 2001
On this day in 2001, Michael Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA as a player for the Washington Wizards. Jordan had become the president of basketball operations for the team a year earlier.
| Sports Facts |
| Overcoming the World
John 16:33
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
| Bible |