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| Your Body is a Temple
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
| Bible |
| Hunting Party
A hunter visited another hunter and was given a tour of his home and in the den was a stuffed lion.
The visiting hunter asked, "When did you bag the big cat?"
The host said, "Three years ago, when I went hunting with my wife."
"What's he stuffed with," ...
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| The Worst
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
-- Aristotle
| Philosophy |
| Ice Fishing
A blonde who got a fishing rod for her birthday decided to go ice fishing to make good use of her gift. Early the next morning, she got all her gear together and headed out to the ice.
When she reached her final destination, she cut a large hole in the ...
| Humor |
| Double Threat
On August 17th, 1984, Hall-of-Famer Pete Rose returned to the Cincinnati Reds as a player-manager and gets 2 hits.
| Sports Facts |
| The Woman Who Fears the Lord
Proverbs 31:10-11
10 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain
| Bible |
| Accepting Ideas
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
-- Aristotle
| Philosophy |
| Past Due
A customer sent an order to a distributor for a large amount of goods totaling a great deal of money.
The distributor noticed that the previous bill hadn't been paid. The collections manager left a voice-mail for them saying, "We can't ship your new order ...
| Humor |
| A Cautionary Tale
On August 16th, 1920, Ray Chapman of the Indians is hit in head by a pitch from the Yankees' Carl Mays. Chapman died the next day, the only Major League fatality.
| Sports Facts |
| Endurance
Hebrews 12:3
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
| Bible |
| Character to Follow
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
-- Epictetus
| Philosophy |
| Milk Bath
A blonde named Gloria heard that milk baths would make you beautiful so she left a note for her milkman Alan to leave 15 gallons of milk.
When Alan read the note, he felt there must be a mistake so he knocked on the door to clarify the order.
Gloria ...
| Humor |
| August 15th, 1964
On this day in 1964, American Ralph Boston set the then record in the long jump record at 27' 3½".
| Sports Facts |
| The Body as a Temple
1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?
| Bible |
| Generations
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
-- George Orwell
| Philosophy |
| President Carter
Back in the day President Jimmy Carter was speaking at a business lunch in Tokyo, where he decided to open his speech with a brief joke.
He told the joke, then waited for the translator to announce the Japanese version. Even though the story was quite short, ...
| Humor |
| Miracle Mets' Low Point
On August 14th, 1969, the New York Mets fall 9½ games back of the Chicago Cubs in baseball's National Leage pennant chase. The Mets would rally to win pennant anyway.
| Sports Facts |
| Bodily Training
1 Timothy 4:8
For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
| Bible |
| The Price
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
-- Vince Lombardi
| Philosophy |
| Disney World
Two blondes had driven across the country to see Disney World in Florida.
As they approached it and got onto the final stretch of highway, they saw a sign saying "Disney World Left!"
After thinking for a minute, the driver blonde said "Oh well!" and ...
| Humor |
| August 13th, 1948
On this day in 1948, Negro League legend Satchel Paige, at 42, pitches his 1st complete game in Major League Baseball.
| Sports Facts |
| Prudence
Proverbs 19:14
House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
| Bible |
| Value
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
-- Albert Einstein
| Philosophy |
| Oneupsmanship
An F-111 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber.
The message for the B-52 crew was, "Anything you can do, I can do better."
Not to be outdone, the bomber pilot announced ...
| Humor |
| August 12, 1970
On this day in 1970, the St. Louis Cardinals' Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball. Even so, free agency in baseball started four years later.
| Sports Facts |