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| The First Husband
A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly departed mother and started back toward his car when his attention was diverted to another man kneeling at a grave. The man seemed to be praying with profound intensity and kept repeating, "Why did you have ...
| Humor |
| Vexation of Fools
Proverbs 12:16
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.
| Bible |
| Do Your Best
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
-- Og Mandino
| Philosophy |
| August 5th, 1967
On this day in 1967, the Denver Broncos beats Detroit 13-7 to mark the 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team.
| Sports Facts |
| Meaningless
Ecclesiastes 1:2
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
| Bible |
| Unleashed
A lawyer's dog, running around town unleashed, heads for a butcher shop and steals a roast. The butcher goes to the lawyer's office and asks, "if a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store, do I have a right to demand payment for the meat ...
| Humor |
| Moving On
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
-Theodore Roosevelt
| Philosophy |
| August 4th, 1989
On this day in 1989, the Toronto Blue Jays' Dave Steib had his perfect game broken up with 2 outs in the 9th inning by the New York Yankee's Roberto Kelly.
| Sports Facts |
| Giving Up
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
-- Thomas A. Edison
| Philosophy |
| Death to Life
John 5:24
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
| Bible |
| Slow Down or Stop
A man was driving down a local street one day and approached a stop sign. He barely slowed down and ran right through the stop sign after glancing for traffic.
What the driver didn't know was that a policeman was watching the intersection. The policeman ...
| Humor |
| Women
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
| Philosophy |
| Black Sox Freed
On August 3rd, 1921, the 8 Chicago White Sox accused in the Black Sox scandal were acquitted due to a technicality; however, Baseball Commissioner Judge Landis threw the players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, out of baseball.
| Sports Facts |
| Not to Condemn
John 3:16-17
16 “For God so loved the world,[i] that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved ...
| Bible |
| Mrs.Clinton
Last summer, the President and Mrs. Clinton were vacationing in their home state of Arkansas. On a venture one day, they stopped at a service station to fill up the car with gas. It seemed that the owner of the station was once Hillary's high school love.
They ...
| Humor |
| Respect
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
-William Lyon Phelps
| Philosophy |
| August 2, 1907
On this day in 1907, Walter "Big Train" Johnson, 19 debuted with the Washington Senators, losing 3-2 to the Detroit Tigers.
| Sports Facts |
| Look at the Heart
1 Samuel 16:7
The Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
| Bible |
| Jesus had Long Hair
A young man comes home and says "Dad, just got my driver's license and would like to use the family car."
Father replies: "O.K., son. But, first, you have to get good grades in school, keep your room clean, make the yard is neat, and cut your hair. Come ...
| Humor |
| Fitness
Fitness needs to be perceived as fun and games or we subconsciously avoid it.
-Alan Thicke
| Philosophy |
| August 1, 1945
On this day in 1945, the New York Giants' Mel Ott became the 1st in National Leaguer to hit 500 home runs, joining Babe Ruth & Jimmy Foxx in the club.
| Sports Facts |
| By Grace
Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which ...
| Bible |
| At the Funeral
There was a Packers fan with a really terrible seat at Lambeau Field. Looking with his binoculars, he spotted an empty seat on the 50-yard line. Thinking to himself "what a waste" he made his way down to the empty seat.
When he arrived at the seat, he asked ...
| Humor |
| Marriage
Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.
-James Dobson
| Philosophy |
| July 31st, 1978
On this day in 1978, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds tied the National League record hitting streak at 44 games, a streak that ended in Rose's next game.
| Sports Facts |