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| Striving for Rest
Hebrews 4:11-13
11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of ...
| Bible |
| Victim Mentality
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
-- Harvey Fierstein
| Philosophy |
| Hillary Humor
President Obama said Hillary Clinton is approaching one million frequent flier miles in her job as Secretary of State. Though even that can't get her upgraded to the seat she really wants.
Hillary Clinton says she and her family stay in touch by e-mailing ...
| Humor |
| Dodger Day
On April 23rd, 1958, the newly relocated Los Angeles Dodgers' Gil Hodges hit his 300th career homer and Pee Wee Reese played in his 2,000th game.
| Sports Facts |
| Resting on the Sabbath
Hebrews 4:8-10
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God[b] would not have spoken of another day later on.
9/10 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did ...
| Bible |
| Introducing the Babe
On April 22nd, 1914, Babe Ruth's starts his 1st professional game as a pitcher and cleans up with a 6-hit, 6-0 win.
| Sports Facts |
| Information
Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.
-- Ronald Reagan
| Philosophy |
| Some Will Enter His Rest
Hebrews 4:4-7
4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.”
5 And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest.”
6/7 Since therefore it remains for some to enter ...
| Bible |
| Capitals
There was a blonde who just got sick and tired of all the blonde jokes. One evening, she went home and memorized all the state capitals. Back in the office the next day, some guy started telling a dumb blonde joke.
The blonde interrupted him with a shrill ...
| Humor |
| Slow Sports Day
On April 21st, 1967, the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered their 1st rain out in Chavez Ravine, this after 737 consecutive games.
| Sports Facts |
| Blind Patriotism
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
-- Malcolm X
| Philosophy |
| Entering His Rest
Hebrews 4:1-3
1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.
2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because ...
| Bible |
| Texas
A cowboy rode into town and stopped at a saloon for a drink. The locals had a habit of picking on strangers, so when he finished his drink, he found his horse had been stolen. He went back into the bar, handily flipped his gun into the air, caught it above ...
| Humor |
| Leading by Example
On April 20th, 1920, Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter. His 3- run homer beat the New York Giants 3-0.
| Sports Facts |
| Remembrance
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance ...
| Bible |
| Easter
Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
-- T. D. Jakes
| Philosophy |
| The Resurrection
John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.'
| Bible |
| Taking Care
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
| Philosophy |
| Beantown Run
On April 19th, 1897, the first annual Boston Marathon was held. It was the first race of its type in the U.S.
| Sports Facts |
| The Wonderful Brain
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
-- Robert Frost
| Humor |
| Spring
Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
-- Yoko Ono
| Philosophy |
| April 18th, 1982
On this day in 1982, the Atlanta Braves win their record 11th straight opening game, this time beating the Houston Astros.
| Sports Facts |
| No Dancing
Q: Why can't Barack Obama dance?
A: Because he has two leftist feet.
| Humor |
| Cost of Rebellion
Hebrews 3:16-19
16 For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses?
17 And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
18 And to ...
| Bible |
| Wage Slave
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.
-- Joseph Campbell
| Philosophy |