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| Why Jesus Can Help
Hebrews 2:18
Because Jesus himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
| Bible |
| How to Win Some Fosters
Three Aussie guys were working on a high-rise building project - Steve, Bruce and Kevin.
Steve falls off and is killed instantly.
As the ambulance takes the body away, Bruce says, "Someone should go and tell his wife."
Kevin says, "OK, I'm pretty ...
| Humor |
| March 16th, 1994
On this day in 1994, American skating champion Tonya Harding plead guilty to a felony attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan. Despite this, she maintains to this day she had no knowledge of what her husband was planning to do to Kerrigan.
| Sports Facts |
| On Intellectuals and Policy
Crime rates have soared as the theories of criminologists were put into practice; educational test scores have plummeted as new educational theories were tried. Indeed, no small part of the intellectual’s achievement has been in keeping empirical verification ...
| Philosophy |
| Jesus Helps His Brothers
Hebrews 2:16-17
16 For surely it is not angels that Jesus helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham.
17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of ...
| Bible |
| Jamaican Red-Head
Q: What do you get when you cross a Jamaican and a red-headed girl?
A: A gingerbread mon!
| Humor |
| March 15th, 1967
On this day in 1967, Wilt Chamberlain is given two technical fouls and ejected from the game. So what, you ask? Well, this was the only time in his career he was ever forced to leave a game in his career.
| Sports Facts |
| War
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
-- George S. Patton
| Philosophy |
| Fear of Death
Hebrews 2:14-15
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of ...
| Bible |
| The Present
After being away on business, Tim thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift.
"How about some perfume?" he asked the cosmetics clerk.
She showed him a bottle costing $50.00.
"That's a bit much," said Tim, so she returned with a smaller ...
| Humor |
| March 14th, 1976
On this day in 1976, jockey Bill Shoemaker posts his 7,000th career victory, aboard Royal Derby II, in the fifth race at Santa Anita Park.
| Sports Facts |
| Unlimited Power
It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited power.
-- John Adams
| Philosophy |
| Brothers
Hebrews 2:11-13
11-12 That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”
13 And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again, “Behold, ...
| Bible |
| March 13th, 1915
On this day in 1915, Brooklyn Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit instead!
| Sports Facts |
| Bird Brains
Q: When should you buy a bird?
A: When it’s going cheep!
Q: How does a bird with a broken wing manage to land safely?
A: With its sparrowchute.
| Humor |
| Tax Cuts
A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.
-- John F. Kennedy
| Philosophy |
| Founder of Salvation
Hebrews 2:10-11
10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have ...
| Bible |
| Bonus: A little recession-era humor to brighten the day...
The economy is so bad:
- I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail
- McDonald’s is selling the 1/4 ‘ouncer’
- Motel Six won’t leave the light on anymore
- CEO’s are now playing miniature golf
| Humor |
| March 12th, 1992
On this day in 1992, Moses Malone passed Oscar Robertson to become 4th highest scorer in NBA history - Kareem, Wilt, and Elvin Hayes are the only ones to top him.
| Sports Facts |
| Keynesian Humor
Q: Why was John Maynard Keynes against the tuberculosis vaccine?
A: It reduces consumption.
| Humor |
| Man's Basic Vice
Rationality is man’s basic virtue, the source of all his other virtues. Man’s basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which is not blindness, but the refusal to see, not ignorance, but ...
| Philosophy |
| Glory and Honor
Hebrews 2:8-9
8 Now in putting everything in subjection to him, God left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.
9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, ...
| Bible |
| Little Johnny and the Staircase
Little Johnny and Suzy have nothing to do one day while in the house playing. All of a sudden, Johnny gets this great idea. "Let's take turns sliding down the banister rail!" he suggests.
"Oh no," answers Suzy, "That is way too scary."
"No, it is not," ...
| Humor |
| March 11, 1917
On this day in 1917, in the 1st NHL Championship game ever played, the Toronto Arenas beat the Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st game of a 2 game set.
| Sports Facts |
| Life Planning
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
-- Jim Rohn
| Philosophy |