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| Messiah's Fire
Luke 3:16-18
16 "The Messiah will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
17 His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
18 And with ...
| Bible |
| December 26, 1960
On this day in 1960, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Green Bay Packers 17-13 to win the NFL championship. Ted Dean scored a touchdown in the final quarter to provide the Eagles with the winning margin. This was the only playoff game that Vince Lombardi ...
| Sports Facts |
| Office Party
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.
-- Phyllis Diller
| Humor |
| Christmas Connections
It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to ...
| Philosophy |
| Not the Messiah
Luke 3:15-16
15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah.
16 John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose ...
| Bible |
| December 25, 2004
On this day in 2004, the NBA on Christmas Day was taken to a whole new level. The Miami Heat visited the Los Angeles Lakers in a game that had more hype than regular season NBA game in recent memory. Shaquille O'Neal had been traded from the Lakers to the ...
| Sports Facts |
| The Ancient Dream
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.
-- Lucinda Franks
| Philosophy |
| December 24, 1950
On this day in 1950, the Cleveland Browns won their first NFL title. Nearly 30,000 people went berserk when the final horn sounded on the 30-28 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. The Browns scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, including Lou Groza's ...
| Sports Facts |
| Tax Collectors and Soldiers
Luke 3:12-14
12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
13 “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them.
14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”
He replied, “Don’t ...
| Bible |
| Nativity Scene
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.
-- Jay Leno
| Humor |
| December 23, 1972
It was on this day in 1972 that the “Immaculate Reception” was made by Steelers running back Franco Harris.
The play occurred when the Steelers faced a fourth-and-10 from their own 40-yard line with 22 seconds remaining, no time-outs and trailing 7-6. ...
| Sports Facts |
| Jolly St. Nick
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
-- George Carlin
| Philosophy |
| What To Do
Luke 3:10-11
10 What should we do then?” the crowd asked the Baptist.
11 John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”
| Bible |
| The Difference
Q: How do you tell the difference between a walrus and a banana?
A: I don't know but you better find out because if you try to peel a walrus, watch out!
| Humor |
| Brown Dynasty
On this day in 1946, the Cleveland Browns defeated the New York Yankees 14-9 to win the first All-America Football Conference championship. The Browns would win the AAFC title from 1946 through 1949. After the league folded and they moved to the NFL, the Browns ...
| Sports Facts |
| Christmas Stockings
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
-- Gilbert K. Chesterton
| Philosophy |
| Different Ways
Mortal: What is a million years like to you?
God: Like one second.
Mortal: What is a million dollars like to you?
God: Like one penny.
Mortal: Can I have a penny?
God: Just a second.
| Humor |
| The Ax at the Roots
Luke 3:8-9
John the Baptist: "do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
9 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not ...
| Bible |
| December 21, 1891
On this day in 1891, the first basketball game was played at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. James Naismith invented the game during his tenure as a physical education instructor at the YMCA. There were a total of 18 students that participated in the ...
| Sports Facts |
| Friendships
Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
| Philosophy |
| Raindrops
Q: What did one raindrop say to the other?
A: Two's company, three's a cloud!
| Humor |
| Brood of Vipers
Luke 3:7-8
7 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance."
| Bible |
| Weak Sympathy
However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbors, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account.
-- Neville Chamberlain
| Philosophy |
| Paving the Way
Luke 3:16
1/2 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during ...
| Bible |
| Fast Skating
Since 1998, when the "clap" skate was officially approved for Olympic competition, speed skating records have been regularly broken. The new skate was a technological breakthrough in which the blade actually detaches from the heel of the skate, allowing it ...
| Sports Facts |