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| Moses Flees Egypt
Acts 7:26-29
26 The next day Moses was walking among the Israelites again when he observed a fight - but this time, it was between two Israelites. He intervened and tried to reconcile the men. “You two are brothers,” he said. “Why do you attack each other?” ...
| Bible |
| External Influences
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
-- Marcus Aurelius
| Philosophy |
| September 11, 1985
On this day in 1985, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds achieved hit number 4,192 to break the decades-old record held by Ty Cobb. As of 2013, Rose is still banned from baseball for betting on games.
| Sports Facts |
| You Might be a Taliban if...
...You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer.
...You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.
...You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
...You can't think ...
| Humor |
| Moses' Call
Acts 7:23-25
23 When he reached the age of 40, his heart drew him to visit his kinfolk, our ancestors, the Israelites.
24 During his visit, he saw one of our people being wronged, and he took sides with our people by killing an Egyptian.
25 He thought ...
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| Rembering 9/11, 12 Years Later
The planes were hijacked, the buildings fell, and thousands of lives were lost nearly a thousand miles from here. But the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were an attack on the heart of America.
And standing here in the heartland of America, ...
| Philosophy |
| Hot Air Rises
The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. It is part of a class of aircraft known as balloon aircraft. On November 21, 1783, in Annonay, France, the first untethered manned flight was performed by Jean-François Pilâtre ...
| Sports Facts |
| Immigration Policy
Q: What does Barack Obama call illegal aliens?
A: Undocumented Democrats.
| Humor |
| Moses Born into Persecution
Acts 7:20-22
20/21 ...Moses was raised for three months in his father’s home, and then he was abandoned as the brutal regime required. However, Pharaoh’s daughter found, adopted, and raised him as her own son.
22 So Moses learned the culture and wisdom ...
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| Real Equality
Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
-- Barry ...
| Philosophy |
| A Very Big Mouth
Japanese angler Manabu Kurita, 32, caught a 22lb 5oz, 29 inches (10.12 kilograms and 73.5 centimeters) largemouth Bass, on Lake Biwa in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan
| Sports Facts |
| Quick Diagnoses
A young man had completed medical school, then he went back home to the small town to work with his father. They went out the first day to make house calls.
As they went in the first house the father said, "Now you just watch me so you will know what to ...
| Humor |
| The Jews Suffer in Egypt
Acts 7:18-20
18 Eventually a new king came to power - one who had not known Joseph when he was the most powerful man in Egypt.
19 This new leader feared the growing population of our ancestors and manipulated them for his own benefit, eventually seeking ...
| Bible |
| What Should Be Done
The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.
-- Ross Perot
| Philosophy |
| Frisbee Record
The record for longest frisbee throw was set in 2003 by Erin Hemmings it still stands at an astonishing 1,333 feet, more than a quarter mile.
| Sports Facts |
| Knock Knock Cash
Boy: Knock Knock!
Girl: Who’s there?
Boy: Cash!
Girl: Cash who?
Boy: No thanks, but I’d like some peanuts!
| Humor |
| Joseph Earned Trust
Acts 7:10 - God gave Joseph the favor and wisdom to overcome each adversity and eventually to win the confidence and respect of his captors, including Pharaoh, the king of Egypt himself. So Pharaoh entrusted his whole nation and his whole household to Joseph’s ...
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| Essence of America
The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
-- Condoleezza Rice
| Philosophy |
| September 7, 1986
On this day in 1986, the Cleveland Browns became the 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay. The Browns scored when the call was ruled in their favor but lost the game. Chicago 41, Browns 31
| Sports Facts |
| What's in a Name?
There were two farmers that had been friends for years. One had a son, the other a daughter. Eventually, the two kids started dating. All was well until the girl's father went to his friends house one day and said that the two kids had to stop dating.
"Well, ...
| Humor |
| Eat and Multiply
Genesis 9:3,7
3 "Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I (God) gave you the green plants, I now give you everything."
7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”
| Bible |
| Mexican Food
Never eat Mexican food east of Mississippi or north of Dallas.
-- Lyle Lovett
| Philosophy |
| Somebody Poisoned the Water Hole
The farmer's wife went to the doctor one day and told him that her husband wasn't performing in the bedroom anymore because he couldn't "rise to the occasion". The doctor goes through his case of sample drugs and hands her a bottle of pills. He tells her to ...
| Humor |
| Unicycle Hip Hop
The record for most single jumps on a unicycle while double-dutch jump roping belongs to King Charles Troupe member Kim Anthony Jones. Jones completed 164 single jumps on a unicycle while jump roping during a stop on the RecordSetter.com book tour.
| Sports Facts |
| Accounting for Human Lives
Genesis 9:5-6
5 ..."from each human being, too, I (God) will demand an accounting for the life of another human being."
6 “Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God has God made mankind."
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