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| Know Your Limits
A police recruit was asked during the exam, "What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?"
He answered, "Call for backup."
| Humor |
| August 24, 1968
It's a sure sign that a baseball game isn't going well when a manager puts a position player on the mound, but on this day in 1968, somebody forgot to tell Yankee outfielder Rocky Colavito. He pitched 2 2/3 innings & beats Tigers 6-5 then played right field ...
| Sports Facts |
| Accommodating Family
Genesis 13:8-9
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; ...
| Bible |
| God Answers Prayers
There was an old man sitting on his porch watching the rain fall. Pretty soon the water was coming over the porch and into the house.
The old man was still sitting there when a rescue boat came and the people on board said, "You can't stay here you have ...
| Humor |
| Golfing Debt
Many Japanese golfers carry "hole-in-one" insurance, because it is traditional in Japan to share one's good luck by sending gifts to all your friends when you get an "ace." The price for what the Japanese term an "albatross" can often reach $10,000.
| Sports Facts |
| Hamilton on Christianity
I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of ...
| Philosophy |
| The Value of Perseverance
James 1:2-3
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
| Bible |
| Home Butt Hiding
A new pastor was visiting the homes of his parishioners.
At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a card and wrote "Revelation 3:20" on the back of it and stuck ...
| Humor |
| Par not on Target
Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.
| Sports Facts |
| Becoming Less Free
Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
-- Harry Browne ...
| Philosophy |
| Increasing Discipleship
Acts 6:2-4, 7
2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables."
3/4 "Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known ...
| Bible |
| Biggest Fish Story
Ken Fraser caught the world’s biggest Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia back on October 26, 1979. He landed the 1,496 pound fish in an impressive 45 minutes.
| Sports Facts |
| Knock Knock Nana
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Nana.
Nana who?
Nana your business!
| Humor |
| Getting the Guns
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
-- William S. Burroughs
| Philosophy |
| A Noble Wife
Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
| Bible |
| Game Called on Account of Wild Game
In 1936, a Sparrow stopped a game when a ball hit it in mid-flight, and killed it. The Sparrow is currently on display at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
| Sports Facts |
| Military Service
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.
-- John F. Kennedy
| Philosophy |
| Basic Training Humor
A novice drill instructor was escorting new recruits to the mess hall. After everyone had made it through the chow line, he sat them down and told them, "There are three rules in this mess hall: Shut up! Eat up! Get up!"
Checking to see that he had everyone's ...
| Humor |
| Jesus' Gift and Charge to Us
Romans 1:5-7
5 Through Jesus Christ we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake.
6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7 To all ...
| Bible |
| Godspeed
The nuns at a small convent were happy to learn that an anonymous donor had left his modest estate to them. Each nun had been left $50 in cash to give away as she saw fit.
Each nun announced how she would spend her bequest. Sister Catherine Ann decided ...
| Humor |
| U.S. Netters Champs at Home
Playing on home soil always seems to bring out the best in most sportsmen and women, but in tennis the U.S. Open has been a story of almost total domination for the United States.
In fact, since it was first staged in 1881, there have only been six years ...
| Sports Facts |
| Abram Freed
Genesis 12:17-19
17 But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
18/19 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? Why did you say, ...
| Bible |
| First Steps
Behind every step of humanity’s long climb from the cave to New York City, there is the man who took that step for the first time - the man who discovered how to make a fire or a wheel or an airplane or an electric light.
-- Why Businessmen Need Philosophy ...
| Philosophy |
| Absent Fathers
There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.
Anthony Edwards
| Philosophy |
| Navajo Wisdom
A woman is driving home in
Northern Arizona when she
comes upon a Navajo woman hitchhiking.
Because the trip has been long and quiet,
she stops the car and the Navajo woman
climbs in.
During their small talk, the Navajo
woman glances surreptitiously
at ...
| Humor |