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| Training Children
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
| Bible |
| Truly Blessed
I existed on my own terms. I was different my entire life. Some called me divergent, wild, crazy, unpredictable and unconformed—an apostate to the rules of the majority. I called myself God’s creation and found purpose in the madness. When that day came, I ...
| Philosophy |
| Bottoms Up
Q. Why do ducks fly over the University of Texas upside down?
A. There's nothing worth crapping on down below!
| Humor |
| November 9th, 1912
On this day in 1912, the lateral is used as an offensive weapon in football for the first time by Worcester Tech coach William F. Carney. Carney’s team beats Amherst 14-13.
| Sports Facts |
| The Message
1 Corinthians 2:4-5
And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
| Bible |
| Freedom without Effort
Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, ...
| Philosophy |
| You know you are a blond II...
You know you are a blond if
you believe Testicles are found on an octopus
you think an umbilical cord is part of a parachute
you believe a diaphragm is a drawing in geometry
| Humor |
| November 8th, 1986
On this day in 1986, Tulsa’s Steve Gage is the first quarterback to rush and pass for 200 yards in a game. Gage rushes for 212 and passes for 209 in a 34-27 triumph over New Mexico.
| Sports Facts |
| Bringing Up Children
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
| Bible |
| Silence
To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
| Philosophy |
| You're a Blonde I...
You know you are a blond if:
you believe "Spread Eagle" is an extinct bird
you think a G-string is part of a violin
you think Anus is the Latin word for yearly
| Humor |
| What a Bohr
Harald Bohr (brother of Niels Bohr) was a mathematician and a football player. His popularity as a footballer was such that when he defended his doctoral thesis the audience was reported as having more football fans than mathematicians.
| Sports Facts |
| Teaching Material
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
| Bible |
| Fighting Reality
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
-- R. Buckminster Fuller
| Philosophy |
| Go Texans
Q: Why do Houston Texans fans keep their season tickets on their dashboards?
A: So they can park in handicap spaces.
| Humor |
| November 6th, 1992
On this day in 1992, Manon Rheaume of the Atlanta Knights becomes the first woman to suit up for a regular-season pro hockey game. The 20-year-old goalie doesn’t play in Atlanta’s 3-2 overtime loss to Cincinnati in the IHL game.
| Sports Facts |
| Intelligent Heart
Proverbs 18:15
An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
| Bible |
| Action
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what ...
| Philosophy |
| Cleveland
Q: Why do the Cleveland Browns want to change their name to the Cleveland Tampons?
A: Because they are only good for one period and do not have a second string!
| Humor |
| Nazi Geniuses
Head Nazi heel Adoph Hitler grew to hate soccer because it couldn’t be fixed to ensure German victory over non-Germans.
Decades later, a Greek soccer player, Giorgos Katidis, was given a life ban for giving the Nazi salute after his winning goal during ...
| Sports Facts |
| Work for the Lord
Proverbs 16:3
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
| Bible |
| Try Again
If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your ...
| Philosophy |
| Knock Knock Figs
Girl: Knock, knock.
Boy: Who’s there?
Girl: Figs.
Boy: Figs who?
Girl: Figs the doorbell, it’s broken!
| Humor |
| November 4th, 2000
On this day in 2000, in the highest scoring Division I-AA game in NCAA history, Ricky Ray passes for 344 yards and three touchdowns and scores three more to lead Sacramento State over Cal State Northridge 64-61.
| Sports Facts |
| Do Not be Conformed
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
| Bible |