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| Eternal Life
John 10:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Jesus: I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
| Bible |
| March 12th, 1966
On this day in 1966, Bobby Hull scores his 51st goal of season to set the then NHL record for goals in a season.
| Sports Facts |
| Lion Tamer
A ringmaster runs an ad for a lion tamer and two people show up. One is a retired golfer in his late sixties and the other is a gorgeous blonde in her mid-twenties.
The ringmaster tells them, "I'm not going to sugar coat it. This is one ferocious lion. ...
| Humor |
| Limiters of Happiness
When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness ...
| Philosophy |
| The Gift
Acts 2:38
Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
| Bible |
| March 11th, 1979
On this day in 1979, Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a single NHL hockey game, a sport in which, for the uninitiated the game lasts 60 minutes.
| Sports Facts |
| Thunderstorm
One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?"
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring ...
| Humor |
| Friends
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
-- Ulysses S. Grant
| Philosophy |
| God's Radiance
Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
| Bible |
| March 10th, 1991
On this day in 1991, Eddie Sutton becomes the first NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into the men's basketball tournament.
| Sports Facts |
| Better Off Ted Humor
Phil: Did you put hydrochloric acid in this mug?
Lem: Oh yeah, I was trying to get the stains out.
Phil: You know soap would work. And it wouldn’t kill someone if they accidentally drank it.
Lem: But soap leaves a film.
| Humor |
| Face the Sunshine
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
-- Helen Keller
| Philosophy |
| Sons of the Father
Matthew 5:45
So that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
| Bible |
| No Va
On March 9th, 1946, Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in the Mexican Baseball League. He refuses and the rest is history.
| Sports Facts |
| Bear Jokes
Q: Why is polar bear cheap to have as a pet?
A: It lives on ice!
Q: How do Teddies keep their houses cool in summer?
A: They use bear conditioning.
| Humor |
| March 8th, 1989
On this day in 1989, America Roger Kingdom runs an indoor world record 60M Hurdles race in 7.37 seconds.
| Sports Facts |
| Music
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
-- Plato
| Philosophy |
| Hugh Jump
Q: Can a kangaroo jump higher than the Empire State Building?
A: Of course. The Empire State Building can't jump.
| Humor |
| Seeing Greater Things
John 1:47-50
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called ...
| Bible |
| March 7th, 1987
1987 - Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar becomes the first cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs.
| Sports Facts |
| The Paranoid
This paranoid Islam, which blames outsider, 'infidels', for all the ills of Muslim societies, and whose proposed remedy is the closing of those societies to the rival project of modernity, is presently the fastest growing version of Islam in the world.
-- ...
| Philosophy |
| Dr.'s Appointment
A lady comes home from her doctor's appointment grinning from ear to ear and her husband asks, "Why are you so happy?"
The wife says, "The doctor told me that for a forty-five year old woman, I have the breasts of a eighteen year old."
"Oh yeah?" quipped ...
| Humor |
| Finding Peter
John 1:40-42
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah”. And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus ...
| Bible |
| March 6th, 1985
On this day in 1985, a young, fit Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in the 1st round in his debut professional fight.
| Sports Facts |
| Sorrow
My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane.
-- Robert Frost
| Philosophy |