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Jonah: SAVE THE WHALES Uriah: TAKE A HITTITE TO LUNCH Israelites: HONK IF YOU LOVE MOSES Cain: CELEBRATE NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WEEK Lot: IF YOU CAN SEE SODOM, YOU’RE TOO CLOSE Elijah: MY OTHER CHARIOT ROLLS Joshua: JERICHO MUST GO Goliath: VOTE TO BAN SLINGSHOTS Canaanites: VOTE NO ON THE SECOND…

Midweek Quiz on “who” invented each of the following. Give yourself bonus points if you also know the first name. 1. ____________ = Phonograph 2. ____________ = Safety Razor 3. ____________ = Telephone 4. ____________ = Law of Heredity 5. ____________ = Revolver 6. ____________ = Railway Sleeping Car 7.…

We live in a technological age so am thinking of revising our Sunday worship. It would go like this: WELCOME: “Praise the Lord!” “Hallelujah!” HYMN: “Download YouTube iTunes songs from the OurChurch.Com channel to be listened to at your leisure during the week c-l-i-c-k-s…… SERMON: “Will everyone please turn on…

[These are MORE “answers” to Bible questions – some a little too clever to be “spontaneous”, but as Art Linkletter would remind us, “Kids say the darndest things”] IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESS, GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF. ADAM…

Amazing stats on personal habits, choices and character. Where do YOU fit in? Tom Corley [RichHabitsInstitute.com] outlines a few of the differences between the habits of the rich and the poor in the USA: 70% of wealthy eat less than 300 junk food calories per day 97% of poor people…

[Bob in Lusk, Wyoming, shared this story] In Wyoming, an old cowboy walked into the barbershop for a shave and a haircut. He told the barber he couldn’t get all his whiskers off because his cheeks were wrinkled from age. The barber got a little wooden ball from a cup…

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “Its A Wonderful Life” A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state’s third…

Midweek Quiz Time! I will give you a famous phrase and you answer with the first person who used or made it famous. Sounds simple. Not. Example: “I want to be alone” would be the famous actress Greta Garbo, 1. __________ = “The only thing we have to fear is…

[Have heard these as “facts” but cannot verify the truth in any. And don’t need to. Just neat to consider and think they are true. More tomorrow] Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. There…

Always cool to boast about reading books to your friends. These are the SHORTEST books in the world; read them all in a few minutes! MY PLAN TO FIND THE REAL KILLERS (by O J Simpson) THE ENGINEER’S GUIDE TO FASHION HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCES IN CHINA THINGS I WOULD NOT…

Tim Challies shared his reflections on the “Strange Fire Conference” this past fall. John MacArthur opened the 2013 “Strange Fire” conference, and then, for the second session introduced Joni Eareckson Tada as a friend and former member of his church. She was at the conference to share her testimony of…

A man who had previously been a sailor, was aware that ships are addressed as “she” and “her”. He often wondered what gender computers should be addressed. To answer that question, he asked two groups to consider the matter (one group comprised of women and the second of men). Each…

Quiz for mid-week. Can you name the CITIES in which these world-famous streets are located? Some are easy; some challenging. 1. _______ = Les Champs Elysees 2. _______ = Wall Street 3. _______ = Sunset Boulevard 4. _______ = Via Venito 5. _______ = Peachtree Street 6. _______ = Nevsky…