With the many recent convictions, crimes, and charges, consider these facts and try to identify the organization they represent:
36 have been accused of spousal abuse.
7 have been arrested for fraud.
19 have been accused of writing bad checks.
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses.
3 have done time for assault.
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit.
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges.
8 have been arrested for shoplifting.
21 currently are defendants in lawsuits.
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year.
Can you guess which organization this is?
NBA, NFL, or.........?
It's neither . It's the 435 members of the United States Congress. The same people we trust to make laws every year have problems abiding by the ones already in place.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Famous Words and Phrases
136. "Seek and ye shall find." These oft-quoted words of Jesus come from his Sermon on the Mount in Mathew 7:7. It is still generally used as advice or encouragement to those who need to be seeking.
137. "A wolf in sheep's clothing." Jesus created this phrase in Mathew 7:15 to describe religious leaders who appear righteous on the outside but are actually evil on the inside. We still use it to describe hypocrites or those who portray goodness while intending evil.
138. "The faith to move mountains." Although not currently used quite as often as it was in the Twentieth century, the phrase refers to the power of belief. The words were first said by the Lord Jesus in Mathew 17:20 when He was talking to his disciples about healing the sick and the demon possessed.
139. "The blind leading the blind." Jesus coined this phrase in Mathew 15:14 when describing false teachers who insist they know the truth but do not, therefore leading innocent people astray. In our culture we generally use it as a negative descriptor for the self-important and self-deluded.
140. "Do not throw pearls before swine." Jesus' words in Mathew 7:6 urge believers to take care with their message: it is not necessary to teach to those who are openly hostile to the Gospel. A person wouldn't throw precious pearls to pigs, and Christians shouldn't throw the gift of salvation to those who will only turn around and attack them.
141. "Eat, drink, and be merry." was a phrase created by Jesus in Luke 12 while telling a cautionary tale about a rich fool who thought the rest of his life was set. The fool died that very night. The words are still generally used in the sarcastic or perjorative sense.
142. "The straight and narrow." Following the small, less traveled path leads to the narrow gate of life. In Mathew 7:14, Jesus cautioned his followers against following the more glamorous, broad, and well-traveled path that led to a wide gate full of destruction.
143. "A good Samaritan." Someone who goes out of the way to help another can be likened to the famed character of Jesus' parable in Luke 10:30-37. The hero acts for the good of another with no thought to his own situation.
144. "Sweating blood" is a phrase used to describe someone going through a very difficult time. The etymology of the word relates back to Luke 22:44, Christ's anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane caused Him to sweat blood-something physicians say is, in fact, possible for those enduring great duress.
145: "The forbidden fruit" is one of many Old Testament phrases still used regularly in the English language. The original "forbidden fruit" was the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve were instructed to stay away from it in
137. "A wolf in sheep's clothing." Jesus created this phrase in Mathew 7:15 to describe religious leaders who appear righteous on the outside but are actually evil on the inside. We still use it to describe hypocrites or those who portray goodness while intending evil.
138. "The faith to move mountains." Although not currently used quite as often as it was in the Twentieth century, the phrase refers to the power of belief. The words were first said by the Lord Jesus in Mathew 17:20 when He was talking to his disciples about healing the sick and the demon possessed.
139. "The blind leading the blind." Jesus coined this phrase in Mathew 15:14 when describing false teachers who insist they know the truth but do not, therefore leading innocent people astray. In our culture we generally use it as a negative descriptor for the self-important and self-deluded.
140. "Do not throw pearls before swine." Jesus' words in Mathew 7:6 urge believers to take care with their message: it is not necessary to teach to those who are openly hostile to the Gospel. A person wouldn't throw precious pearls to pigs, and Christians shouldn't throw the gift of salvation to those who will only turn around and attack them.
141. "Eat, drink, and be merry." was a phrase created by Jesus in Luke 12 while telling a cautionary tale about a rich fool who thought the rest of his life was set. The fool died that very night. The words are still generally used in the sarcastic or perjorative sense.
142. "The straight and narrow." Following the small, less traveled path leads to the narrow gate of life. In Mathew 7:14, Jesus cautioned his followers against following the more glamorous, broad, and well-traveled path that led to a wide gate full of destruction.
143. "A good Samaritan." Someone who goes out of the way to help another can be likened to the famed character of Jesus' parable in Luke 10:30-37. The hero acts for the good of another with no thought to his own situation.
144. "Sweating blood" is a phrase used to describe someone going through a very difficult time. The etymology of the word relates back to Luke 22:44, Christ's anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane caused Him to sweat blood-something physicians say is, in fact, possible for those enduring great duress.
145: "The forbidden fruit" is one of many Old Testament phrases still used regularly in the English language. The original "forbidden fruit" was the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve were instructed to stay away from it in
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Interesting Facts About Women III
The average U.S. woman has a height of 5 feet and 4 inches. As for the weight, the average is about 165 pounds. This is 35 or more pounds overweight for the height and build of the average North American women and gender plays a large roll. This number will vary a lot in the world, thanks to the many differences in prenatal care and nutrition.
Almost everywhere in the world, women have a higher life expectancy than men do.
Worldwide, there are more males than females (100 men vs approx 98.6 women). In the U.S., women out number men by an average of about 4 million. As for the people which have more than 85 years, women are about twice as many as men and that increases with age.
27% of the female deaths are caused by heart disease and 22% is caused by cancer.
Women live longer than men, they are 2 times more likely to be either visually impaired or blind.
NFL history was made when Shannon Easton became the first woman to ever work as a line judge official in an NFL preseason game. She was a replacement official in the 2012 preseason game for the Green Bay Packers VS San Diego Chargers. The hat and whistle she used to officiate the game were kept by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Museum and will be displayed.
Katy Hayes of Texas is going down in history as the very first person in the U.S. to have a double arm transplant attempted on them. Katy says she wants to hug her children and husband and be able to wipe her own behind.
Almost everywhere in the world, women have a higher life expectancy than men do.
Worldwide, there are more males than females (100 men vs approx 98.6 women). In the U.S., women out number men by an average of about 4 million. As for the people which have more than 85 years, women are about twice as many as men and that increases with age.
27% of the female deaths are caused by heart disease and 22% is caused by cancer.
Women live longer than men, they are 2 times more likely to be either visually impaired or blind.
NFL history was made when Shannon Easton became the first woman to ever work as a line judge official in an NFL preseason game. She was a replacement official in the 2012 preseason game for the Green Bay Packers VS San Diego Chargers. The hat and whistle she used to officiate the game were kept by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Museum and will be displayed.
Katy Hayes of Texas is going down in history as the very first person in the U.S. to have a double arm transplant attempted on them. Katy says she wants to hug her children and husband and be able to wipe her own behind.
Monday, October 14, 2013
HOW MANY OF THESE DO YOU REMEMBER II?
Candy Cigarettes.
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles.
Coffee shops with Table Side Jukeboxes.
Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum.
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers.
Newsreels before the movie.
P.F. Fliers.
Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601). Party lines.
Peashooters.
Howdy Doody.
Hi-Fi's & 45 RPM records.
78 RPM records!
Green Stamps.
Mimeograph paper.
The Fort Apache Play Set.
Buying nearly everything out of the Sears Roebuck and Monkey Ward catalogs.
...as well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
If you can remember most or all of these, Then You Have Lived!!!!!!
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles.
Coffee shops with Table Side Jukeboxes.
Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum.
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers.
Newsreels before the movie.
P.F. Fliers.
Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601). Party lines.
Peashooters.
Howdy Doody.
Hi-Fi's & 45 RPM records.
78 RPM records!
Green Stamps.
Mimeograph paper.
The Fort Apache Play Set.
Buying nearly everything out of the Sears Roebuck and Monkey Ward catalogs.
...as well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
If you can remember most or all of these, Then You Have Lived!!!!!!
Sunday, October 13, 2013
HOW MANY OF THESE DO YOU REMEMBER?
All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?
It took 5 minutes for the TV to warm up?
Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
Nobody owned a purebred dog?
When a quarter was a decent allowance?
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?
Your Mom wore nylons that came in 2 pieces?
All your teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed...and they did it!
When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and went steady?
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?
Lying on your back in the grass with your friends? and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a ..."?
Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?
And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace, and share it with the children of today?
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.
It took 5 minutes for the TV to warm up?
Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
Nobody owned a purebred dog?
When a quarter was a decent allowance?
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?
Your Mom wore nylons that came in 2 pieces?
All your teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed...and they did it!
When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and went steady?
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?
Lying on your back in the grass with your friends? and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a ..."?
Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?
And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace, and share it with the children of today?
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s!! (My Favorite)
First, we survived being born to mothers who took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with 4 friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. WE WERE O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies, DVD's, surround-sound, CD's, cell phones, personal computers, internet, or chat rooms.........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones, teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
When we did something we were not supposed to, or got into trouble, we got spanked (by a hand, a hairbrush, or a belt) or even worse we got our legs "switched" with a branch from a special bush grown in the backyard and even had to go cut it ourselves before it was used on us. But we never thought of calling the police or Social Services to report our parents for child abuse!
These generations have produced some of the risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors ever!
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with 4 friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. WE WERE O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies, DVD's, surround-sound, CD's, cell phones, personal computers, internet, or chat rooms.........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones, teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
When we did something we were not supposed to, or got into trouble, we got spanked (by a hand, a hairbrush, or a belt) or even worse we got our legs "switched" with a branch from a special bush grown in the backyard and even had to go cut it ourselves before it was used on us. But we never thought of calling the police or Social Services to report our parents for child abuse!
These generations have produced some of the risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors ever!
Friday, October 11, 2013
Interesting Facts About Women II
-There are more women in the United States than men.
-Wyoming was the first U.S. state to grant a woman the right to vote.
-Cleopatra had 2 younger brothers and she married them both.
-Cleopatra first married at age 11.
-Approximately 2 of every 100 (2%) women in the world have a supernumerary nipple which is a 3rd nipple. Be proud of what ya got.
-Archeological researchers have made a recent claim to have found evidence that the Queen of Sheba did in fact rule over Southern Arabia which was then known as the capital of the Kingdom of Sheba.
-Although highly unlikely to succeed in a Sharia court, in Saudi Arabia an old law still in effect says that if a husband doesn't give his wife coffee that the woman can divorce him.
-The origin of the word "woman" is thought to be wyfman, a term from Middle English which means wife of man.
-There was a woman who was pregnant 17 months 11 days and is recorded as the longest human pregnancy ever.
-The female sex sign is represented by a small cross with a circle on top, the same one which represents planet Venus.
-There are many moons and stars which have female names, but from our solar system's planets only Venus is named after a female goddess.
-Human women's breasts are bigger from a proportional point of view than the other female mammals.
-Originally, the differentiation between women at different ages was done in the English language with the help of the terms maiden, mother and crone. The maiden was the young girl which wasn't married yet. The mother was the female in the years where she could bear children. The crone was the woman in the post-menopause period.
-Wyoming was the first U.S. state to grant a woman the right to vote.
-Cleopatra had 2 younger brothers and she married them both.
-Cleopatra first married at age 11.
-Approximately 2 of every 100 (2%) women in the world have a supernumerary nipple which is a 3rd nipple. Be proud of what ya got.
-Archeological researchers have made a recent claim to have found evidence that the Queen of Sheba did in fact rule over Southern Arabia which was then known as the capital of the Kingdom of Sheba.
-Although highly unlikely to succeed in a Sharia court, in Saudi Arabia an old law still in effect says that if a husband doesn't give his wife coffee that the woman can divorce him.
-The origin of the word "woman" is thought to be wyfman, a term from Middle English which means wife of man.
-There was a woman who was pregnant 17 months 11 days and is recorded as the longest human pregnancy ever.
-The female sex sign is represented by a small cross with a circle on top, the same one which represents planet Venus.
-There are many moons and stars which have female names, but from our solar system's planets only Venus is named after a female goddess.
-Human women's breasts are bigger from a proportional point of view than the other female mammals.
-Originally, the differentiation between women at different ages was done in the English language with the help of the terms maiden, mother and crone. The maiden was the young girl which wasn't married yet. The mother was the female in the years where she could bear children. The crone was the woman in the post-menopause period.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Monkey Facts (bestfunfacts.com)
Monkeys can become angry very easily.
Monkeys yawn when they are mad.
Monkey Size:
Baboon is the largest monkey (47 inches long, weighing 90 pounds).
The Pigmy Marmoset is the smallest monkey. It is about 5-10 inches tall, and weighs about 5 ounces.
Monkey Species:
There are about 125 species of monkeys.
Monkey species are divided into two main groups of primates, the New World Monkeys (Central and South America) and the Old World Monkeys (Africa, Asia, and a few from Europe). Most monkey species are part of the Old World Monkey grouping.
The main difference between New World Monkeys and Old World Monkeys is the nose. New World Monkeys have flatter and wider noses.
Some New World Monkey species are the following: Marmosets, Squirrel Monkey, Lion Tamarin, Red Howler Monkey, Owl Monkey, Spider Monkey, and Saki Monkey.
Some Old World Monkeys species are the following: Rhesus Macaque, Japanese Macaque, Red Colobus Monkey, Black Colobus Monkey, Patas Monkey, Hamadryas Baboon, and Savanna Baboon.
The Ape grouping includes the following: Chimpanzee, Bonobo, Gorilla, and Gibbon.
General Monkey Facts:
There are about 15,000 pet monkeys in the U.S.
Monkeys don't eat banana peels.
The male howler monkey can produce sounds that can be heard 10 miles away. This breed is found in South America.
Monkeys have tails not gorillas ( which are part of the Ape family).
Monkeys yawn when they are mad.
Monkey Size:
Baboon is the largest monkey (47 inches long, weighing 90 pounds).
The Pigmy Marmoset is the smallest monkey. It is about 5-10 inches tall, and weighs about 5 ounces.
Monkey Species:
There are about 125 species of monkeys.
Monkey species are divided into two main groups of primates, the New World Monkeys (Central and South America) and the Old World Monkeys (Africa, Asia, and a few from Europe). Most monkey species are part of the Old World Monkey grouping.
The main difference between New World Monkeys and Old World Monkeys is the nose. New World Monkeys have flatter and wider noses.
Some New World Monkey species are the following: Marmosets, Squirrel Monkey, Lion Tamarin, Red Howler Monkey, Owl Monkey, Spider Monkey, and Saki Monkey.
Some Old World Monkeys species are the following: Rhesus Macaque, Japanese Macaque, Red Colobus Monkey, Black Colobus Monkey, Patas Monkey, Hamadryas Baboon, and Savanna Baboon.
The Ape grouping includes the following: Chimpanzee, Bonobo, Gorilla, and Gibbon.
General Monkey Facts:
There are about 15,000 pet monkeys in the U.S.
Monkeys don't eat banana peels.
The male howler monkey can produce sounds that can be heard 10 miles away. This breed is found in South America.
Monkeys have tails not gorillas ( which are part of the Ape family).
Funny and Fresh Takes on the Bible
111. The Gothic Bible did not contain the books of l Kings or 2 Kings. The reason was that Ulfilas, the missionary who brought the Gospel to the Goths of northern Europe in the mid-300s, didn't think the war-loving Gothic people should be reading about all the wars perpetrated by the Jewish kings. It's important to note, however, that the Goths had no written language at the time. In translating the Bible into the Gothic language, Ulfilas invented a Gothic alphabet so that the people could read the Good News for themselves.
112. The Bug Bible was published in 1535 and known more by its real name, the Coverdale Bible. It was dubbed the "Bug Bible" because of its rendering of Psalm 91:5 "Thou shalt not need to be afrayd for eny bugges by night."
Famous Words and Phrases
129. "Raising Cain" means to act with abandonment or wildly. As a phrase, it is most likely descended from the Genesis character Cain who killed his brother, Abel, and was forever marked as a violent man.
130. "Jezebel" or "Delilah" is the name often given to a woman of cunning and deceit. Both Bible characters were beautiful, though calculating in nature. Delilah was a seductress; Jezebel was a queen.
131. "Judas" can only refer to one personality trait: betrayal. Judas Iscariot betrayed his relationship to the Lord for thirty pieces of silver.
132. "Doubting Thomas" didn't believe Jesus had truly risen from the dead. He insisted on touching the nail marks in the Lord's hands and side before he would believe. Today we call a person with doubts a doubting Thomas.
133. "Jonah" is considered an unlucky name. The prophet Jonah tried unsuccessfully to run from God's calling. He took refuge on a boat and brought nothing but trouble to the other passengers, because God would not forget Jonah. Someone who brings bad luck or misfortune is considered a Jonah.
134. The word beautiful was first used in the English language by William Tyndale when he produced his English translation of the New Testament in 1526. Some scholars considered it an outrage that a translator would use a new, fashionable word in his interpretation of Scripture.
135. "The salt of the earth." Many of the words we use in our culture come from the Lord Jesus. In describing his disciples with these words in Mathew 5:13, Christ was saying that they were valuable-salt being the preferred method of payment in those days. The phrase is still used to describe people we find valuable or important.
112. The Bug Bible was published in 1535 and known more by its real name, the Coverdale Bible. It was dubbed the "Bug Bible" because of its rendering of Psalm 91:5 "Thou shalt not need to be afrayd for eny bugges by night."
Famous Words and Phrases
129. "Raising Cain" means to act with abandonment or wildly. As a phrase, it is most likely descended from the Genesis character Cain who killed his brother, Abel, and was forever marked as a violent man.
130. "Jezebel" or "Delilah" is the name often given to a woman of cunning and deceit. Both Bible characters were beautiful, though calculating in nature. Delilah was a seductress; Jezebel was a queen.
131. "Judas" can only refer to one personality trait: betrayal. Judas Iscariot betrayed his relationship to the Lord for thirty pieces of silver.
132. "Doubting Thomas" didn't believe Jesus had truly risen from the dead. He insisted on touching the nail marks in the Lord's hands and side before he would believe. Today we call a person with doubts a doubting Thomas.
133. "Jonah" is considered an unlucky name. The prophet Jonah tried unsuccessfully to run from God's calling. He took refuge on a boat and brought nothing but trouble to the other passengers, because God would not forget Jonah. Someone who brings bad luck or misfortune is considered a Jonah.
134. The word beautiful was first used in the English language by William Tyndale when he produced his English translation of the New Testament in 1526. Some scholars considered it an outrage that a translator would use a new, fashionable word in his interpretation of Scripture.
135. "The salt of the earth." Many of the words we use in our culture come from the Lord Jesus. In describing his disciples with these words in Mathew 5:13, Christ was saying that they were valuable-salt being the preferred method of payment in those days. The phrase is still used to describe people we find valuable or important.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Interesting Facts about Women I
(1) Adam and Eve? An August 2013 Journal of Science DNA analysis reports the origin of the first woman and man can be traced back to 1 woman and 1 man that lived on earth about 135,000 years ago.
(2) On average, women blink nearly twice as much as men.
(3) On average, women get hiccups less than men.
(4) The average woman is nearly a full 5 inches shorter than an average sized man.
(5) On average, women's hearts beat slower than mens.
(6) On August 25th 1932 Amelia Earhart became the 1st woman to fly non-stop across North America solo at a record breaking pace of 19 Hours 5 Minutes.
(7) Over 50 years ago Valentina Tereshkova was the 1st woman to enter outer space on June 16th 1963.
(8) On June 18 1983 scientist and astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to enter into outer space.
(9) Woman swallows $5000 diamond! 400 glasses filled with champagne during an April 2013 charity event in Florida each contained a diamond but only 1 diamond was real, at 1st it came up missing. An 80 year old woman accidentally swallowed it and although embarrassed she told the event makers she had swallowed it while talking and laughing with other women at the table. The diamond was recovered by colonoscopy 2 days later.
(10) According to recent census data in March 2013, about 6% of U.S. families in 1976 had a woman as the sole income provider. That same census shows that 23% of U.S. households today have a woman as the sole income provider.
(11) A Duke University study says that women wake up far more grumpier than men. It also says that women need much more sleep than men and can have problems such as heart disease and psychological issues from not getting the adequate amount of sleep needed.
(12) International Women's Day is recognized on March 8th each year. Some countries recognize it as an official holiday.
(13) For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the 2012 U.S. Olympic team had more women than men. 269 women and 261 men.
(14) As of July 2012, Marissa Ann Mayer (age 37) is the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Yahoo appointed her as their new Chief Executive Officer on July 16th 2012 which took affect the following day on July 17th 2012.
(2) On average, women blink nearly twice as much as men.
(3) On average, women get hiccups less than men.
(4) The average woman is nearly a full 5 inches shorter than an average sized man.
(5) On average, women's hearts beat slower than mens.
(6) On August 25th 1932 Amelia Earhart became the 1st woman to fly non-stop across North America solo at a record breaking pace of 19 Hours 5 Minutes.
(7) Over 50 years ago Valentina Tereshkova was the 1st woman to enter outer space on June 16th 1963.
(8) On June 18 1983 scientist and astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to enter into outer space.
(9) Woman swallows $5000 diamond! 400 glasses filled with champagne during an April 2013 charity event in Florida each contained a diamond but only 1 diamond was real, at 1st it came up missing. An 80 year old woman accidentally swallowed it and although embarrassed she told the event makers she had swallowed it while talking and laughing with other women at the table. The diamond was recovered by colonoscopy 2 days later.
(10) According to recent census data in March 2013, about 6% of U.S. families in 1976 had a woman as the sole income provider. That same census shows that 23% of U.S. households today have a woman as the sole income provider.
(11) A Duke University study says that women wake up far more grumpier than men. It also says that women need much more sleep than men and can have problems such as heart disease and psychological issues from not getting the adequate amount of sleep needed.
(12) International Women's Day is recognized on March 8th each year. Some countries recognize it as an official holiday.
(13) For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the 2012 U.S. Olympic team had more women than men. 269 women and 261 men.
(14) As of July 2012, Marissa Ann Mayer (age 37) is the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Yahoo appointed her as their new Chief Executive Officer on July 16th 2012 which took affect the following day on July 17th 2012.
Monday, October 7, 2013
About The Bible III
19. Most Jews of Jesus' day spoke Aramaic, a Syrian language similar to Hebrew that was commonly used at the time. Jesus surely studied the formal Hebrew of the Torah, Prophets, and Writings. Whether he could also speak Greek is unknown. Jesus left no personal writings.
20. Both the Jewish Bible and Christian Old Testament contained the same thirty-nine books, although they are arranged and numbered in a slightly different order. In Jewish traditions the Bible is called the Tanakh, an acronym of the Hebrew words Torah (for "law" or "teaching"), Nevi'im ("the Prophets"), and Kethuvim ("the Writings").
21. The Old Testament's first five books, the Pentateuch, were already considered authoritative Scripture by the time of Ezra in the fifth century B.C. The other books were recognized as part of the Old Testament at later times.
22. Jesus himself knew the "Old Covenant." As a Jewish Boy, He diligently studied the Torah, Prophets, and Writings. He could recite them by heart when he was twelve. Because there was no Bible as we know it, He would have learned by rote from scrolls kept by local teachers or rabbis'
23. The earliest references to the Old Testament were "The Law Of Moses," The Law Of The Lord," or simply "Moses." Since the additional writings were considered the work of prophets, the common term became "Moses and the Prophets" or something similar. Note: Wherever the word "law" is seen, the Jewish reference would be "Torah." By New Testament times, "Scripture" or "The Scriptures" became common. The simplest generic term for the collection was "Writings," often with "Sacred" or "Holy" added.
24. The uniformity of Bible printing sometimes obscures the scope of variety within the Bible's writings. If Bible printers laid out the print with all the different styles and languages accounted for, including prose, poetry, and songs, a wheelbarrow would be needed to move a Bible from the den to the bedroom.
25. No Bible writer that we know of ever drew a map to accompany his writing- at least not one that was preserved. Maps are generally drawn from facts discovered through historical and archaeological research.
20. Both the Jewish Bible and Christian Old Testament contained the same thirty-nine books, although they are arranged and numbered in a slightly different order. In Jewish traditions the Bible is called the Tanakh, an acronym of the Hebrew words Torah (for "law" or "teaching"), Nevi'im ("the Prophets"), and Kethuvim ("the Writings").
21. The Old Testament's first five books, the Pentateuch, were already considered authoritative Scripture by the time of Ezra in the fifth century B.C. The other books were recognized as part of the Old Testament at later times.
22. Jesus himself knew the "Old Covenant." As a Jewish Boy, He diligently studied the Torah, Prophets, and Writings. He could recite them by heart when he was twelve. Because there was no Bible as we know it, He would have learned by rote from scrolls kept by local teachers or rabbis'
23. The earliest references to the Old Testament were "The Law Of Moses," The Law Of The Lord," or simply "Moses." Since the additional writings were considered the work of prophets, the common term became "Moses and the Prophets" or something similar. Note: Wherever the word "law" is seen, the Jewish reference would be "Torah." By New Testament times, "Scripture" or "The Scriptures" became common. The simplest generic term for the collection was "Writings," often with "Sacred" or "Holy" added.
24. The uniformity of Bible printing sometimes obscures the scope of variety within the Bible's writings. If Bible printers laid out the print with all the different styles and languages accounted for, including prose, poetry, and songs, a wheelbarrow would be needed to move a Bible from the den to the bedroom.
25. No Bible writer that we know of ever drew a map to accompany his writing- at least not one that was preserved. Maps are generally drawn from facts discovered through historical and archaeological research.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
About The Bible ll
10. Though the Bible as a whole is much longer than most any other book we'd like to read, it's individual books are mostly shorter than any other book we consider reading.
11. The Bible is an extraordinary gathering of many books of law, wisdom, poetry, philosophy, and history. The number of books in this portable library depends on which Bible you are holding. The Bible of a Jew is different from the Bible of a Roman Catholic, which in turn is different from a Bible of a Protestant.
12. The Bible is both ancient and contemporary as it deals with the unchanging issues of human existence: life, death, joy, sorrow, achievement, and failure... Yet these issues are couched in the language and correspondence of ancient times.
13. Testament was another word for "covenant"-meaning an agreement, contract, or pact. For Christians, the Old Testament represents the ancient covenant made between God and his people. In the New Testament, Christians believe in a new covenant with God made through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
14. Written over the course of a thousand years, primarily in ancient Hebrew, the Jewish Bible is the equivalent of Christianity's Old Testament. For Jews there is no New Testament.
15. At least half as much time elapsed between the Bible's first book and it's last (with well over a thousand years between the first writing and the time of the last), as has elapsed between its last book and now. This means that writing styles vary not just between modern books and the Bible but among the Bible books themselves.
16. The Terms Old Testament and New Testament originated with the prophet Jeremiah. When he spoke about the glorious future for Israel of which the prophets often spoke, he said God would "make a new covenant with the house of Israel." Testament means "covenant," and Jesus of Nazareth, the long-awaited Messiah, made a new covenant with God's people. The books of the New Testament provide the fulfillment of the promises made throughout the Old Testament books.
17. The translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into the Koine Greek dialect was an outstanding literary accomplishment under the Ptolemies. This translation was called the Septuagint. The translation project is said to have been sponsored by Ptolemy II Philadelphus around the third century B.C. According to tradition, seventy-two Jewish scholars ( six from each of the twelve tribes) were summoned for the project. The work was finished in seventy-two days; the Jewish scholars were then sent away with many gifts.
18. The Septuagint provided a bridge between the thoughts and vocabulary of the Old and New Testaments. The language of the New Testament is not the koine of the everyday Greek, but the koine of the Jew living in Greek surroundings. By the New Testament era, it was the most widely used edition of the Old Testament.
11. The Bible is an extraordinary gathering of many books of law, wisdom, poetry, philosophy, and history. The number of books in this portable library depends on which Bible you are holding. The Bible of a Jew is different from the Bible of a Roman Catholic, which in turn is different from a Bible of a Protestant.
12. The Bible is both ancient and contemporary as it deals with the unchanging issues of human existence: life, death, joy, sorrow, achievement, and failure... Yet these issues are couched in the language and correspondence of ancient times.
13. Testament was another word for "covenant"-meaning an agreement, contract, or pact. For Christians, the Old Testament represents the ancient covenant made between God and his people. In the New Testament, Christians believe in a new covenant with God made through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
14. Written over the course of a thousand years, primarily in ancient Hebrew, the Jewish Bible is the equivalent of Christianity's Old Testament. For Jews there is no New Testament.
15. At least half as much time elapsed between the Bible's first book and it's last (with well over a thousand years between the first writing and the time of the last), as has elapsed between its last book and now. This means that writing styles vary not just between modern books and the Bible but among the Bible books themselves.
16. The Terms Old Testament and New Testament originated with the prophet Jeremiah. When he spoke about the glorious future for Israel of which the prophets often spoke, he said God would "make a new covenant with the house of Israel." Testament means "covenant," and Jesus of Nazareth, the long-awaited Messiah, made a new covenant with God's people. The books of the New Testament provide the fulfillment of the promises made throughout the Old Testament books.
17. The translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into the Koine Greek dialect was an outstanding literary accomplishment under the Ptolemies. This translation was called the Septuagint. The translation project is said to have been sponsored by Ptolemy II Philadelphus around the third century B.C. According to tradition, seventy-two Jewish scholars ( six from each of the twelve tribes) were summoned for the project. The work was finished in seventy-two days; the Jewish scholars were then sent away with many gifts.
18. The Septuagint provided a bridge between the thoughts and vocabulary of the Old and New Testaments. The language of the New Testament is not the koine of the everyday Greek, but the koine of the Jew living in Greek surroundings. By the New Testament era, it was the most widely used edition of the Old Testament.
Friday, October 4, 2013
About The Bible I
1. Christians believe this book to be the True Word of God. From the creation account of Genesis to the end-time visions of Revelation, from the story of Israel to Jesus' Ministry, it is the source for what Christians believe and how they try to live.
2. The word Bible comes from the Greek word biblia, which means "books," which comes from another word, byblos, meaning papyrus, a material books were made from in ancient times.
3. The ancient Greeks obtained their supplies of paper from the port of Byblos, in what is now Lebanon. Their word for book-biblion (the singular form of biblia)-was derived from the name of this port, and from this we get our English word Bible, meaning the Book of books.
4. The word Bible is not in the Bible. The term came long after all the writings were completed and assembled.
5. The Bible is the world's best-selling book as well as the world's most shoplifted book!
6. The Bible is the most bought yet least understood book. Nine out of ten Americans own a Bible, but fewer than half ever read it. Worldwide sales of the Bible are uncountable.
7. Just how big is the Bible? Stack ten average-sized nonfiction books printed today. That pile will contain the same number of words that are found in the Bible-close to one million words not counting the number of words in features like footnotes, verse numbers, and concordances.
8. The Bible looks like one book, but is actually an anthology, a collection of many smaller books. In an even broader sense, it is not just an anthology of shorter works but an entire library.
9. Some Bible books are as short as half a page. One of the longest books-Jeremiah-is roughly the length of today's short novel. This makes the Bible's longest book one hundred times longer than its shortest book.
2. The word Bible comes from the Greek word biblia, which means "books," which comes from another word, byblos, meaning papyrus, a material books were made from in ancient times.
3. The ancient Greeks obtained their supplies of paper from the port of Byblos, in what is now Lebanon. Their word for book-biblion (the singular form of biblia)-was derived from the name of this port, and from this we get our English word Bible, meaning the Book of books.
4. The word Bible is not in the Bible. The term came long after all the writings were completed and assembled.
5. The Bible is the world's best-selling book as well as the world's most shoplifted book!
6. The Bible is the most bought yet least understood book. Nine out of ten Americans own a Bible, but fewer than half ever read it. Worldwide sales of the Bible are uncountable.
7. Just how big is the Bible? Stack ten average-sized nonfiction books printed today. That pile will contain the same number of words that are found in the Bible-close to one million words not counting the number of words in features like footnotes, verse numbers, and concordances.
8. The Bible looks like one book, but is actually an anthology, a collection of many smaller books. In an even broader sense, it is not just an anthology of shorter works but an entire library.
9. Some Bible books are as short as half a page. One of the longest books-Jeremiah-is roughly the length of today's short novel. This makes the Bible's longest book one hundred times longer than its shortest book.
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