Ecclesiastes 12:10

  In 1837 times were tight. Markets had collapsed. Banks were closing by the hundreds. People wondered if the economy would ever right itself again. It didn’t seem like a good time to create a new business.   But that is exactly what Alexander Norris wanted for his son’s in law to do. His two daughters had both married businessmen. One was a candlemaker. The other made soap. Both businesses depended on animal fat to make their products. Norris understood that these men could little afford to compete against one another for same materials in a depressed economy. So he came up with a different idea, go into business together.  Instead of working against each other or even apart, work together. Reluctantly, they agreed.   It became a multibillion-dollar company. That business became a worldwide powerhouse with more than 250 brand name products found in most everyone’s homes today, from Pepto-Bismol to Pampers. The new company took its name from the last nam...

Sorry Don't be sorry, be better on this quiz What made God sorry he had made man? Man refused to worship God correctly Thoughts of man's heart was only evil continually. Man ate of the fruit of the garden God saw they were not good In Judges, what did Israel allow the tribe of Benjamin to do because they felt sorry for them? Led the people into battle Become priests Raid Jabesh-Gilead and take the virgins for wives Use the gold from the temple to fix up their land Where was the destroying angel when God felt sorry for the pestilence caused by David's census? By the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. The gate of the palace Over the sea of Galilee In the sky above Jerusalem Who described his friends as "sorry comforters"? Jesus David Pilate Job Even though he was sorry to do it, why does the Bible say Herod killed John the Baptist? He was worried about the revenge of his disciple Because of his oath and the dinner guests It...

  Tom Osbourne, the legendary coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, was a great recruiter but the one recruit he regrets not getting was Marshall Faulk.  While several big-name programs were after him, Nebraska seemed to have the inside edge. Osbourne had charmed all the people in Faulk’s life, his mother, his teacher, his coaches, even Faulk himself. However, they made one crucial error. They were recruiting him as a defensive back. Marshall wanted to run the ball. So when the less notable program of San Diego State said they’d let him carry the ball, he signed with them.  In his second game as a freshman, he set the record for yards in a single game. He would run all the way to the NFL and the Hall of Fame.     What could he have done at Nebraska, a team known for its great running game? We’ll never know because they never bother to ask Marshal Faulk if he wanted to be a running back.   David did something similar. He wanted to build a nice ced...

Risk Take a chance on this quiz What queen took a great risk to approach the King without being summoned to save her people? Jezebel Esther Ruth Mara How would Jonathan signal David if his life was in danger from Saul? He would place a lamp in his window He would send a messenger with a scroll He would shoot an arrow and tell lad retrieving them they were further away He would make the cry of a loon at dawn What dangerous path did Jesus use as a locale in the parable of the Good Samaritan? The Desert Road Road to Emmaus The road from Jerusalem to Jericho The road from Jerusalem to Gaza What silversmith started a riot in Ephesus causing the people to shout 'Great is Artemis'? Paul Alexander the coppersmith Rufus Demetrius What event causes the disciples to cry out to Jesus, "do You not care that we are perishing"? The storm on the sea The persecution by the Jews The arrest in the garden Fasting in the desert Which one is NOT one...

  It was written by a native Ohioan song-and-dance man named Dan D. Emmett while setting in his New York hotel room.  It was first performed on April 4 th , 1859 in New York Mechanic’s Hall. It was one of Abraham Lincoln’s favorite tunes. He even asked for it to be played as he left the White House stage his after his announced Lee had surrendered to Grant.  What was the famous tune? Dixie.   It’s ironic that the tune that became the anthem of the states below the Mason Dixon line was born from a staunch Union sympathizer. He late remarked, “If I’d know to what use they were going to put my song, I’d never written it”!   It funny how things can be attached to causes, ideologies or movement even when they don’t necessarily belong there.  Words become toxic even when their true meaning is benign.  People that should be disdained are made to be heroes because of a side they stand on.  Principles once exhorted are manipulated into vices ...

Stranger Things How did Nebuchadnezzar describe the mysterious fourth man in the fiery furnace? The face of an angel Like a half man half horse Tall and handsome Like a son of the gods What unusual phenomenon caused Moses to turn aside and investigate a bush? The bush spoke A ram was caught in its thicket It was burning yet not consumed He was bored while carrying for sheep How did the angels stop the men of Sodom who were trying to break down the door of Lot's house? They stuck them dead Turned them into salt They made them blind They caused a wind to blow them back What dead prophet did Saul have the witch at Endor bring up for him to talk to? Elijah Elisha Moses Samuel Who had his hip dislocated while wrestling with an angel? Joseph Jacob John Jehu Who was mistaken for a ghost after he escaped prison? Peter Paul James Joseph What prophet was lifted by his hair into the air by being that looked like burning metal? Jeremiah Daniel ...