The Evangelical Spectator

Famous Quotes From Famous Christians

Ernest Slyman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:29:09 PDT

"If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?"
-Vince Lombardi, holding a Bible in his left hand

"Prayer is the only thing you need to get where you're going."--Mario Andretti

"The only thing better than winning is losing knowing you gave your best."
-Michael Ip

"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl."
-Bill Peterson, football coach

"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."
-Jason Kidd

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Muhammad Ali, quoted in New York Times

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
Dave Barry

Please don't ask me what the score is, I'm not even sure what the game is.
Ashleigh Brilliant

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.
Ashleigh Brilliant

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
Haywood Hale Broun, quoted in James A. Michener's Sports in America

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, speech (1873)

Prayer and Debt Reduction

Ernest Slyman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:13:02 PDT

More often people are turning to prayer to reduce their debt. Martin Caldwell of Oklahoma City stated this yesterday at a news conference. "It seems prayer has an overall effect on one's earning power. One fellow who prayed every night for two weeks earned enough money to settle the vast majority of his debt."

The obvious effects can be bountiful, not merely in strict fiscal terms. But in mental accuity and physical stamina to keep up the rigorous schedule demanded by corporage careers in the marketplace.

Prayer and debt reduction seem to go hand in hand.

A cheerful heart is good medicine.
Bible, Proverbs 17:22

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.
Bible, Ecclesiasticus 6:16

A tree is recognised by its fruit.
Bible, Matthew 12:33

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:13

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid...for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Bible, Deuteronomy

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
Bible, Matthew 6:3

Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Bible, Matthew 6:28-29

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Bible, Proverbs 26:12

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Bible, II Corinthians 9:7

'For dust you are and to dust you will return.'
Bible, Genesis 3:19

Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Bible, Ecclesiasticus 9:10

God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Bible, I John 4:16

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Bible, Psalms 46:1

Great men are not always wise.
Bible, Job 32:9

Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us?
Bible, Malachi 2:10

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Bible, 2 Timothy 4:7

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:1

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
Bible, Job 12:12

It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Bible, Acts 20:35

'It's no good, it's no good!' says the buyer; then off he goes and boasts about his purchase.
Bible, Proverbs 20:14

'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.'
Bible, Mark 10:14

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Bible, Hebrews 11:1

The borrower is servant to the lender.
Bible, Proverbs 22:7

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Bible, Proverbs 28:1

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
Bible, Ecclesiastes 9:10

'Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?
Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:55

'You of little faith,' he said, 'why did you doubt?'
Bible, Matthew 14:31

Miracle In Maine White Water Rafting Incident

Ernest Slyman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:12:33 PDT

A miracle occured in a white water rafting incident in Maine, when an angel sank from the sky to rescue a drowning man. "It was the most exciting thing I've ever seen in my whole life," Zeb Neal said. "That angel come swooping down and saved that man from drowning. It was plum amazing, I tell you. Just the dog-gonnedest thing you'd ever laid eyes on.

The rescue occurred on Sunday at 2PM. Few people noticed the incident. Though photographs are available on request from The Evangelical Spectator, The angel was wearing a white robe with blue trim.

IRS Tax Attorney Goes to Heaven

Ernest Slyman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:11:52 PDT

An internal revenue agent, Phil Mollowers, went to Heaven last week. And was he surprised to find that there were at least five or six attorneys there, waiting for him. "I never expected to see all these lawyers. It's amazing. How did they get here.

IRS agents don't usual make it up there. They usually go to the other place. It's the way things have been done for the longest time. If you work for the Internal Revenue Service you stand a five in ten chance of ending up in that hot place.

There's no taxes in Heaven, by the way. The Evangelical Spectator learned that taxes were a nuisance and ceased some two milleniums ago.