On Sunday the Carolina Panthers football team not only lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars 26-0, but it cost owner, David Tepper $300,000 for his angry outburst.
The Panthers are the worse team in the NFL and Sunday’s loss was their 14th of the season. Near the end of the game Carolina rookie quarterback Bryce Young threw an interception to seal the shutout.
Tepper, visibly upset, angrily reacted by tossing his drink into the crowd, dousing some fans below. Continue reading
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Did you receive any Christmas cards this year? Did you send any? Regardless, you’ll chuckle at this story.
Waiting until the last minute to send cards to 49 of her friends, a woman rushed into Wal-Mart picked up a pack of 50 cards with a cheery “Merry Christmas” greeting.
In her haste to get them mailed, she hurriedly signed the cards without closely reading the message inside. Continue reading
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The children of Israel were facing “The Great Unknown.”
Moses had died. His “assistant”, Joshua, one of the 12 spies, who along with Caleb, remained faithful was chosen by God to replace Moses. As he assumed the mantel of leadership to guide the people into the Promised Land, God gave him specific instructions. Continue reading
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“Happy New Year” is a greeting you’ve probably both heard and said several times by now. However, ThePreachersWord joins the chorus to welcome our readers to 2024 and to wish for each of you a “Happy New Year!”
Of course, enjoying happiness, prosperity, and success in the New Year in any endeavor requires much more than a wish. It calls for commitment. Demands diligence. And requires persistent effort. This is true in business, education, sports, as well as in your spiritual pursuits.
Using “Happy New Year” as an acrostic, here are 12 suggestions that will help you find spiritual blessedness in the coming year. Continue reading
Filed under Discipleship, New Year
Like most years 2023 has brought a mixture of joys and sorrows; smiles and tears; and success and failure. However, a balanced view regards the year as mainly one of joy, smiles, and success.
As most of our regular readers know we resigned from full time local work in 2018, but have not retired from preaching, teaching and writing. For almost 3 years we traveled full time, combining it with ministry opportunities. That period took us to 38 states, 10 countries, and 48 congregations.
It’s hard to believe but this coming February will be our 3 year anniversary of buying a home and living in Beverly Hills, Florida. We have, however, been blessed with a wonderful year of travel, as well as preaching and teaching opportunities. Continue reading
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Filed under 2023 Top Posts
Filed under 2023 Top Posts
Filed under 2023 Top Posts
Filed under 2023 Top Posts
Greetings from Beverly Hills, FL
As most of you have noticed we are taking a holiday blogging break this week and next week.
We have been posting the top 12 posts of 2023 based on reader hits. Today, we are posting links to numbers 5, 6 & 7. We not post tomorrow or Monday and then resume the countdown of the top 4 next week beginning Tuesday. Continue reading
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