tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post7710770105855015458..comments2024-02-13T08:49:07.287-04:00Comments on 'Thought & Humor!': UNC Bike Riders!Professor Howdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-50279654925837289582008-11-10T11:39:00.000-04:002008-11-10T11:39:00.000-04:00Sorry that you didn't like the movie -It's one of ...Sorry that you didn't like the movie -<BR/>It's one of my favorites.<BR/><BR/>The bunch of old cliches originated<BR/>in this very movie:O)Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-55257839040716580342008-11-10T11:03:00.000-04:002008-11-10T11:03:00.000-04:00I noticed your reference to Casablanca. A friend ...I noticed your reference to Casablanca. A friend of mine told me that it is his favorite movie of all time. So, I made a point to see it. However, I was disappointed. I found it to be just a bunch of old chiches all pasted together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-26634104749460604332008-11-10T10:23:00.000-04:002008-11-10T10:23:00.000-04:00"Sir, I can see you are a prophet." Jesus hadn'..."Sir, I can see you are a prophet." <BR/><BR/>Jesus hadn't told her future, a task many equate with prophecy. He had<BR/>told her past. "You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact<BR/>is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your<BR/>husband" (John 4:17-18). From this knowledge of her angst-ridden personal<BR/>life, the woman at the well concluded that Jesus was no less than a<BR/>prophet. As the conversation continued, she began to wonder if Jesus was<BR/>not the Prophet.<BR/><BR/>The storied role of a Hebrew prophet is a perspective lost in modern<BR/>times. The prophets were messengers sent by God to a world hard of<BR/>hearing, whether by suffering or stubbornness, sin or shame. "Prophecy is<BR/>the voice that God has lent to the silent agony," writes Abraham Heschel,<BR/>"a voice to the plundered poor, to the profaned riches of the world. It<BR/>is a form of living, a crossing point of God and man. God is raging in<BR/>the words of the prophet."(1) The prophet's words were often cries of the<BR/>imminent future, but they were also exclamations for the present, insight<BR/>into the past, and windows into another kingdom. The prophets were<BR/>messengers, but they were also mediators. They were called to restore the<BR/>hearts of the people to the God they had abandoned. To a world that needed<BR/>to be wakened, the prophet was God's megaphone. But likewise, the prophet<BR/>brought the cry of humanity before the heart of God. Standing between God<BR/>and the people, the prophet cried out at times as prosecutor, at times as<BR/>the defense. <BR/><BR/>It is essential to know this backdrop of Hebrew prophecy if we are to<BR/>understand the person and work of Christ. Like the Hebrew prophets who<BR/>came before him, Jesus was more than an individual who told the future, or<BR/>a person with divine insight. He came as messenger, but he offered far<BR/>more than words. He came to herald another kingdom and to restore hearts<BR/>to God in the present one. He came with the message of salvation and he<BR/>stood between God and humanity--even unto a cross--to give it. He came as<BR/>both judge and physician, the herald of our brokenness and the bearer of<BR/>that brokenness. <BR/><BR/>In fact, the woman at the well saw that Jesus was one who had no doubt<BR/>"stood in the council of the LORD"--the distinguishing factor between true<BR/>and false prophets given in Jeremiah 23. Even so, the conversation<BR/>continued to surprise her, and she began to surmise that the one in front<BR/>of her was even greater than a prophet, greater than those who stood<BR/>boldly between God and humanity crying to both. Jesus declared, "Believe<BR/>me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on<BR/>this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not<BR/>know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a<BR/>time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the<BR/>Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father<BR/>seeks" (John 4:21-23). As seen in the reactions of this Samaritan, these<BR/>words had eschatological, historical, and cosmological dimensions. This<BR/>man had the voice of a prophet and something more. <BR/><BR/>Leaving the jar she came to fill, the woman at the well ran home,<BR/>proclaiming out of her own silent agony the hope he voiced within it:<BR/>"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the<BR/>Christ?" <BR/><BR/><BR/>Jill Carattini is managing editor of A Slice of Infinity at Ravi<BR/>Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia.<BR/><BR/>(1) Abraham Heschel, The Prophets (New York: Harper Collins, 2001),<BR/>5-6.<BR/><BR/><BR/>----------------------------------<BR/> Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM)<BR/>"A Slice of Infinity" is aimed at reaching into the culture with words of<BR/>challenge, words of truth, and words of hope. If you know of others who<BR/>would enjoy receiving "A Slice of Infinity" in their email box each day,<BR/>tell them they can sign up on our website at<BR/>http://www.rzim.org/slice/slice.php. If they do not have access to the<BR/>World Wide Web, please call 1-877-88SLICE (1-877-887-5423).Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-23305811661071985482007-04-18T10:13:00.000-03:002007-04-18T10:13:00.000-03:00Talk about having second thoughts upon choosing a ...Talk about having second thoughts upon choosing a place to<BR/>eat. I went into this place in Chapel Hill, NC and said to the<BR/>waitress, "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."<BR/><BR/>She smiled, handed me a menu and replied, "Well... you've<BR/>come to the right place."Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-18261107491741472832007-04-18T10:12:00.000-03:002007-04-18T10:12:00.000-03:00I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the...I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really <BR/>foolish thing that people often say about Him [Jesus Christ]: <BR/>"I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I <BR/>don't accept His claim to be God."<BR/><BR/>That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was <BR/>merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would <BR/>not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic -- <BR/>on a level with a man who says he is a poached egg -- <BR/>or else he would be the Devil of Hell.<BR/><BR/>You must make your choice. Either this Man was, and is, <BR/>the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse .... <BR/>You can shut Him up for fool, you can spit at Him and kill <BR/>Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him<BR/>Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing <BR/>nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has <BR/>not left that option open to us. He did not intend to.<BR/><BR/> -- From Case for Christianity, by C.S. LewisProfessor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-35304781944640822922007-04-18T10:07:00.000-03:002007-04-18T10:07:00.000-03:00November 26, 1942Considered by many one of the bes...November 26, 1942<BR/>Considered by many one of the best films ever made, "Casablanca"<BR/>premiered in New York City, but its general release only occurred two<BR/>months later. Based on an unpublished play by Murray Burnett,<BR/>Casablanca is a romantic melodrama set in the Moroccan city of the<BR/>same name during World War II. The movie starred Humphrey Bogart,<BR/>Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.<BR/><BR/>The film gave us many classic scenes and quotes:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.filmsite.org/casa.html" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.filmsite.org/casa.htmlProfessor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-78420929397791337352007-04-18T09:23:00.000-03:002007-04-18T09:23:00.000-03:00Scientists Decode the First Low-Frequency Radio Wa...Scientists Decode the First Low-Frequency Radio Waves <BR/>From an Alien Civilization Ever to Reach Earth... <BR/><BR/>Simply send 6 x 10 to the 50 atoms of Hydrogen to the Star <BR/>System at the top of the list, cross off that star system, <BR/>then put your Star System at the bottom of the list and send <BR/>it to 100 other Star Systems. Within one-tenth of a Galactic <BR/>Rotation you will receive enough hydrogen to power your <BR/>civilization until entropy reaches maximum! IT REALLY WORKS!Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-4791498540074533972007-04-18T09:18:00.000-03:002007-04-18T09:18:00.000-03:00"Friday the 13th was actually a very lucky day for..."Friday the 13th was actually a very lucky day for me. I <BR/>woke up this morning, and I got an unbelievable e-mail. <BR/>Apparently, a Nigerian prince left me $47 million. And all <BR/>I have to do to claim it, is pay a $500 filing fee. So you <BR/>won't have me to kick around anymore." -Jimmy KimmelProfessor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-85395764028817751762007-04-18T09:14:00.000-03:002007-04-18T09:14:00.000-03:00"Hillary Clinton has announced she's going to meet..."Hillary Clinton has announced she's going to meet with <BR/>Rutgers women's basketball team. Haven't these women suf- <BR/>fered enough?" -Jay LenoProfessor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-27547091846410668122007-04-18T09:06:00.000-03:002007-04-18T09:06:00.000-03:00*Permission is hereby granted for you to change al...*Permission is hereby granted for you to change all <BR/>humor used in The"E-Mail Newspaper", 'Thought <BR/>& Humor' and its subsidiaries related to the institution <BR/>of lower learning hereby known as UNC to another <BR/>of your choice from the list below:<BR/><BR/>1) French university students <BR/>2) Harvard or U.C.-Berkeley<BR/>3) Any accredited high school or middle school<BR/>4) Any Loggerheads & Pundits<BR/>5) Any and all persnickety individuals or nincompoops<BR/>6) Any Chapel Hill, NC Citizen unless same sends an offspring <BR/>to NCSU, JSU, MSU, USC, UGA, or FSU.<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>*UNC is the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.<BR/>Specializing in a wide range of degree programs including:<BR/>B.A. A.H.F.(Advanced Hamburger Flipping), N.U.T., A.P.E., B.R.C.<BR/>(Bar Room Conversations), etc. Institution was founded in 1898<BR/>for sons/daughters of local Chapel Still politicians that were<BR/>unable to qualify for the more prestigious institutions of higher<BR/>learning such as Duke, Wake Forest, and N.C. State.Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.com