Category: Self-Improvement

Note To Self

October 25, 2025 by • Religion, Self-Improvement, Success • 0 Comments

People who sin against wisdom, or who fail to find wisdom, are harming their own souls.  –from a translation of Proverbs 8:36

The Question Asked in 1966

August 30, 2025 by • Books, Entertainment, Financial, History, News, Politics, Religion, Self-Improvement, Society, Sports, Success, Television • 0 Comments

“Is God dead?” –a question asked by an influential news magazine in 1966

Bloody peculiar coincidences of the late 1960’s/early 1970’s involving:

  • NASA at its best
  • The greatest military in history getting humbled
  • Trouble for American presidents
  • New York City
  • Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood, & Hollywood
  • Disney
  • The Superbowl
  • Israel and the Arab world
  • Income taxes
  • The demonic
  • College basketball
  • & more.

 

Are all of these different subjects involved in just coincidences or evidence of God’s power & control over history?

The Late 1960’s/Early 1970’s

March 3, 2025 by • Books, Crime, Entertainment, Financial, History, Law, News, News & Media, Politics, Religion, Self-Improvement, Society, Sports, Success, Television • 0 Comments

  • Americans walking on the moon.
  • America losing a war.
  • America’s only president who would be forced to resign winning presidential elections.
  • Historical events that would play a major role in Americans turning on their presidents who had won their last elections in landslides.
  • Construction of the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City.
  • New York City plagued with various strikes by public employees.
  • New freedoms for Hollywood thanks to the MPAA’s new classification system.
  • Martin Scorsese begins his film career as a director.
  • Early development for Hollywood’s disastrous disaster movies (from Airport to The Towering Inferno).
  • The American movie industry struggling for economic survival.
  • The movie industry’s future king working in television.
  • Construction of the Magic Kingdom at Disney World, the world’s most visited theme park.
  • The first seven years of the Superbowl, an annual sporting event that has since dominated the record books for the “All-Time Most Watched TV Programs”.
  • Historic Middle East conflicts of the 20th Century between Israel and the Arab world.
  • Nixon’s vice-president and legal problems with his income taxes.
  • The birth of a new social movement.
  • William Peter Blatty heading towards winning an Oscar.
  • Pete Maravich lighting up college basketball’s record books.
  • Coach John Wooden leading UCLA to seven consecutive NCAA tournament championships.
  • The first printing of two published books from Christian author Og Mandino containing The Ten Great Scrolls.
  • And finally, Mario Puzo creating a cultural phenomena with “The Godfather”.

January 20, 2025

January 20, 2025 by • Relationships, Religion, Self-Improvement, Society, Uncategorized • 0 Comments

January 20, 2025

1 Peter 5:7  Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.