Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: If You Are A Believer, You Are ‘In Christ’…Fellowship Is Not Optional

Posted on March 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If you are a believer, you are ‘in Christ,’ which means that you are also in ‘the Body of Christ’ (1 Corinthians 12:27). It also means you are to be engaged with the people of God — fellowship is not … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Comedy Is Under Attack Because It Is Probably the Last Bastion of Truly Free Speech

Posted on March 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Comedy is under attack because it is probably the last bastion of truly free speech.” – Anthony Brian Logan

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Thought For the Day: Death Tugs At My Ear and Says, ‘Live, I Am Coming’

Posted on March 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Death tugs at my ear and says, ‘Live, I am coming.’” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (8 Mar 1809-1894)

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Thought For the Day: I See Men Ordinarily More Eager To Discover A Reason For things Than To Find Out Whether Things Are So

Posted on March 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether things are so.” – French philosopher Michel De Montaigne (1532-1592)

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Thought For the Day: Science Never Selects A Single Narrative…We Foster Debate. And We’re Confident That With Debate, Science Will Eventually Get To the Truth

Posted on March 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Science never selects a single narrative. … We foster debate. And we’re confident that with debate, science will eventually get to the truth.” – Robert Redfield, M.D., former head of the CDC How many times have I said this and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Liberty of Man To Search For Truth Ought Not To Be Fettered, No Matter What Orthodoxies He May Challenge

Posted on March 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If We Had Paid No More Attention To Our Plants Than We Have Our Children, We Would Now Be Living In A Jungle of Weeds

Posted on March 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds.” – Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 Mar 1849-1926)

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Thought For the Day: Beauty Is the Purgation of Superfluities

Posted on March 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.” – Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet (6 Mar 1475-1564

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Thought For the Day: When One Door Closes Another Door Opens

Posted on March 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” -Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (3 Mar 1847-1922)

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Thought For the Day: Jokes of the Proper Kind, Properly Told, Can Do More To Enlighten Questions of Politics, Philosophy, and Literature Than Any Number of Dull Arguments

Posted on March 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.” – Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)

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