Category Archives: Better Self
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Life Lessons From A Navy Seal
Leave a commentFebruary 5, 2015 by Brian
Admiral William McRaven gave the commencement address to the graduating class at University of Texas. Titled “Life Lessons From A …
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The Five Regrets of the Dying
1January 22, 2015 by Brian
Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last …
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Seeing the Unseen
Leave a commentJanuary 21, 2015 by Brian
Ever wonder what a flea looks like? In this video, cinematographer Louis Schwartzberg gives us a view of things we …
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If Jesus were the pastor of your church, you probably wouldn’t want to go there.
Leave a commentOctober 23, 2014 by Brian
This was the title of the speech given by Francis Chan in the video below. There is no hiding from …
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Are athletes really getting better, faster, stronger?
Leave a commentOctober 16, 2014 by Brian
What does this have to do with HolySmokes? A lot, actually. While the video is about the apparent acceleration in sports …
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Liar, Liar Pants on Fire.
1September 8, 2014 by Brian
Check out this video from Pamela Meyer: “On any given day we will get lied to between 10-200 times…. Lying …
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Can’t we just pretend “Revelation” doesn’t exist?
Leave a commentAugust 27, 2014 by Brian
Tonight we went to school on what happens to Israel (and everyone else) in the End Times. Why? Because, by …
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Arab / Israeli Conflict – The Easiest Problem to Understand
2August 18, 2014 by Brian
Sometimes, being a better man requires us to be educated, instead of ignorant, on certain issues. There were times in our history …
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Everything You Know About Charity Is Wrong
3August 11, 2014 by Brian
“I can’t remember a time at HolySmokes, after watching a video, that I felt this stupid.” – MG …
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Is “worry” the natural response to inaction?
Leave a commentAugust 4, 2014 by Brian
Guys don’t worry about anything. We don’t. We might over analyze, or extensively plan for various contingencies And we might …
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