Denzel, Oprah team up for a movie about East Texas college

It is not every day that Denzel Washington and Oprah Winfrey do a movie together about a historically black college with fewer than 1,000 students.

But that’s what happened when the pair learned about a David and Goliath matchup in which Wiley College’s 1935 debate team won a national championship against Harvard University and also beat other perennial oratorical powerhouses.

In 2004, the United Methodist-related college in Marshall, Texas, began to receive inquiries from Hollywood about Melvin B. Tolson, leader of Wiley’s first debate team.

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Top Bible Verses/Books Revealed

The most popular scriptures have been revealed after an internet survey of 37 million Bible references. The survey results rank every Bible verse by popularity and are published on the TopVerses.com website.

A new search was created from the rankings to find Bible verses more quickly. Instead of starting from Genesis, the ranked search shows popular verses first. 87 of the top 100 verses are in the New Testament, and these can now be found without looking scrolling through the Old Testament first.

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And the list . . .

Top 10 Verses
Verses are taken from the Word English Bible
1. John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
2. John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
3. John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
4. Matthew 28:19
Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
5. Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.
6. Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
7. Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
8. Acts 1:8
”But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
9. 2 Timothy 3:16
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
10. Romans 10:9
If you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Top 10 Books

  • Ephesians
  • James
  • Titus
  • 1 John
  • 2 Peter
  • John
  • Philippians
  • Colossians
  • Romans
  • 1 Peter – Top 10 Chapters
  • 2 Peter 1
  • Psalm 1
  • John 2
  • James 4
  • Romans 12
  • Isaiah 53
  • John 3
  • Romans 1
  • James 1
  • Acts 1
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Philadelphia, DFW home to least attractive

Philadelphia is home to the least attractive people in the United States, a survey of visitors and residents showed on Friday.The city of more than 1.5 million people was also found to be among the least stylish, least active, least friendly and least worldly, according to the “America’s Favorite Cities” survey by Travel & Leisure magazine and CNN Headline News.

For unattractiveness, Philadelphia just beat out Washington DC and Dallas/Fort Worth for the bottom spot. Miami and San Diego are home to the most attractive people, the poll found.

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