Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
Favorite Sports: According to a Sports Illustrated for Kids survey the top ten ranked sports among 7-17 year olds are: basketball, football, baseball and soccer, skateboarding, snowboarding, SlamBall, BMX biking,
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 12, 2010
SPORTS AND CHURCH
Football in the fall. Basketball in the winter. Baseball in the spring and summer. This pastor has been an avid sports fan all his life. But I’ve had it! I quit this sports business once and for all. You can’t get me near one of those places again. Want to know why...
Every time
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Baptist
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 29, 2010
Here’s a little statistic published in 1998 in The Economist that I use in my Ethics class at DePaul. According to the article, “Superhuman Heroes,” a survey of 198 top athletes conducted in 1995 had more than 50% stating that they would be willing to take a drug that would help them win every
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
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FOX SPORTS PLAY OF THE DAY
"Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit’" (Acts 2:38).
Pat Summerall spent 50 years with the national Football League. He was
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Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 8, 2005
In today’s world of extreme sports there is a popular method of skiing referred to as “Tree-skiing”. Tree-skiing may sound like a death wish, but some skiers love the risk of skiing brand new, fresh powder snow lying in a stand of aspen or spruce trees. The key, of course, is not hitting the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Kent Kessler on Apr 7, 2007
In all of sports, there is perhaps no basketball rivalry quite as intense as that between the Universities of Duke and North Carolina. The campuses are only eight miles apart. Both teams have different shades of blue for their primary color, so North Carolinians are told, "Choose Your Blue!"
Duke
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Mar 12, 2009
In the world of sports, when an underdog is victorious it’s known as an upset. Here is a list of 5 of sport’s biggest upsets.
1) 1980 Olympics-Lake Placid: USA defeats Russia in hockey 4-3. Ragtag group of Americans defeats the Russian team that had dominated the sport for 15 years.
2) 1990
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Christian/Church Of Christ
The Parable Of The Free Agent Hockey Players
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a rich sports owner who went out at 6 AM on July 1st , free agency day, to find players for his hockey team. At the local Starbucks he found a Superstar player. He said, “I’ll make you a good offer. - $5 million per
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Lance Hostetter on Feb 23, 2013
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MY SON'S A SPORTS REPAIRMAN
Three ladies were sitting around and bragging about their children. The first one says, "You know my son, he graduated first in his class from Stanford, he’s now a doctor making $250,000 a year in Chicago."
The second woman says, "You know my son, he graduated first in
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Jan 12, 2003
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THE CALL FROM SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
In Paul Harvey’s “For What It’s Worth Department” there was a story about a man named Speedy Morris.
Speedy was a basketball coach for LaSalle University. He was shaving one day when his wife called out to tell him he was wanted on the phone by Sports
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
The one nice thing about sports is that they prove men do have emotions and
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Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 8, 2008
Be truthful - you sometimes root for the underdog, don’t you? Whether it’s football, baseball, or basketball; whether it’s college ball or professional players, you root for the underdog, don’t you?
I do too. Except maybe if it’s the home team. These days it seems like if we’re rooting for the
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