Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 22, 2025
                
                
                
                    "'Cash, check or charge?' I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase.  As she fumbled for her wallet, I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse. 'So, do you always carry your TV remote?' I asked.
'No,' she replied, 'but my
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Mar 13, 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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                    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 30, 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 Apr 1, 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 Sheila Crowe on Jan 13, 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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                    Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 9, 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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                    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Apr 8, 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 13, 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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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    An elderly widow, restricted in her activities, was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she could bring blessing to others by playing the piano. The next day she placed this small ad in the Oakland Tribune: "Pianist will play hymns by phone daily for those who are
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A poor old widow, living in the Scottish Highlands, was called upon one day by a gentleman who had heard that she was in need. The old lady complained of her condition, and remarked that her son was in Australia and doing well. 
"But does he do nothing to help you?" inquired the visitor. 
"No,
                    
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                    An elderly widow, restricted in her activities, was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she could bless others by playing the piano. The next day she placed this small ad in the Oakland Tribune: "Pianist will play hymns by phone daily for those who are sick and
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Aug 22, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    An eIderly widow, restricted in her activities, was eager to serve Christ. After praying about the matter, she decided that although she might not be capable of walking from house to house to invite others to Church, she was still able to play the piano.
The next day she placed this small ad in
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A poor old widow, living in the Scottish Highlands, was called upon one day by a gentleman who had heard that she was in need. The old lady complained of her condition, and remarked that her son was in Australia and doing well. "But does he do nothing to help you?" inquired the visitor. "No,
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Sophie and Shirley, two elderly widows in a Florida adult community, are curious about the latest arrival in their building -- a quiet, nice looking gentleman who keeps to himself.
Shirley says, "Sophie, you know I’m shy. Why don’t you go over to him at the pool and find out a little about him. He
                    
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