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Rick Warren's Parallels between Baseball and Life

April 3, 2010 3 Comments

In his Easter message tonight Rick Warren gave these parallels between Life and Baseball. In both life and baseball you are judged by your stats. You can’t hide your failures. In baseball every time you come up to bat they list your average. You either hit the ball or you don’t. Just like in life ...

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Opening Day is Closer Than You Think!

April 1, 2010 2 Comments

The 2010 Baseball season is just days away! The crack of the bat, the smell and tastes of the hot dogs and let us not forget salted peanuts. All of these are as American as Apple Pie. What? You don’t like Apple Pie! Well by golly I don’t know what we’re going to do with ...

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Closer to the First Pitch

March 21, 2010 3 Comments

We are just over two weeks away from Opening Day to the 2010 Baseball Season. The Dodgers open Monday April 5th against the Pittsburgh Pirates in their defense of the National League West Pennant. How will the double play combination of Rafael Furcal and Ronnie Belliard hold up? Furcal has missed significant time the last ...

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Throw Out the First Pitch

March 11, 2010 No Comments

Baseball has long been known as the American Pastime. The first recorded baseball contest took place in 1846. The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York City lost to the New York Baseball Club in a game at the Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New Jersey. We have come a long way since that first game. ...

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Crossing YOUR Jordan River

Over the course of a lifetime we will be faced with several “Crossing Jordan” type situations. What is a...

The Paradox of Gospel Peace continued! Matthew 10

It has been discussed in the first two parts of this series that Jesus did not come to “bring...

The Paradox of Gospel Peace part two – Matthew 10

It is not uncommon in today’s society (especially in the United States) to find more than one religious persuasion...

The Paradox of Gospel Peace part one – Matthew 10

Many a new Christian has come into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ with a misconception that everything will...

Obedience better than Sacrafice 1 Samuel 15:22

Ever been the position to do something for God and find out that you are actually doing it to...

No Greater Love – John 15:13

Jesus commands that we “Love one another as He has loved us” (John 15:12). Which on the outside sounds...

God’s Love in Action! Rom 5:8

Many a believer has had times in their lives when they feel as though God is not hearing their...

Take up Your Cross!

Today’s younger generation would know nothing about the fact that popcorn did not always come out of a microwave....

The Sermon on the Mount – God Knows our Needs

We live in a world of excess, and it is increasingly difficult to not get caught up chasing after...

The Sermon on the Mount – Worry Pt2

How many times have you been told “don’t worry about it”. No matter the situation, no matter the circumstances,...