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Author Archives: jesustrek
A Tale of Two Players
One the opening day of the 1954 baseball season, the Milwaukee Braves visited the Cincinnati Reds. Two rookies began their major league careers with that game. The Reds won 9-8 as Jim Greengrass hit four doubles in his first big … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Leadership, Sports
Tagged finishing well, good start, Henry Aaron, illustration, Jim Greengrass, perseverance, Philippians 3:12
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Only Opinion that Counts
In Men at Work, George Will noted that baseball umpires are professional dispensers of pure justice. As an example, he wrote about a time when umpire Babe Pinelli called Babe Ruth out on strikes. Ruth made an argument that many … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Culture, Leadership, Sports
Tagged Babe Pinelli, Babe Ruth, George Will, God is the judge, God's wisdom, illustration, morality, Proverbs 8:14, public opinion
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Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day 2015 found the Ohio State Buckeyes visiting the Michigan State Spartans for a Big Ten showdown in men’s basketball. The game had a thrilling finish. With the game tied and the game clock winding down, the Spartans had … Continue reading
Right Direction
NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is serious about running footraces and competing in triathlons. He is so devoted to these endeavors that his wife has called it his “second job”. But he still makes mistakes every now and then. He recently … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Communion Meditations, Sports
Tagged 2 Corinthians 7:1, illustration, Jimmie Johnson, mistakes, repentance, sin, triathlon, wrong turn
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Making His Case
13-year-old Abby Campbell, of Ashland, Kentucky, is trying to make a case for Pete Rose to finally be included in baseball’s Hall Of Fame. The Ashland Middle School seventh-grader has begun a project called “4,256 reasons why Pete Rose should … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Sports
Tagged Abby Campbell, Acts 1:8, Ashland, Ashland Middle School, evangelism, Hall of Fame, illustration, Kentucky, Pete Rose, witnessing
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The Price of One Man’s Faith
I was just reading from Matthew 14 about how John the Baptist was arrested and later beheaded. He got into this trouble because he spoke out against an illegitimate relationship. Matthew 14:3-4 says, “Now Herod had arrested John and bound … Continue reading
Properly Labeled
A recent study suggests that many supplements supposedly containing herbs or other ingredients that allegedly promote health and well-being actually contain little or none of these ingredients. It seems that many of these products are little more than cheap fillers … Continue reading
Take It!
Tony Campolo writes about a particularly memorable worship service he attended long ago: Sitting with my parents at a communion service when I was very young, perhaps six or seven years old, I became aware of a young woman in … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Communion Meditations
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:27, forgiveness, grace, illustration, sin, Tony Campolo, unworthy, worship
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Protection
Maxey Flats is a site in Kentucky where low-level nuclear waste was dumped between 1962 and 1977. The site contains about 4.7 million cubic feet of low-level waste. Some of that waste began leaking out in the 1970s, which caused … Continue reading
Chain Reaction Prayer
This morning I thought to pray for a lady who is making a long trip to see a medical specialist. Then I thought about a man who is witnessing to this lady and her husband. He has been in their home … Continue reading
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