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to Wood Hurdles
This is a website that includes information on track &
field, shuttle hurdle relays,
180 yard low hurdles, 200 meter hurdles, organizations that give back to the
community,
web links, links to schools, Bible studies, and in the future much more.
Useful websites for researching questions regarding the
Bible:
http://www.biblegateway.com
For other useful websites please select
the following website:
http://www.woodhurdles.com/Research/1.html
http://www.woodhurdles.com/Saddleback/Do-Not-Worry.pdf
For those interested in a self taught Bible study, please
click
on either of the following links:
Patmos and God’s Word
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/44.html
What should we being focusing our attention on?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/43.html
Did you know?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/42.html
Irrevocable Gifts
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/41.html
Greatest Shepherd
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/40.html
John the Baptist’s question to Jesus
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/39.html
Abide in Jesus Christ
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/38.html
Ascension of Jesus Christ
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/37.html
Heart
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/36.html
Dreams
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/35.html
Contentment I
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/33.html
Contentment II
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/34.html
Forgiveness
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/32.html
Ways to Worship the
Lord
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/31.html
Prophet
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/30.html
Grace and faith
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/29.html
3 days . . .
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/28.html
Out of love . . .
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/27.html
Waiting on . . .
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/26.html
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/25.html
God’s Word:
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/24.html
Martin Luther’s 95 Thesis – the Church Breaking Away
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/23.html
Jesus’ childhood
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/22.html
Exile: a life
changing experience
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/21.html
Faith . . .
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/20.html
What is the
significance of a tree?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/19.html
The next great leader
or . . .
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/18.html
Write . . .
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/17.html
What can be
accomplished in three days . . .
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/16.html
Kids . . .
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/15.html
A little Bible
Archaeology . . .
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/14.html
What position did you play on the school team?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/12.html
How do you say thank you?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/11.html
What is a champion?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/10.html
When is being torn a
good thing?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/9.html
A peace offering: What
is the largest sacrifice that we could make?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/8.html
A way to say thank
you.
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/7.html
Greatest
trade of all time?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/6.html
What does home look
like?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/5.html
Do you consider
yourself a great leader?
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/4.html
At the right hand of?:
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/3.html
Does an airplane
crash in
http://www.woodhurdles.com/BibleStudy/2.html
Or please read the following:
Greatest trade of all time?
Years
ago I was fortunate to follow the Lakers on radio and tv (pre cable days), and was
treated to some of the best centers of all time. How did the Lakers obtain these two great
centers?
Wilt Chamberlain:
Per Wikipedia, “. . . General Manager Jack Hannum
decided to radically change the
Sixers by trading for Archie Clark,
Darrall Imhoff and Jerry Chambers . . . . This
qualifies as one of the most lopsided NBA trades ever, as the Sixers traded the most
dominant player of his generation for three role players .
. . After the trade,
Chamberlain was teamed with future Hall-of-Famers Elgin Baylor
and Jerry West,
creating one of the most prolific basketball scoring machines of all time . . .
.
Chamberlain and West would win their first and only Lakers title in 1972 . . .
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (formerly known as Lew Alcindor):
Per Wikipedia, “. . . With the addition of Oscar Robertson,
a league-best 66 victories in 1970-71, . . . . the
Bucks won the NBA championship, . . .
In 1975,
the Bucks traded him and reserve center Walt Wesley to the Los Angeles Lakers
for center Elmore Smith, guard Brian Winters,
and rookie "blue chippers" Dave Myers
and Junior Bridgeman. The
trade paved the way for a second Abdul-Jabbar dynasty as the
Lakers went on to become one of the most dominant teams of the 1980's,
appearing in the
finals eight times and winning five NBA championships . . .
What trade was greater than the two listed above?
Let’s see what the Bible has to tell us . . .
Matthew 27:11-31 (NIV):
Jesus
Before Pilate
11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the
governor asked him, "Are you
the king of the Jews?"
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.
12 When he was accused by the chief priests and the
elders, he gave no answer.
13 Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the
testimony they are bringing against you?"
14 But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single
charge—to the great amazement of the
governor.
15 Now it was the governor's custom at the Feast to
release a prisoner chosen by the
crowd.
16 At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.
17 So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them,
"Which one do you want me to
release to you: Barabbas,
or Jesus who is called Christ?"
18 For he knew it was out of
envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
19 While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his
wife sent him this message: "Don't
have anything to do with that
innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a
dream because of him."
20 But the chief priests and the elders
persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to
have Jesus executed.
21 "Which of the two do you want me to
release to you?" asked the governor.
"Barabbas," they answered.
22 "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who
is called Christ?" Pilate asked.
They all answered, "Crucify him!"
23 "Why? What
crime has he committed?" asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder,
"Crucify him!"
24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere,
but that instead an uproar was starting,
he took water and washed his hands
in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this
man's blood," he said. "It is your
responsibility!"
25 All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"
26 Then he released Barabbas
to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over
to be crucified.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
27 Then the governor's soldiers took
Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole
company of soldiers around him.
28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,
29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set
it on his head. They put a staff in
his right hand and knelt in front of him and
mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!"
they said.
30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him
on the head again and again.
31 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and
put his own clothes on him.
Then they led him away to crucify
him.
The Crucifixion story begins at Matthew 27:32+
. . . Jesus
offers us a better trade.
Questions:
-How did the Lakers obtain these two great centers?
-Did you ever trade baseball cards as a kid?
-What “trade” in your life do you believe has impacted you the most?
-What “trade” did Jesus make in our behalf (Matthew 27:32+)?
-What trade do you consider the greatest of all time?
References:
Information on this document is from websites accessed on Oct. 27, 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_AbdulJabbar
http://www.jordanextreme.com/photo15/photo15.htm
Any questions or updates? Please contact Jeff at jad-calif@cox.net