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Charles H. Spurgeon If you want to do some serious reading of C. H. Spurgeon's sermons, get into this site. Sixty-three volumes of sermons over most of the Bible from the "Prince of Preachers" as Spurgeon was known. These sermons have provided me with valuable spiritual input over the last several years and Spurgeon's teaching has truly impacted my life.

Click here to become addicted. Sporcle.com is a great place to play many different quiz games ranging all sorts of subject areas. I am up right now at 2:38 a.m. and I have spent the last half-hour at least trying my trivia knowledge out on this website. I especially enjoy testing my sports knowledge but there are lots of other types of quizzes on there; for all different people.

South Dakota Slamball is something that natives of South Dakota do with trampolines, a basketball goal, and a backhoe. We made this video and posted it to youtube. CLICK on it, enjoy, and think about the possibilities in your backyard.

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This wordle is from the lyrics of one of my favorite songs of all time, Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson and the Caveliers (redone by Pearl Jam).

Need some news? Click to go to Christian Science Monitor's website. The Christian Science Monitor is a magazine publication that presents many aspects of the world news. As its namesake, the articles featured present news from the Christian perspective, but not extremely biased. It is definitely a conservative news outlet, but it is a useful place to stay updated on what is going on in the world.

How much of a MAN are YOU? My greatest desire is to be remade into the image of God's son, Jesus Christ. I also want to be a MAN who follows God with his whole heart. On my journey growing into a MAN, I have visited this website a few times.

Do you know how to dance? Are you too cool or have you just never had the opportunity to learn? I love to swing dance. My oldest sister taught me awhile back and now I dance with all my sisters and anyone else that will dance with me. Check out an instructional video here.

Do you have trouble putting together lessons for your Bible Study? If this is true of you or if your pastor recently preached on something that is confusing to you, check out Blue Letter Bible for some great tools to increase your ability in exegeting scripture. I love to use this source to look up parallel versions of verses and also quickly look up transliterations of the original text. If you need, Blue Letter Bible also provides access for a large number of commentaries and other resources for study.

I was in class the other day and my professor mentioned a website that sounded interesting. If you have ever been curious about how many people in the United States share your name, then you should check this out.

Teachers especially should be cognizant of the media they use in their classrooms. To check out what Christian experts have to say about a movie or music group click here. Focus on the Family developed this site, Plugged-in online, to help parents be more discerning about the media that their children put into their minds. Teachers can use the same concept and review popular movies of the day or review a movie that will potentially be shown in class.

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Genesis 1:1-26 Podcast. Features the vocal talents of Ethan McClain and the editing abilities of Rachel Schnell and myself; let it take you into the creation of the world.




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I made this three panel cartoon on Bitstrips.com. I am the main character and it is based on a trip that I made to a Hutterite Colony in South Dakota. If I was a Hutterite man maybe this is how I would be?


This is an animoto video that I produced for a Web 2.0 project. Check it out! It features my football team in high school set to the song "Boys of Fall" by Kenny Chesney. By the way, I am number 25.