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From: D2MG@SDSUMUS (Kurt Evans)
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Subject: Basketball
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Date: 12 Jan 90 02:10:40 GMT
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     John C. mentioned basketball, and it reminded me of something
I learned over the break.

     For about a day and a half I had had the idea that basketball
*must* have been invented by a Christian.  I kept thinking about looking
in the encyclopedia, but I thought, "Even if it was, it will never be
in there."

     Before I went to bed Monday, my curiosity overcame my rationality,
and I checked it out.  In 1891, James A. Naismith was hired by the
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) to develop a team sport that
could be played indoors during the winter.  I looked up Naismith and
found that he had given up a promising athletic career to study for
the ministry.

     (I've heard the YMCA was a lot more Christ-centered back then than
it is today.)

     This discovery about had me doing back-flips!  I don't know if
anyone else can relate, but this sport was important to me even before
I got saved, and it has continued to be so.  I hope someone is blessed
by this testimony.
                                       For Jesus' glory,
                                       Kurt