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Welcome to ChristCentral Sunday Morning Worship, for July 09, 2023. Visiting speaker & pastor, Dr. Paul Stohler, from the SBC (Southern Baptist of Texas), delivers a sermon titled "The Parable of the Hidden Treasure", from Matthew 13:44, “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field." https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+13%3A44&version=NKJV

Actor Rob Gough paid $5.2 million for a piece of cardboard in January 2021. Well, that’s one way to put it. Another way is to say that he bought a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card in mint condition with a PSA 9 rating—1 of 6 known to be in existence. "I always dreamt of owning a 1952 Topps Mickey…

An anonymous man paid $35.00 for a beautiful bowl at a garage sale near New Haven, Connecticut in 2020 and sold it for over $700,000.00 at a Sotheby’s auction. The rare, 15th-century Ming dynasty artifact was expected to fetch “between $300,000.00 and $500,000.00,” but fared much better. What a shame…

A team of British treasure hunters found a fortune worth of coins dating from the 15th to 17th centuries using metal detectors to search a field in England. The team found a couple of coins and then asked the owner of the field for permission to search the 15-acre field. Over the next three days they…

When we think about precious stones or minerals, diamonds or gold come to mind, not pearls. Most people are unaware of the high value that a rare or valuable pearl can reach. In 2006, a Filipino angler made an amazing discovery in the sea off the coast of the Palawan Island, in the Philippines. He discovered…

Carla Squitieri was washing dishes. As was her practice, she removed her 12.5-Carat diamond while she washed. Her husband, Bernie accidentally swept it into the garbage. The next day when Carla realized what had happened it was too late. The garbage truck had already collected their trash. Carla thought…

A visit to Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park turned out to profitable for Susie Clark when she found a diamond the size of pinto bean. She says she plans to keep the diamond and since she found it after saying a prayer, she calls it “Hallelujah Diamond.” Clark says she first visited the park with…

You never know where you may find a hidden treasure. A West Point sweater purchased at a Goodwill store last June turned out to be an incredible bargain. A couple purchased the sweater for 58 cents and didn’t think much about it until they saw a documentary on legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince…

Some people claim an old Atari video game may be the worst one the company ever made, but it still sold for over $1,500 during an eBay auction. The “E.T. The Extraterrestrial” game cartridge was buried in the city landfill at Alamogordo, New Mexico in the 1980s after the company declared the game a flop…

When Laurence Egerton’s metal detector turned up something of extraordinary value, he went to great lengths to protect it. Egerton routinely founds old shotgun cartridges and metal junk, but when his detector went off as he was surveying near the site of ancient Roman villa, he knew he had a unique find.…

In 1970, an engineer bought a plain looking wooden chest for about $150. All he wanted was something to put his television on. For the next 43 years, the wooden chest, known as the Mazarin chest sat in the man’s living room. What the man did not know about his television stand was that it was hand crafted…

A New York family didn’t know they had bought a rare heirloom, when they purchased a ceramic bowl at a garage sale in 2007. They paid three dollars for the item, and displayed it in their living for several years. Eventually, someone get curious about where the bowl came from, and then discovered that…

A Virginia woman browsing flea markets in West Virginia saw a box of junk for seven dollars. A statue of Paul Bunyan sticking out of the box caught her eye. Purchasing the box and back home, she saw that a painting in the box had the word “RENOIR” written on the back of the frame. Bidding on the original…

An obscure piece of pottery donated to Goodwill by an anonymous donor may be a very valuable artifact. Goodwill says the piece was put up for auction and received two bids of $4.99 before a couple of people pointed out the potential value. A note found inside the pot indicated it was found in a burial…

Some of China’s richest entrepreneurs seem to have everything they could want. One millionaire admitted the economy is booming, his influence is spreading, and his firm is building modern skyscrapers in Beijing. Though things are going well economically, this millionaire says there is only one thing…

A brother and sister from west London found an old vase while cleaning out their parents’ home. They had it appraised and learned it was valued at nearly $2 million. After putting it up for auction, the antique Chinese vase sold for $69.5 million. A representative for the auction house said, “They had…

Pearl hunters off the coast of the Philippines discovered a pearl weighing five pounds. The owners auctioned it with the lower half of the shell in which it grew, the pearl is valued between $300,000 and $400,000. --The Week January 29, 2010, p. 12. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell In…

VALUE Miners at the Premier Mine in Cullinan, South Africa recently discovered an egg-sized diamond. The uncut diamond is 507.55 carats, which places it among the top 20 high-quality diamonds ever discovered. Experts say the diamond has exceptional color and clarity, but the value has not been set. --World,…

TREASURE A jobless man from Argentina who found $50,000 buried in trash is being sued by the woman who claims she lost the fortune. Recent economic problems in the country have forced thousands of Argentines to earn their living by collecting and selling street garbage such as cardboard. 46-year-old…

The Machine Let me characterize the critical nature of hope through a contemporary parable. In fact, to mix things up a bit, let's make it a futuristic parable. Imagine a huge machine, built like a three-story glass building, in the middle of a white desert. In fact, when you first stumble upon it while…

Author: Ion Idriess Book: Lightning Ridge Chapter 13: “Each dawn brough a thrill, it was present in the concentrated activity, the tense hope. Before the sun went down, some must strike opal. One works well, physically and mentally, when striving for some great prize that lies hidden almost within r…

A pioneer in scuba diving, he became fascinated by buried treasure in the ocean. After spending several years discovering treasure from a Spanish treasure fleet that sunk in 1715, he became fascinated with the much richer promise of a Spanish treasure fleet that sank in 1622 in the Florida Keys. So in…

NEW YORK — A painting stolen 20 years ago was found lying in trash along a street, and now it could fetch up to $1 million at auction. Elizabeth Gibson didn't know anything about the brightly colored abstract work she spotted on her morning walk four years ago on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Sotheby's…

"When a man will venture nothing for Christ's sake, we must draw the sorrowful conclusion that he has not got the grace of God." Source: J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew, London, 1965, pg. 152.

3 John Piper Desiring God Minneapolis, Minnesota 4 For Your Joy FOR YOUR JOY Published by Desiring God © 2005 Desiring God International Standard Book Number: 0-9773286-0-0 Edited for Desiring God Cover design by Edd Blott All scripture quotations are taken from: The Holy Bible: English Standard Version,…