Posts tagged "Super Bowl"
Real Christians Don’t Sin: The Least True Thing Said During the Super Bowl
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Real Christians Don’t Sin: The Least True Thing Said During the Super Bowl

by R-J Heijmen on Feb 5, 2013 • 21 Comments

During his pre-Super Bowl interview with Shannon Sharpe, in which Sharpe raised the question of Ray Lewis’ alleged involvement in a 2000 double murder, Lewis made the following, completely untrue, totally unbiblical statement:

“If (the family of the victims) knew, if they really knew, the way God works, He doesn’t use people who commit anything like that, for His glory. No way. It’s the total opposite.”

I’m sorry Ray, but Moses begs to differ. As does David, and Paul. All murderers. Praise God that this isn’t true; that God does, in fact, use sinners for His glory and His purposes. He has…

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Cut the Blather: A 10-Point Mockingbird Super Bowl Preview
Humor / Sports

Cut the Blather: A 10-Point Mockingbird Super Bowl Preview

by Nick Lannon on Feb 2, 2012 • 2 Comments

With two weeks between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl (ostensibly to let injured players heal) the hype machine goes into overdrive before the big game.

ESPN really has to scrape the bottom of the barrel to give some of its NFL analysts credibility.  On their NBA studio show, to give a measure of perspective, Michael Wilbon introduces himself, and says that he’s joined by Jon Barry, “Hall-of-Famer Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson”, and Chris Broussard.  That seems appropriate.  On the NFL set, though, everyone’s gotta have something.  Stuart Scott actually mentioned that he’d played for one day in an NFL…

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Colbert: "What About The Jesus?"

by Aaron M. G. Zimmerman on Feb 3, 2011 • 2 Comments
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Colbert (with Sean Kelly) takes on the superficiality of our culture. Actually a pretty fascinating little interview. Take aways: read John’s Gospel, watch the Super Bowl, and read Moby Dick.

Self-Knowledge and the Steelers
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Self-Knowledge and the Steelers

by Nick Lannon on Jan 28, 2011 • 1 Comment

I’m a huge Steelers fan. I come by it honestly, having lived in Pittsburgh for three years while I was in seminary. Yet I’ve recently noticed that rooting for the Steelers really throws my lack of sanctification into sharp relief.

Before last week’s AFC Championship game against the hometown Jets (my parish, though in New Jersey, is closer to New York than New Meadowlands Stadium, where both the “New York” Jets and Giants play), people started asking me if we were going to throw a Super Bowl party at our church. We did last year, watching the Colts fall short…

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How Will You Keep Christmas This Year? (Part 4)
Bible / Christmas / Theology

How Will You Keep Christmas This Year? (Part 4)

by Jeff Hual on Dec 18, 2009 • 1 Comment

Having considered in previous installments of this series why Christ came into the world, we turn our attention now to how he came.

Jesus came in the manner of God’s king, the Messiah, and he came in such a way that his birth, life, death and resurrection fulfilled all that had been foretold of him by the Old Testament prophets. It’s simply not possible to overemphasize the importance of the prophetic fulfillments in proving that Jesus is the Christ.

The basis for this method of testing the Messianic claim is biblical. It’s laid down in Isaiah 41, starting with verse 21: 21…

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Oh no, I’ve said too much—I haven’t said enough
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Oh no, I’ve said too much—I haven’t said enough

by DPotter on Oct 5, 2009 • 10 Comments

The following story comes from Lark News, a Christian website that shows the lighter side of the faith through the medium of satire.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Brentwood Community Church’s congregation has asked its pastor to stop using the pulpit as his public confessional and to set boundaries on what he’s willing to share.

“Every week he confesses another personal weakness,” says one member. “You get twitchy wondering what’s next.”The personal confession streak started after Pastor Greg Ott attended a pastors conference in Chicago. He returned and told the church he was embracing a “new vulnerability” with them.“That sounded great until we realized…

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Integrating Our Past
Bible / Books / Psychology / Suffering

Integrating Our Past

by Kate Norris on Jan 26, 2009 • 3 Comments

The Partnership for a Drug Free America is currently running advertisements in Time Magazine entitled, “How to talk to your kids about drugs if you did drugs.” From the title alone one can sense the fear of being exposed. The advertisement lists ten helpful things that encourage reticent parents to be age-appropriately open with their children. It ends with “good luck!”
This addresses a common human tendency to want to present ourselves as better than we are. We have a ‘fatal attraction’ to value what others think about us above all else. It really cuts to the bone when it’s someone…

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