When golfer Bubba Watson won the 2012 Masters golf tournament, he gave his faith witness at the “green jacket” ceremony. Is Tyson Fury on the Lolo Jones side, believing that God does not care about the outcome of a certain game or match, but nonetheless should be acknowledged? Or is he on the Kurt Warner side, evidently thanking the Lord for helping him win? God gave him the glory.Īll of these and countless others in some way acknowledging, thanking, glorifying God or Jesus or the Man Upstairs for their victories and awards. He sounds like a sweaty prophet or king declaring fealty to a capricious deity from some mountaintop. God does not care about a specific contest, who wins and who loses, just the state of our hearts and souls.īut consider the post-match theology of ultimate fighter Tyson Fury who, after winning a bout in Germany, declared that “my Lord, my rock, my salvation Jesus Christ gave me the glory tonight!” His proclamation while holding the belt is joyful, smiling, full-throated. “I don’t think he cares about a certain game or race or performance, but he cares about the condition of our heart.”Ī wise spiritual outlook.
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“Whether he wants to promote me or humble me, that is in his hands,” she once said in a TV interview. The world-champion hurdler Lolo Jones would, it seems, agree with the Yalies, et al. (Which makes me wonder: Is it actually possible for the Creator of the human body to be happy with the existence of body-crushing tackle football?) Sound theology, no? God does not take sides in athletic contests. God does not care about a specific contest, who wins and who loses, just the state of our hearts and souls. He merely gave you, plucky underdog, the ability to bring about such a victory. The Lord did not make defensive stops and touchdown drives on your behalf.
“Kurt, don’t you realize,” maybe they were implying, “that it is ludicrous for you to thank God for a victory that God did not, in fact, give you. (Have you ever heard a scoff? It sounds like, well, you know it when you hear it.)Īs both a Christian and non-Ivy Leaguer, I mutedly scoffed at their scoffing.īut I wonder now: What precisely was the nature of their derision? Was it just your typical elite disdain for Jesus talk? Or was it in fact theologically grounded scoffing? When Warner proclaimed at the trophy ceremony, “Well, first things first, I gotta give the praise and glory to my Lord and Savior up above: thank you Jesus!” they found the native charm deep within to roundly scoff at Warner’s declaration. I was watching the game with a crew of young Ivy League-types. Louis Rams won the Super Bowl over the Tennessee Titans on a 73-yard touchdown pass by Kurt Warner to Isaac Bruce, and a last-second goal-line tackle by Mike Jones.
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