Well, I’m sure Justin wouldn’t say the way I did in my title, but this is still a really good take-down of Bob Costas’ logic concerning Tim Tebow. Costas argues that God doesn’t have a hand in who wins or loses football games. Justin says, au contraire, mon frère. Also, Owen Strachan’s excellent post on this subject is the basis for Taylor’s remarks. Go read Owen’s as well.
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Southern Seminary Student, an Everyday Hero
Mike Frantz is an elder with me at Kenwood Baptist Church, and he’s a student at Southern Seminary. Mike has also served as a fireman in our fair city for the last twelve years. He’s a devoted follower of Christ and a close friend. Yesteday morning, Mike and two of his fellow firefighters had a really close call with a fire at an apartment complex. Monica Markin was on her third floor balcony screaming when Mike and his partners arrived. Mike’s partners climbed the ladder first to rescue the woman, and Mike was about 20 seconds behind them. When the first two men reached the top, a fireball engulfed the…
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Bob Costas’ Commentary on Tim Tebow
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Another One Drinks the Kool-Aid
For those of you just tuning-in, today is “Tim Tebow day” here at DennyBurk.com. We’ve come across yet another conversion story that we thought you would like to see. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has been a relentless critic of Tim Tebow and has resisted all the evidence to the contrary until now. After Tim Tebow went to 7-1 yesterday, Smith has finally changed his tune. Smith compared his former unbelief to Pharoah, and he says that he has now been humbled. I guess that means that yesterday’s game was like the tenth plague. This is a remarkable conversation. Watch above.
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Tim Tebow Auto-tuned: “All he does is win!”
Drink the koolaid friends. This one is definitely going into the Top 10 YouTubes of 2011. (HT: Josh Philpot)
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Why Does Tebow Succeed?
Tim Tebow’s extraordinary season with the Broncos is the most remarkable storyline in sports this year. I have never seen anything like it. He has captured the attention of the nation, and everyone seems to have an opinion about how to explain the improbable run that he is having right now. The most fascinating thing to me is to see self-avowed secularists trying to sort this out. Yet another such writer with very little appreciation for the faith of Tim Tebow weighs-in on the phenome in the New York Times. Frank Bruni writes:
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Can Christians Afford To Be Associated with Gingrich?
Pro-life and pro-marriage voters have a slate of flawed front-runners to choose from in the GOP primary. Ross Douthat argues that this presents a unique problem to Christians, especially with respect to the rise of Newt Gingrich. He writes: The real issue for religious conservatives isn’t whether they can trust Gingrich. It’s whether they can afford to be associated with him.
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The Son of God Came Down
Barry Joslin is a professor at Boyce College who also serves as worship pastor at Ninth & O Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He and his worship team got permission from Sovereign Grace ministries to record the song “The Son of God Came Down” and to give it away as a gift to their congregation. Barry sings and plays guitar himself on this one. It’s a great recording, and it’s certainly a great song. You can download it here or listen to it below. The lyrics are below. [audio:http://aspen.nowsprouting.com/ninthandobaptistchurch/podcast_item/5/201/01+The+Son+of+God+Came+Down.mp3]
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Republican Revenge Fantasies
I think Ross Douthat is on to something when he argues that Newt Gingrich is playing to Republican revenge fantasies about outsmarting, and out-orating, Barack Obama. He writes:
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Waiting for the Game…
Now that we have bid adieu to another regular season of college football, there are no games to watch this weekend (Army vs. Navy notwithstanding). Apparently, there will be some other games played over the next month or so, but I’m pretty focused on the one that will be played on January 9. Until then, I’ll be strung out on these hype videos. Enjoy.