Posts tagged god
VIDEO Albert Pujols talks “God” and faith at Glenn Beck rally
Aug 30th
For St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, appearing at Glenn Beck’s 8/28 rally Saturday was a chance to witness to hundreds of thousands of people what role God has played in his life and to share the work of his Pujols Family Foundation.
“We were right on track, which is about being an example for Jesus Christ and do everything we can to make this country better for Christ,” he said of the rally.
Watch Pujols explain his appearance.
Glen Coffee retires from NFL to pursue ministry
Aug 19th
Former Alabama running back Glen Coffee explained his sudden decision to leave pro football and the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers today, telling the Press-Register that it was God’s will taking him in another direction.
“Honestly, it was something I wrestled with for a long time,” Coffee said. “I just feel like it’s giving in to His will, man. I feel like I was wasting the organization’s time, as far as the Niners. I was wasting my time. I should have never entered the league, and I’m sorry I had to do it in the middle of camp and leave my teammates like that. But it was something that I felt like I needed to do.”
Coffee, at age 23, is retiring after only one season with the 49ers. He was their second-string running back in camp this preseason behind Frank Gore.
“A lot of people aren’t going to understand and realize because they don’t have the wisdom to understand,” Coffee said. “Their eyes aren’t open like mine are open. True happiness is glorifying God and glorifying Christ. That’s what true happiness is. … And for me, that wasn’t the NFL. That wasn’t where I needed to be.”
The next step, Coffee said, is to return to Tuscaloosa and finish his undergraduate degree at the University of Alabama and perhaps then enter graduate school. The Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., native left the Crimson Tide after his junior season to enter the NFL, a decision he’d like to have back for reasons other than last season’s BCS title.
” I left there for the wrong reasons,” Coffee said. “I left because I was done with football. It’s crazy if you think about it. You leave football to go to another level of football, and you think you’re going to be happier. Money or no money, that wasn’t the case.”
Coffee said it’s possible he could now enter the ministry or pursue another religious calling, but “Those doors will open as they open.”
Drew Brees: “Coming Back Stronger”
Aug 13th
When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team—and facing the daunting task of having to learn to throw a football all over again—coaches around the NFL wondered, Will he ever come back? After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, leaving more than 80 percent of the city underwater, many wondered, Will the city ever come back? And with their stadium transformed into a makeshift refugee camp, forcing the Saints to play their entire 2005 season on the road, people questioned, Will the Saints ever come back?
It takes a special person to turn adversity into success and despair into hope—yet that is exactly what Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees has done—and with the weight of an entire city on his shoulders. Coming Back Stronger is the ultimate comeback story, not only of one of the NFL’s top quarterbacks, but also of a city and a team that many had all but given up on.
Brees’s inspiring message of hope and encouragement proves that with enough faith, determination, and heart, you can overcome any obstacle life throws your way and not only come back, but come back stronger.
Is it OK to pray for your team to win?
Mar 6th
Does theology address this kind of winning? Does God take sides in a ball game? Is it right to pray to win? Does goodness ever have anything to do with winning?
That’s the Question of Faith Kentucky.com posed to their Faith Blog Network participants.
