Football Is Violence – By Walter Thurman, Seattle Seahawks
The nature of the game (of football) is violence… it’s been about that since its creation.
SPORTS, CHRISTIANS, & THE KINGDOM [DEAR BRETHREN 39]
Why do we do the things we do? Has this ever spiritually invaded your heart through the Holy Spirit? Is it because we mimic others that are having “fun?” What traditions, God’s or Satan’s, are we following since “we’ve always done it this way?”
SUPER BOWL RELIGION [AT THE BATTLE FRONT 35]
It’s a day still vividly etched in my memory. It was a cool, but brightly sunny January day in west Florida. It was the 26th of January, 1986 to be exact. Being a real sports fan from Chicago, I had waited a long, long time for this celebration. The Chicago Bears were finally playing in the Super Bowl, and were favored to boot!
And I was unsaved, lost as a snake, living in sin with another women, drinking and carrying on as any good pagan might be expected to do. Of course, the Bears clobbered the Patriots by 36 points in Super Bowl XX, and I was…(to read more, click link)
WHAT THE SUPER BOWL REVEALS ABOUT AMERICAN VALUES [AT THE BATTLE FRONT 36]
By Alan Nordstrom, professor of English, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL; posted on-line February 6, 2007, The Orlando Sentinel (Note: I’ve spoken with Alan and he is not a believer in Jesus Christ.)
I try to imagine what a critical media-studies analysis of the Super Bowl would reveal about this iconic American phenomenon. I observe this issue as a disinterested (i.e., fascinated but impartial) spectator. I’m not invested in the game of football, and I have no knowledge of or preference for the Indianapolis Colts or the Chicago Bears. I might as well be a Martian in my…(to read more, click link)
