... families across the world. That Methodist layman went home in a state of shock. He had been accustomed to comfortable Christianity which seldom if ever feels the pinch of sacrifice. He had a feeling that on this particular morning he had glimpsed what Christianity is all about. Football player, Barry Sanders, was signed by the Detroit Lions in 1989. He was right out of college. Many eyebrows were raised when his contract was announced at $6.1 million for five years. But the real objection came when ...
It is at the point of our strengths rather than our weaknesses that we are most vulnerable. Our strengths can create even greater monsters than our weaknesses. In downtown Detroit, an entire side of the CadillacTower building bears the muscular image of Barry Sanders, the NFL's leading rusher and Detroit Lions running back #20. The only way you know who is responsible for this massive, looming work of people's art, this icon to a sports god, is by one symbol in the upper right-hand corner: a swoosh (Nike ...
... Club in New York City awards the coveted Heisman Trophy. Voted on by over 800 media members, the Heisman is awarded to the most outstanding college football player during that season. Past recipients have included such notables as Roger Staubach, Marcus Allen, and Barry Sanders. It is a great honor, and it represents the broad and non-partisan recognition of a player's outstanding season. In the case of this particular young man, let us say that he has just completed a record-breaking campaign. He is a ...
... and he found the peace that could be found in no other source but in the goodness and faithfulness of God. (7) Christian Author J. Oswald Sanders once said, “Peace is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of God.” Jesus never said he would protect us from all problems. He ... ’s Digest, https://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/funny-family-stories/. 4. Making Miracles by Arnold Fox and Barry Fox (Rodale Press: Emmaus, PA), 1989. Cited in The Preacher's Illustration Service. 5. https://www.persecution.com ...
