The Colorado Rockies - the team losing 0-2 in the World Series - have garnered some attention for their faith-based baseball. My friend Patton Dodd, loyal member of the Red Sox Nation (no matter what he might say) even wrote before the Series that God was on the Rockies side.
Whenever we think of sports and Jesus, we think of all the players thanking Jesus when they win. There have been more than a few Christian books by victorious athletes thanking Jesus. And there isn't anything wrong with that. We're supposed to thank God for everything.
That makes me think that maybe Jesus wants the Rockies to get swept in four games by the mighty Sox just so they can show the world that their faith in him is such that they will positively rejoice at the Sox victory. How extraordinary would it be for the Rockies to gather on their field if the Sox win and applaud? What an amazing witness for the transformative power of Jesus would it be if the Rockies doused the Sox in champagne and celebrated their victory and praised God all the time. That would make people wonder about Jesus.
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Patton Dodd is G ... well, I shouldn't let a cute rhyme force me into sacrilege, but he is awesome.
His Bnet takedown of The Secret is -- to use the language of ESPN -- an instant classic.
Now what was that I heard once about something going before a fall? ....
Speaking of ESPN -- fascinating article on the faith-based recoveries of tonight's two starting pitchers:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=3083332&sportCat=mlb
Wasn't the last story that the Rockies great, supernatural, prayer-based winning streak was a fantastic Testimony to Jesus?
Now the get their clocks cleaned by Boston and it's "Jesus wants the Rockies to get swept in four games"?
Can't Jesus make up his mind, David?
Okay, obviously as a Boston fan you favor the most humiliating outcome for the NL, which is what you got. So the Boston fans' prayers trumped the locker rook piety of the Rox I guess.
But on the Power of Prayer front the score is:
Mockers & Scoffers 11
True Believers 0
I just wish Jesus would help my Houston Astros finally win a World Series. We're not fans of a big market team like the Boston Red Sox or the Chicago Cubs so there's none of that stupid baloney about our team being cursed by Babe Ruth or the Wrigley Field goat or anything like that, but it sure would be nice to get that trophy on the Gulf Coast and any help by Jesus would be appreciated.
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