NFL fans have less sympathy for fallen players than the Romans had for blind Christians.
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I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.
As a Christian, we can't stand on the sidelines with no team jersey or team colors to show our allegiance to Christ.
So much of football relates to Christian life - sacrifice, commitment, discipline.
When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity.
Blind people don't decide to see. Jesus says, 'See!' and they see.
Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.
There are certain teams in the NFL that have a certain aura about them, and there's a certain respect level about them.
There's no greater way to gain an audience's sympathy than by being unfortunate.
Every true Christian is a soldier - of Christ - a hero 'par excellence'! Braver than the bravest - scorning the soft seductions of peace and her oft-repeated warnings against hardship, disease, danger, and death, whom he counts among his bosom friends.
I pointed out that the Atlanta Olympic bomber - as well as Timothy McVeigh and the people who protest against gay rights at military funerals - are Christians but we journalists don't identify them by their religion.
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