I can't help but think that had college football existed in the Apostle Paul's day, he would more than likely have been an avid fan. Think about how many times Paul uses athletics as a picture of the Christian life (1 Corinthians 9:24-27; 1 Timothy 4:7-8; 2 Timothy 2:5; 4:7; and, though probably not written by Paul but by one of his close companions, Hebrews 12:1-2). Surely this would have been one way that he tried to "become all things to all men so that by all possible means [he] might save some" (1 Cor. 9:22)!
And, here it goes now, had he visited the loveliest village on the plains, I have no doubt but that he would have been an Auburn fan!
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Amen to that! How could he not have been? We're #2 now! War Eagle! - Madison Murr
Guy, If you feel so strongly about your alma mater, perhaps there is a chance that you will understand what it is like to lose your neighborhood, your home, your church. If Auburn U. were wiped out, would you feel sadness, a sense of loss? Would you contribute to the rebuilding--right there, on site? Would you prefer they move the university to a more demographically favorable site--far away from its beginnings? A childhood friend from "upstate" visited me today, and the first thing out of her mouth was, "We saw your church--the Lord spared it?" I couldn't say anything to her without crying, but informed her that members of our congregation had wanted to move to where "the rich were building" before the storm, and she answered, very quckly, "Of, course, that's just what Jesus would have done." Enough said.
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