About two months ago, with all the hype surrounding the Super Bowl, there was much said in the papers and on line about the coaches of both teams and their public professions of faith in Jesus Christ. Back then, I put a couple of blogs on about Tony Dungy and his stand for Christ in an arena that is not overtly Christian. (Try January and February of 2007 archives, to read some of these posts.)
Well, Coach Dungy is back in the news again. And again it's for his public stand for Christ. The Indiana Family Institute (IFI) honored Dungy at its March 20th dinner with their "Friend of the Family" award. In accepting the award, Dungy responded to his critics who said that he should not be associating with such "bigots who allegedly hate homosexuals" by stating unambiguously, "IFI is saying what the Lord says....[and] I'm on the Lord's side"!
All this is when the state is in the midst of a debate over a traditional marriage amendment that has been passed by the Indiana state Senate and is now before the state House of Representatives. Dungy, at least on the face of things, appears to be quite willing to stand fast upon the Word of God! (See the article on World Magazine's website: http://www.worldmag.com/articles/12821.)
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