Category: Sports

What Matters Most?

August 29, 2025 by • Books, Relationships, Religion, Society, Sports, Success • 0 Comments

“Yeah, we were in the game…until Jesus made me fumble.”

                                                       –a punchline from a stand-up comedian in 1989

 

Did God ever respond to this theological joke?

 

KNOXVILLE, TN  SEPTEMBER 7, 2013    “Never seen anything like it.” / …”I’ve never seen anything like this.” / “You have got to be kidding me.  This is incredible!”

HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA   NOVEMBER 28, 2014  “This is a team…they just score and score and score.”

(After struggling early in 2013,  an offense that would have extraordinary success in 2014, 2015, and 2016.  A story of redemption.)

  • A STORY OF REDEMPTION IN SPORTS…SUCCESS IN SPORTS
  • SUCCESS IN SPORTS vs WHAT MATTERS MOST IN LIFE
  • WHAT MATTERS MOST IN LIFE & PETE MARAVICH

 

  • PETE MARAVICH QUOTED AT THE END OF A BOOK FROM DONALD WHITNEY
  • DONALD WHITNEY & THE BIBLE

Just Coincidences, Eh?

August 24, 2025 by • Books, Entertainment, History, Law, News, Politics, Religion, Society, Sports, Success, Television • 0 Comments

“Is God dead?” –a question asked in 1966

Did anything happen to provide evidence that God isn’t dead?  Or are they just coincidences?

NUMEROUS EVENTS UNIQUE IN HISTORY DURING THE LATE 1960’s/EARLY 1970’s  (listed on page 4 of this blog)

  • John Wooden’s success during the late 1960’s/early 1970’s
  • John Wooden’s creed about drinking deeply from good books, especially the Bible

Striking Similarities

June 30, 2025 by • Crime, Entertainment, History, Religion, Sports, Television • 0 Comments

WNBA OFFICIALS & CHRISTIAN TV OWNERS

The Late 1960’s/Early 1970’s

March 3, 2025 by • Books, Crime, Entertainment, Financial, History, Law, News, News & Media, Politics, Religion, Self-Improvement, Society, Sports, Success, Television • 0 Comments

  • Americans walking on the moon.
  • America losing a war.
  • America’s only president who would be forced to resign winning presidential elections.
  • Historical events that would play a major role in Americans turning on their presidents who had won their last elections in landslides.
  • Construction of the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City.
  • New York City plagued with various strikes by public employees.
  • New freedoms for Hollywood thanks to the MPAA’s new classification system.
  • Martin Scorsese begins his film career as a director.
  • Early development for Hollywood’s disastrous disaster movies (from Airport to The Towering Inferno).
  • The American movie industry struggling for economic survival.
  • The movie industry’s future king working in television.
  • Construction of the Magic Kingdom at Disney World, the world’s most visited theme park.
  • The first seven years of the Superbowl, an annual sporting event that has since dominated the record books for the “All-Time Most Watched TV Programs”.
  • Historic Middle East conflicts of the 20th Century between Israel and the Arab world.
  • Nixon’s vice-president and legal problems with his income taxes.
  • The birth of a new social movement.
  • William Peter Blatty heading towards winning an Oscar.
  • Pete Maravich lighting up college basketball’s record books.
  • Coach John Wooden leading UCLA to seven consecutive NCAA tournament championships.
  • The first printing of two published books from Christian author Og Mandino containing The Ten Great Scrolls.
  • And finally, Mario Puzo creating a cultural phenomena with “The Godfather”.