Posted on 02/02/2014 3:11:01 PM PST by CHRISTIAN DIARIST
There is a longstanding Super Bowl tradition among Las Vegas bookmakers to offer the gambling public various esoteric betting propositions.
Among Super Bowl XLVIII props for which sports books in Sin City have posted odds is whether announcers mention “marijuana” during the game, whether any member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be shirtless during their Super Bowl performance and whether Erin Andrews will interview Seattle Seahawks corner Richard Sherman live after the game.
But there’s a prop for which Vegas bookmakers didn’t bother to post odds – whether there will be any mention whatsoever that the quarterbacks of both the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks are unabashed Christians during the practically all-day televised coverage of the Super Bowl.
That’s because even the most gullible gamblers would avoid this sucker bet, no matter how generous the odds.
Because, while it was perfectly acceptable for CBS to allow the mass marriage of homosexual couples of its live telecast of this year’s Grammy Awards, while no one is giving ABC grief for having lesbian activist Ellen Degeneres host this year’s Academy Awards, FOX doesn’t want to risk anti-Christian blowback by letting the more than 100 million viewers of today’s Super Bowl know the role Christ plays in the lives of both Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson.
“I committed my life to Christ,” affirmed Manning, in his self-titled book, “and that faith has been most important to me ever since.”
Does the Denver Broncos’ signal caller pray for God’s divine intervention on the gridiron? No, he said, “except as a generic thing. I pray to keep both teams injury free and, personally, that I use whatever talent I have to the best of my ability.”
As to whether the Almighty has a rooting interest in the Super Bowl or any other NFL tilt, “I don’t think God really cares about who wins football games,” said Manning, “except as winning might influence the character of some person or group.”
Wilson, the Seahawks’ man behind center, recently testified at Seattle’s Mars Hill church that Christ has been with him in bad times and good.
“When we are at the worst times of our lives,” he said, “when we are battling with something, or struggles, whatever it may be…we want somebody to comfort us”
Or, he continued, “when things are going really well, we want somebody to … be there for us and say, ‘Well done.’
That’s Jesus, said Wilson, unashamed of the Gospel. “Jesus has always been there,” he said, “He’ll never leave you, never forsake you.”
Manning and Wilson are espousing a message of faith all too often mocked by the popular culture; scorned by the socially-correct.
Indeed, Christian athletes like Manning and Wilson don’t get invited to the president’s State of the Union address to sit next to the First Lady. That putative honor is reserved for jocks like Jason Collins, the pro basketballer feted last week for coming out as a homosexual.
Neither Manning nor Wilson appear in any way desirous of presidential plaudits.
For these Super Bowl QBs, these Christian athletes, are informed by the Scripture, which declares, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.”
Maybe you’re confusing with the Grammys.
Now THAT has a gay marriage.
—— I can’t explain the inability to execute or get in the game for the Bronocs.-——
It’s called playing against the # 1 rated defense in the NFL....
-——Perhaps, but what about this supposed gay marriage ceremony to be performed during halftime...——
That was a story off a satire website....
Do you really think the NFL would have a same sex marriage on the # 1 rated television event in the world after spending billions of dollars marketing their image and brand....?
Although it took some time, the Broncos are finally being punished for not Believing in Tim Tebow.
Congratulations to Mr. Wilson. From what I’ve learned, he seems like a decent fellow.
But it's quite clear that for some reason, God loves Eli more than Peyton, and delivered two Super Bowls to him despite him being a below average QB who plays for a marginal team.
Congratulations to Wilson: I wish someone like HIM were in the White House.
It was likely enough given how PC the NFL is these days. Can’t fault me for that...
I wondered if that was satire or not...
Good satire always has a kernel of truth in it....at some time in the near future we will be exposed to the first openly gay player....
Bet they don't.
With a 13-3 record, two post season wins, and a trip to the Super Bowl? There are 30 other teams that wish they'd been punished as badly as the Broncos were.
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