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Posted on 03/26/2021 9:25:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Oral Roberts University's basketball team has advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with stunning wins over No. 2 seed Ohio State and No.7 Florida. ORU is only the second 15 seed in NCAA tournament history to get so far.
ORU Coach Paul Mills put things in perspective and brought in the gospel message at the same time.
"In 100 years, none of us will be here. And what our guys need to understand is we're really not that important. And you need to know that," Mills said in a press conference.
"A 120 million people gather every Sunday and a 180 million on Easter gather to celebrate one name, and that is the name of Jesus Christ. So to be at an institution that honors that 'There is no other name under heaven and earth which men must be saved,' to be at an institution that honors that, and we can give them something to celebrate, at the same time we're not that important and our guys need to understand that," the ORU coach continued. "By the same token, we are so thankful for the support and the people. But we want to do this the right way."
But as Mills tries to focus his team on eternal truths, USA Today columnist Hemal Jhaveri wants to "cancel" ORU for its biblical beliefs on LGBT issues and is calling for the NCAA to boot ORU from tournament play altogether. Jhaveri calls the school's values and beliefs a "relic of the past," and incompatible with the NCAA's own rules.
"While the school has been soundly mocked on social media for its archaic standards of behavior and code of conduct that bans profanity, "social dancing," and shorts in classrooms, it is the school's discriminatory and hateful anti-LGBTQ+ policy that fans should protest as the Golden Eagles advance in the tournament," Jhaveri wrote.
Jhaveri goes on to call ORU a "hotbed of institutional transphobia, homophobia with regressive, sexist policies," and quotes from the school's Code of Conduct where it expressly forbids homosexual behavior, as well as other conduct the Bible calls sin.
The Code of Conduct reads:
Jhaveri writes no matter how many wins ORU racks up on the court, it still "can't obscure the dangerous and hateful ideology of its core institution."
ORU's next game is scheduled for Saturday when they play against No.3 seed Arkansas. If this year's Cinderella team wins this next one, it will advance to a spot in the Elite Eight. Despite attacks from radical critics who think they shouldn't even be allowed to play, many believe ORU was a winner long before making their first basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9mETkfC7xQ Get ready!
Satan’s children fulfilling Prophesy daily.
John 15:25
“But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.”
I was for Gonzaga, but now I’ll go with ORU.
Word for Jhaveri...
It’s in the BOOK, that’s the way it will be. The WORD of the LORD remains forever.
Thank You USA Today, for actually making me glad that my Gators lost to ORU.
Jhaveri is a minion of the MSM, a hotbed of institutional Godphobia , Jesusphobia with regressive, intolerant policies.
I’m sticking with the Babtists at Baylor.
Ditto that but for the Buckeyes.
Hmmm, becoming very mainstream to publicly hate Christians for their Biblical beliefs, and in America no less...certain sign we really are closing in on the end times.
Hey Jhaveri, meet my friend, Hewud Jhablomi!
Christ IS dangerous, deadly even, to the powers of this world.
Baylor will not be accused of being anti-fill in the blank unnatural sexual behavior. So please don’t call them Baptist.
Bkmk
Amen!
Jhaveri better listen and wise up before it’s too late.
Revelation 21:6-8
6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
[Fake newser] Jhaveri calls the school’s values and beliefs [Christianity] a “relic of the past,”...
Jesus Christ is the future of our Universe!!!! Jesus Christ—the same yesterday, today, and forever!!!! AMEN!!!!
Love to see ORU vs. Gonzaga.
Cancel USA Today. Remember, we can do it, too ...
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[[certain sign we really are closing in on the end times.]]
Maybe maybe not.
In many counties it has been very hostile environment for Christians for 1000’s of years. Our country isn’t special in regards to oppression being a sign that the end times are near. We’ve had it really good for a long time compared to many Christians In hostile nations who get murdered by their own governments if they dare publicly display the fact that they are Christians.
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