For Cowboys fans like myself, one of the greatest points of frustration with the team for the last few years has been the Cowboys’ porous secondary. Dallas’ pro bowl safety Roy Williams receives the brunt of the media’s and the fan’s the criticism for the sieve like secondary. When Williams came into the league he was an intimidating force, but then two things happened and the order is debatable. Opponents started to realize that he could hit, but couldn’t cover and Williams became a Christian. Some go so far as to even connect his deteriorating performance to his Christian conversion. Williams has
repeatedly responded to the criticism of his play saying that Jesus was criticized too, and so he doesn’t care. To no one’s surprise, this messianic comparison has garnered no applause from the media.
Here is a quote from
CBSSports.com-
Williams' heart may be in the right place, but his brain needs work if it sees parallels between the persecution of Jesus and the persecution of a $25 million safety. Beaten by Roman soldiers, beaten by Randy Moss -- what's the difference?
Athletes turn to God, and God loses. Have you ever met someone who was turned on after watching Jon Kitna thank God for a touchdown pass? Doubt it. Have you ever met someone who was turned off? Sure you have. There's a saying: Christianity would be great if it weren't for all those, you know, Christians.
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In other Cowboys news- I hope that you all are praying for Romo and Jessica.
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"There's a saying: Christianity would be great if it weren't for all those, you know, Christians."
OUCH!
I wonder if the guy who wrote those words is a believer or not?!?
Cromer-
Hate to admit it, but I think I've said the same thing. If Christians really looked like Christ we probably wouldn't have this image problem. Read "unchristian" if you haven't yet. Faith/Sports: Tony Dungy's the real deal and am honored to say he's in Indy.
Side note. Led a good buddy to Christ Friday night in Lowe's parking lot....despite our image problem, God's alive and well and working in the hearts of men, even in the Hoosier state.
Kurt
Cromer- The author claims to have been a Xian at one time, but not any more.
Kurt-I too like Dungy. He seems like a class act.
Congrats on being apart of your friend's conversion. That's great to hear.
Luke-let me be the first to wish you a happy father's day....it's ok to celebrate early. Our church was handing out books for dads when we were expecting our first and the pastor insisted I take one, so live it up!
Thanks Kurt- I am pretty excited about being a dad, ten weeks to go.
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