Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

Tom Brady has All American looks and an NFL MVP arm as a quarterback for the New England Patriots. He has won 3 Super Bowls and has dated some of the most beautiful women in the world. He has more money than he could ever spend. Yet, he says him self that something is missing. This video is less than 3 minutes long but I think it is worth watching.

If you don’t watch anything else–go to 2:31 into the video and listen to what he says:

“Why do I have 3 Super Bowl Rings and still think there’s something greater out there”

“There has to be more to live than this”

Interviewer, “what’s the answer?’

Brady. “I wish I knew.”

Wow! Tom Brady is living the dream that most American Boys could only imagine and yet he seems unhappy. I know the answer. The answer to life is a relationship with Jesus Christ. The moment I gave my life to Jesus the world is different. I have a purpose everyday. I see the world differently. I look at people differently. I confess I have pulled against Brady because of his lifestyle. No more. I was wrong and will pray for him.

If you are wondering is there more to life? Yes, and all you have to do is ask Jesus to become the leader of your life.

What do you think?

[Christian Post]

Churches can now show the Super Bowl on big screens, the National Football League said this week. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter dated Tuesday the league would not object to “live showings – regardless of screen size – of the Super Bowl” by religious organizations, according to The Washington Post.

This week, the NFL said it would allow big-screen viewings in churches as long as admission is not charged and the showings are on premises that the church uses on a “routine and customary” basis.

Read about it here.

[From me]

Good for the NFL. This is the right move. I think it is great to have small group settings in homes, but not everyone can or will do that. I love the NFL and this takes away a bad taste I have had over the Super Bowl. Way to go NFL!

What do you think?

[Star Tribune]

If any house of worship — or nearly anyone else, for that matter — intends to show Sunday’s Super Bowl game on a large screen for a group of people, the league says you are violating its copyright.

The issue came to a head last year after the NFL sent a letter to Fall Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis, warning the church not show the Super Bowl on a giant video screen. For years, the church had held a Super Bowl party in its auditorium, attracting about 400 people and showing the game on a big screen usually reserved for hymn lyrics.

Large Super Bowl gatherings around big-screen sets outside of homes shrink TV ratings and can affect advertising revenue, McCarthy said. “We have no objection to churches and others hosting Super Bowl parties as long as they . . . show the game on a television of the type commonly used at home,” he said. “It is a matter of copyright law.”

Read about it here.

[From me]

I love football but the NFL needs to get a life. People want to enjoy the “Game” ( I don’t want to get sued) with friends. Advertisers know that people watch it in groups. This is the most stupid thing the NFL has done since the Tuck rule and the Heidi game.

What do you think?

I love the NFL.  You have the best Professional Sports Product in the world.  I have always been a fan.  I remember watching the old AFL/NFL rivalry.  I had  Len Dawson & Dick Butkus posters on my wall.  I enjoy Thanksgiving day games.  The NFL is fun to watch even when your team(s) aren’t in the playoffs.

As a kid I loved December NFL games.  Why?  Because the college regular season was over and the NFL would show 2 games on Saturday afternoons. Then enter the NFL Network.  I’m one of the few households who receives the NFL Network since we have Dish Network.  I actually like watching it.

Yet I have one beef.  Since last year when the NFL Network started showing games after Thanksgiving there are no more CBS and FOX Saturday afternoon football games.  I don’t want to watch a Saturday night game.  Please let Troy Aikman and Joe Buck (FOX) or Jim Nance and Phil Sims (CBS) do Saturday afternoon games again.  I miss them!