The Final Goal: The Power Of Words
Read: 2 Timothy 3:14-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true. – 2 Timothy 3:16 There has never been a referee quite like Pierluigi Collina. Collina had a presence on the football pitch most footballers long for, and an authority to go with it. For 6 consecutive [...]
The Final Goal: Trust And Sadness
Read: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Laughter can conceal a heavy heart, but when the laughter ends, the grief remains. – Proverbs 14:13 In early 1994, when our family found out that the US football team would be playing in my home state of Michigan in the World Cup, we knew we had to go. What a [...]
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Loading ...The Final Goal: A New World
Read: Genesis 1:1, 24-30 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. – Genesis 1:1 Some people have their influence stamped all over certain things. That was certainly true of Jules Rimet. The Frenchman was key in the creation of the very first World Cup, held in Uruguay in 1930. For the next [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...The Final Goal: Perspective
Read: Exodus 20:1-7 You must not have any other god but Me. – Exodus 20:3 What do Paris in 1998, Rio de Janeiro in 2002 and Rome in 2006 have in common? Of course, they were all places of wild celebrations as their national teams lifted the World Cup. Parties lasted long into the night [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...The Final Goal: The Perfect Substitute
Read: Romans 5:6-11 God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. – Romans 5:8 Disaster struck Italy early in their third game of the 1998 World Cup finals. In the fourth minute, Alessandro Nesta, one of their star defenders, was injured and had to [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...The Final Goal: No One
Read: Romans 3:10-18 No one is righteous—not even one. – Romans 3:10 Unfortunately the 2006 World Cup final is not remembered for stunning goals, committed team work or individual talent. The highlight of that deciding match was Zinedine Zidane head-butting Marco Materazzi in the chest. Playing his last match for his country, Zidane should have [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...The Final Goal: Giant Killers
Read: 1 Samuel 17:41-50 You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. – 1 Samuel 17:45 One of the more disheartening World Cup statistics belongs to Poland’s Ernst Willimowski. He managed to score four goals against Brazil in the 1938 [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Final Goal: Real Training
Read: 1 Timothy 4:1-10 Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come. – 1 Timothy 4:8 The 2002 World Cup was full of surprises and great stories, but none greater than the performance of South Korea. The South Korean team punched [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Final Goal: Back Together Forever
Read: Colossians 1:15-22 [God] made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. – Colossians 1:20 In 2008 Turkey played Armenia for the first time. Historically it was incredibly significant. The match was played against a backdrop of tension and conflict between the countries dating back to [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Final Goal: Choose
Read: Matthew 6:24-33 No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. – Matthew 6:24 Despite being born in Senegal, Patrick Vieira had citizenship with France as well. So he had to choose which nation to represent in the [...]
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