1. Why the Phillies Matter to God
2. Why God Loves Ninth Graders

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1. Why the Phillies Matter to God

God and sports is one of the great debates in what is left of America’s civil religion.  In post-game interviews, touchdown receptions and homeruns are not infrequently attributed to the providence of God.  Diehard fans publicly acknowledge their team to be “America’s team,” but secretly know that it is, in fact, God’s team.  We once lived an hour north of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and I know about these things.
 
I’m an agnostic, at best, when it comes to God’s biases in regards to sports franchises, but our Reformed tradition tells me that sports, like all things, are under God’s dominion.  The Dutch theologian and statesman, Abraham Kuyper, is famously quoted as saying, "There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: 'Mine!' " Continue Reading »