{"id":3751,"date":"2021-01-31T19:39:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T03:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2021-01-31T19:39:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T03:39:55","slug":"paul-putz-a-theology-of-sports-the-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/paul-putz-a-theology-of-sports-the-super-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Putz: A Theology of Sports &#038; the Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: 43. Paul Putz: A Theology of Sports &amp; the Super Bowl\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0IPog2a5BOn6wYFfMytt7f?si=AqIjj_gLRn6uAKczAUlWSg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;J. Gresham Machen was one of many to fall under the spell of football. &#8216;When I see a vacant field on one of these autumn days,&#8217; Machen wrote to a friend while in Europe in 1905, &#8216;my mind is filled with wonder at this benighted people which does not seem to hear the voice of nature when she commands every human being to play football or watch it being played.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us we sit down with Dr. Paul Putz (Assistant Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/truett\/index.php?id=927776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faith &amp; Sports Institute at Truett Seminary<\/a>) and discuss the intersection of sports &amp; Christianity asking questions like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Where do sports fit in the created order? Or do they belong to the fall?<\/li><li>If God is glorified by a good catch, then is he disappointed in a botched field goal?<\/li><li>Can you give us a brief survey of Christian America\u2019s view on the game of football and where we are today?<\/li><li>Would God rather I watch a football game or evangelize?<\/li><li>What is it about sports &#8211; why do we humans love them so much\u2026 And not just a lil, but a lot: we\u2019re talking grown men painting their faces, standing shirtless in the snow drinking buying $20 beers, and having the time of their lives\u2026 And they\u2019re not even playing \u2013 their watching someone else play!!!!!<\/li><li>If the Bucs win, is it because Tom Brady can do \u201call things through Christ who strengthens him\u201d?<\/li><li>What\u2019s the most Christian thing I can do this Sunday as I&#8217;m eating slow-cooked-pineapple-infused lil-smokies drizzled with nacho-cheese &#8211; and watching the football game with my family?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>LINKS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/god-disguised-michael-jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>\u201c\u2018God Disguised as Michael Jordan\u2019 (and My Evolving View of Sports)\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionandpolitics.org\/2018\/08\/28\/football-and-the-political-act-of-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>\u201cFootball and the Political Act of Prayer\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/history\/2017\/september\/god-and-grid-iron-christianity-football.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cGod and the Gridiron Game America&#8217;s obsession with football is nearly as old as the game itself.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;J. Gresham Machen was one of many to fall under the spell of football. &#8216;When I see a vacant field on one of these autumn days,&#8217; Machen wrote to a friend while in Europe in 1905, &#8216;my mind is filled with wonder at this benighted people which does not seem to hear the voice of nature when she commands every human being to play football or watch it being played.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,19,8,85,16],"tags":[57],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paul Putz: A Theology of Sports &amp; the Super Bowl - The Laymen&#039;s Lounge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/paul-putz-a-theology-of-sports-the-super-bowl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paul Putz: A Theology of Sports &amp; the Super Bowl - The Laymen&#039;s Lounge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;J. 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