“Why Public Prayer Before Football Games is a Bad ldea"
Since this issue has arisen again recently, I decided to repost this sermon from a decade or so ago. I would say some things differently today but I continue to believe what I say here. (Exodus 19:1-6; lsaiah 43:14-21; I Peter 2:1-1O) I know I face an uphill battle in today's sermon. I suspect many of you are disappointed and/or alarmed by my title: “Why Public Prayer Before Football Games is a Bad ldea." Others are puzzled. A few of you may even agree, though almost certainly not for the same reasons I will give. So, like I said, l've got an uphill battle today. Let me say this right off the top: Though I am certainly not deliberately trying to provoke or upset anyone, it is my pastoral responsibility to help you reflect theologically on what goes on in the world around you. And that's what I'm going to try to do. It won’t be easy because the Fifth Circuit Court's ruling of pre-game public prayer unconstitutional has stirred ...