Saturday, September 23, 2017

A Wicked Ruler Politicizes Sports


What do Tim Tebow and Colin Kaepernick have in common? They both kneeled before a playing a professional football game. Tebow kneeled for deeply-held religious beliefs as a Christian; Kaepernick kneeled to protest injustice against African Americans. 
Certainly, Kaepernick’s kneeling was more controversial. Both men consciously used the huge stage of NFL football to promote their personal values.
Different as they are, the two quarterbacks might agree on this:

Proverbs 22:8 “Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.”

Speaking of sowing injustice, President Trump is taking sides. Tebow and Kaepernick used their celebrity to speak for their causes. President Trump uses the most powerful office in the world to silence critics. 

His constant attacks, mostly personal and motivated to divide people, call to mind Psalm 94:20: “Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?”

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