Football Jesus Bobblehead

Hey everybody - it's Football Jesus! Don't you think that if Jesus walked the earth now instead of 2,000 years ago He'd be a big football fan? You can't work in the carpenter shop all the time.

Comments

[Barb]

So would do you think Jesus WOULD do in his spare time? Last time I checked, God created us with a need for wholesome relaxation and recreation, and I doubt Jesus was any different. Just because the Bible doesn't tell us what his favorite pastimes were doesn't mean he didn't have any. The Bible also tells us nothing of his life between the ages of twelve and thirty, but that doesn't mean he spent those years in a coma. If Jesus were alive today, he and the disciples probably would catch a game now and then, after a long day of preaching. During halftime they could plan their next Passover trip to Jerusalem, or Jesus could explain that baffling parable he used earlier that day. And yes, he would still be the son of God, even if he were a football fan. (At least then no one could question his sexual orientation, right?)

[Joe]

Umm.. Somehow I don't think what is meant by the "armor of God."

[chuck kutchera]

Seeing how there are not any football teams in Israel, shouldn't the bobblehead be wearing a notre dame jersey?

[Lola]

I sowed a ten thousand dollar seed unto some prosperity-gospel televangelist, and all I got was this quarterback! ;-)

[Ken]

Congratualtions Barb - you officially don't get the point.

P.S. I'm a football fan, too.

[Christy]

Aha! I knew it! Jesus is an Alabama fan! Now half of my church can rest at ease, while the other half starts trying to find Jesus in an Auburn jersey :)

[Paul Latour]

OK, so ya got a fish for a helmet emblem, pig skin for a ball, but what's with the leaches under the eyes?

[Logan]

Barb, do you really think Jesus Christ enjoys seeing Himself (the King of Kings by the way) being portrayed as football figurine?

You see, people who make the God of the universe and bring them down to "their levels" are fools and spiritual infants (if they're saved).

That's the point.

Calling trash what it is.

[Barb]

I don't know that Jesus particularly enjoys it . . . but I don't think he's tearing his (metaphorical) hair out over it either. I think he's way, way above that, as he should be. I think he's got much more important things on his mind than this kind of frivolous silliness.

[DSz]

Oh that we all did.

[Gospelizer]

Barb,

The golden calf was not a statue of Ba'al, it was a statue of God. Of course God is burning with righteous wrath over this. The Lord is terrible and fearsome. Do not take the name of the Lord in vain (i.e. do not trivialize God). We are right to tremble with fear over the very thought God's awesome power. When Uzzah grabbed the ark of the covenant to keep it from falling, God immediately struck him dead. Israelite scribes would never write the name of God except when copying the scriptures, and when they did, they followed a litany of specially rules in order to keep themselves from treating God's name casually or flippantly. Scripture seems pretty darn clear about this sort of thing. I don't think you have made a convincing case that when God sees this, he chuckles to himself and says, "That's Silly."

[Gospelizer]

Barb,

Seriously? "I think he's got much more important things on his mind than this kind of frivolous silliness." FAIL.

Is God some limited pagan diety with a human capacity for thinking? Have you not contemplated the infinite nature of God's power, knowledge and ability. God has an infinite amount of time and thought to do nothing other than concentrate on you. He knows where every single strand of hair on your head lies. He knows every star. He knows every grain of sand in the sea. God is all-knowing.

[Barb]

I'm well aware that God's abilities are infinite. My remark about God having more important things to do was purely sarcastic. God is in no way limited. We are. And I can think of at least a million things that must grieve God's heart far, far more than this. And perhaps those are the things WE should be spending OUR limited time and resources focusing on.