Born To Hate, Reborn To Love

Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Throughout of lives watching sports with our Dads, we were taught to hate certain players. If you were a Lakers fan, you hated Larry Bird. If you were a Celtics fan, you despised James Worthy…

Get My Mind Right

Titus 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. Remember that last round you played before you had to pick up the kids at 2 pm, stop by Lowe's to pick up paint for the bedroom, or be back for a family dinner trip by 3 pm? How about that time your buddy asked…

The Main Thing

Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and striving about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. Tiger or Jack? Should the Players be the fifth major? Should there even be a fifth major? Should U.S. Amateur titles be considered as a major? Flagstick left in or taken out? Golf has…

Lucky Dog

Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Lots were cast in Biblical times to seemingly determine the will of God. Today, the Irish and non-Irish alike will celebrate St. Patrick's Day by wearing green, drinking green, and arguing about Irish heritage. All of the…

One In Water, Two Penalty, Hitting Three

James 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. The Players Championship is being held this week and promises many exciting moments this weekend. Many notable names are on the first page of the leaderboard. Tiger Woods starts today nine strokes behind and inevitably we will be talking about "what could have…

The Search Stops Here

Hebrews 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; Golf has a strange way of humbling the best of us. For one round, one week, or maybe a month each year, we feel like everything is clicking and we have mastered…

Unashamed

John 3:2,3 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be…

Could Use A Hand

Exodus 17:12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. My…

A “Souped Up” People

1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit if God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. The weekend golfer stands in awe seeing the performance numbers of a player on Tour. After seeing 320 yard drives and 250 yard…

How Great Thou Art!

Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. There is nothing more peaceful or beautiful in the golfer's eye than the renewed course at sun rise with…