DEAR PERGAMOS: GET THE WORLD OUT OF THE CHURCH (3 OF 7)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Revelation 2:12-17
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Dear Pergamos: Get the World Out of the Church (3 of 7)
Series: 7 Letters
Bob Ingle
Revelation 2:12-17
Turn to Revelation 2. Do you know who Jim Harbaugh is? Jim Harbaugh is the head football coach of the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL. Jim has a brother John who, unbelievably, is the head football coach of the Baltimore Ravens. There are only 32 prestigious NFL heading coaching jobs in the world, and two brothers have two of those jobs. It's incredible. But Jim and John Harbaugh started out in pretty humble circumstances. Guess what their father Jack did for a living? Yeah, he was a football coach. Not professional, but high school and some colleges mainly as an assistant coach.
As a high school head coach and college assistant coach Jack didn't make much money most of the time when the boys were at home. So, the family of five often lived in small, two bedroom homes in not so nice neighborhoods. They wore hand-be-down clothes from other people. They drove old jalopy cars that weren't much to look at. They didn't always have the nicest of stuff, but one thing their father instilled in these two boys and their sister Joani was that they always had each other. And while they might not have everything they wanted, they had everything they needed. To remind them of this, Jack came up with a daily routine as he took Jim, John, and Joanie to school. He would shout out to his three children, ''Who has it better than us?'' And from the backseat they would holler back in unison would, ''Nobody!'' (3 times)
John and Jim Harbaugh coached against each in the Super Bowl last year. And when they were asked what the greatest lesson their father, a football coach, taught them. It wasn't about the game plan, or how to practice well, or how to relate to players. Both said, ''If we stay focused on the right things, it doesn't matter what the circumstances are we realize just how good we have it.'' Whose got it better than we do? Nobody!
You know what church? If y ...
Series: 7 Letters
Bob Ingle
Revelation 2:12-17
Turn to Revelation 2. Do you know who Jim Harbaugh is? Jim Harbaugh is the head football coach of the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL. Jim has a brother John who, unbelievably, is the head football coach of the Baltimore Ravens. There are only 32 prestigious NFL heading coaching jobs in the world, and two brothers have two of those jobs. It's incredible. But Jim and John Harbaugh started out in pretty humble circumstances. Guess what their father Jack did for a living? Yeah, he was a football coach. Not professional, but high school and some colleges mainly as an assistant coach.
As a high school head coach and college assistant coach Jack didn't make much money most of the time when the boys were at home. So, the family of five often lived in small, two bedroom homes in not so nice neighborhoods. They wore hand-be-down clothes from other people. They drove old jalopy cars that weren't much to look at. They didn't always have the nicest of stuff, but one thing their father instilled in these two boys and their sister Joani was that they always had each other. And while they might not have everything they wanted, they had everything they needed. To remind them of this, Jack came up with a daily routine as he took Jim, John, and Joanie to school. He would shout out to his three children, ''Who has it better than us?'' And from the backseat they would holler back in unison would, ''Nobody!'' (3 times)
John and Jim Harbaugh coached against each in the Super Bowl last year. And when they were asked what the greatest lesson their father, a football coach, taught them. It wasn't about the game plan, or how to practice well, or how to relate to players. Both said, ''If we stay focused on the right things, it doesn't matter what the circumstances are we realize just how good we have it.'' Whose got it better than we do? Nobody!
You know what church? If y ...
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