The Authority to ''Go''
Robert Dawson
Matthew 28:16-20
It was game day, Saturday November 5th 2011, and UT freshman Derrick Brodus was laid back on the couch at his fraternity getting ready to watch his beloved Tennessee Volunteers play that evening. Less than an hour before kickoff Derrick fumbled around as he tried to answer his cell phone.
After answering his phone, he received the shock of his life. The voice on the other end told him the head coach was sending a police escort to pick him up and rush him to the game. Just minutes before the call, Tennessee's backup kicker pulled a muscle during warmups. The starting kicker was already out from an injury earlier in the week. An hour before kickoff the Volunteers were out of kickers.
Derrick, a freshman, had tried out as a placekicker when he enrolled at Tennessee but failed to make the team. On that Saturday, Derrick was the team's only option. Coach Derek Dooley told the press, ''I told everyone, let's get an APB out on Brodus. We were hoping we could find him and that he wasn't drunk or something stupid like that.''
Minutes after hanging up the phone, the police escort arrived and rushed Derrick to the stadium. The team's trainer stretched him in the locker room before the game while he put on his pads and a jersey.
Early in the game, Derrick was called into duty and he quickly made the most of his opportunity. He made all three extra points and kicked a 21-yard field-goal at the end of the first half. His team won 24-0. After the game, in the locker room, the kicker who started the day on his couch with a bag of chips was the hero and awarded the game ball. [''Tennessee grabs last-second kicker off his frat house couch,'' Yahoo Sports (11-8-11)]
What a great story. That's one he'll be telling his kids and grandkids about, the day the coach called and put me in the game.
Well, we have a better story about the day Jesus called. I want to tell you that Jesus did not call us to sit on t ...
Robert Dawson
Matthew 28:16-20
It was game day, Saturday November 5th 2011, and UT freshman Derrick Brodus was laid back on the couch at his fraternity getting ready to watch his beloved Tennessee Volunteers play that evening. Less than an hour before kickoff Derrick fumbled around as he tried to answer his cell phone.
After answering his phone, he received the shock of his life. The voice on the other end told him the head coach was sending a police escort to pick him up and rush him to the game. Just minutes before the call, Tennessee's backup kicker pulled a muscle during warmups. The starting kicker was already out from an injury earlier in the week. An hour before kickoff the Volunteers were out of kickers.
Derrick, a freshman, had tried out as a placekicker when he enrolled at Tennessee but failed to make the team. On that Saturday, Derrick was the team's only option. Coach Derek Dooley told the press, ''I told everyone, let's get an APB out on Brodus. We were hoping we could find him and that he wasn't drunk or something stupid like that.''
Minutes after hanging up the phone, the police escort arrived and rushed Derrick to the stadium. The team's trainer stretched him in the locker room before the game while he put on his pads and a jersey.
Early in the game, Derrick was called into duty and he quickly made the most of his opportunity. He made all three extra points and kicked a 21-yard field-goal at the end of the first half. His team won 24-0. After the game, in the locker room, the kicker who started the day on his couch with a bag of chips was the hero and awarded the game ball. [''Tennessee grabs last-second kicker off his frat house couch,'' Yahoo Sports (11-8-11)]
What a great story. That's one he'll be telling his kids and grandkids about, the day the coach called and put me in the game.
Well, we have a better story about the day Jesus called. I want to tell you that Jesus did not call us to sit on t ...
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