Title: Role Model (2)
Series: Generational Discipleship
Author: James Merritt
Text: I Timothy 4:11-16
Introduction
1. There are some logos that are universally recognizable and this may be as recognizable a logo as there is in the world today. [Show logo]
That's the logo of Nike - the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel with revenues of more than $46 billion in 2022. There isn't a more dominant company or corporation in the world than Nike. Yet in 1993, alarm bells went off throughout the entire corporate structure. Nike learned that its popularity was slipping among teenage males which has always been their bread and butter. Up until that point 92% of teenage males preferred Nike to all other athletic footwear brands, but that number plunged into the mid 70's in 1993.That led to one of the most furiously debated commercials in Nike history. Here it is - the infamous Charles Barkley. [Jody show that commercial]
2. Needless to say, it ignited a fierce debate in the culture as to whether or not athletes are role models are not. Former Utah Jazz star Karl Malone took the opposite viewpoint. He said, "We don't choose to be role models, we are chosen. Our only choice is whether to be a good role model or a bad one." I believe both players were right.
3. Karl Malone I believe was certainly right in saying that every athlete is a role model. In fact, I would go further. I would say every person is a role model. Every person is looked at or looked up to by somebody. I totally agree with Charles Barkley when he said, "Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids." Charles is right. In fact, every parent should desire to be "the" number one role model for their children. To show you just how important it is that that happen consider this. Sixty-eight percent of Christians make a decision to follow Jesus before they turn eighteen years old. That means the chances of your ch ...
Series: Generational Discipleship
Author: James Merritt
Text: I Timothy 4:11-16
Introduction
1. There are some logos that are universally recognizable and this may be as recognizable a logo as there is in the world today. [Show logo]
That's the logo of Nike - the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel with revenues of more than $46 billion in 2022. There isn't a more dominant company or corporation in the world than Nike. Yet in 1993, alarm bells went off throughout the entire corporate structure. Nike learned that its popularity was slipping among teenage males which has always been their bread and butter. Up until that point 92% of teenage males preferred Nike to all other athletic footwear brands, but that number plunged into the mid 70's in 1993.That led to one of the most furiously debated commercials in Nike history. Here it is - the infamous Charles Barkley. [Jody show that commercial]
2. Needless to say, it ignited a fierce debate in the culture as to whether or not athletes are role models are not. Former Utah Jazz star Karl Malone took the opposite viewpoint. He said, "We don't choose to be role models, we are chosen. Our only choice is whether to be a good role model or a bad one." I believe both players were right.
3. Karl Malone I believe was certainly right in saying that every athlete is a role model. In fact, I would go further. I would say every person is a role model. Every person is looked at or looked up to by somebody. I totally agree with Charles Barkley when he said, "Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids." Charles is right. In fact, every parent should desire to be "the" number one role model for their children. To show you just how important it is that that happen consider this. Sixty-eight percent of Christians make a decision to follow Jesus before they turn eighteen years old. That means the chances of your ch ...
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