Video of the Day: Scene from the 2006 film “Gridiron Gang”
Bible Verse of the Day:
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all, Colossians 3:9-11.
Biblical Connection:
The Kilpatrick Juvenile Detention Center provides the setting for the Gridiron Gang. Dwanye Johnson plays Sean Porter, the supervisor of this facility. Using his background as a former football player, Sean sees the lack of discipline, self-esteem and unity among this motley crew of troubled teenagers. This is the context of today’s scene as Sean makes an appeal to come together by leaving their past gangs to join the Mustang football team.
Martin Luther King Junior’s dream was to reach a point in America where people are judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. The apostle Paul witnessed a similar racial divide in the Church at Colosse. Rather than focus on what separates us, Paul called first century Christians to become one body by entering into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Romans 10:9-10. Just as Coach Porter called teenagers to become one as a team, Jesus calls modern-day Christians to become as one body at a local church to fulfill the Great Commission, Acts 1:8.
Closing Song:
May freedom and peace reign on this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration as America transitions from President Biden to President Trump.
by Jay Mankus
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