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Great comebacks!
By Ron Otto
Preaching minister
Lincoln Christian Church
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[April 09, 2022]
Most of us love a good comeback story. So do kids:
Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King are all comeback
stories. The bible is full of them: Joseph, Moses, King David, Ruth,
Mary Magdalene, are all comeback stories. If there was a comeback
award, who would you give it to? Jesus certainly has one of, if not
the most, amazing of all comebacks: beating death with resurrection.
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 In 1974, NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year was
Broadway Joe Namath. Plagued with knee injuries and surgeries,
Namath even had to have his knee drained at halftime just so he
could finish. It meant driving a long needle in and behind his
kneecap. When many wrote him off, his comeback was greater than his
setback. Joe Namath won Super Bowl III and was named the MVP of the
game.
In 2015, NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year was Payton Manning.
Manning was let go from the Colts and was considered by many to be
too old for the game. Plagued with multiple neck surgeries, Manning
went on to become one of the greatest field generals the game has
ever known, winning Super Bowl 50 with Denver and being the game
MVP.
In 2020, NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year was none other than Tom
Brady. Years with the New England Patriots, playing in nine Super
Bowls and winning six of them. However, the Patriots decided not to
keep him so he played for the Buccaneers and everyone was wondering
if Tom Brady can be a comeback player. The answer was YES! He led
his new team to his seventh Super Bowl victory and making him the
greatest of all time.
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The good news of the gospel is that regardless of how
badly we have messed up or ship wrecked our lives, with God there is
always an opportunity to be a comeback story.
Join us this Easter as we celebrate "Life’s greatest comeback ever,
the story of Jesus’ resurrection from death." His story can now be
our story. Jesus is in the business of comebacks and is writing
yours too!
Ron Otto
Preaching minister
Lincoln Christian Church
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