Gridiron Gang

Comments (13)

• Hoss2913 (over 4 years ago)

  I too agree that the label is misleading. I think "Focus" would be more appropriate, in my humble opinion. You hear the coach say don't worry about your friends, etc., they can't help you now. At the end of the day, the only way he was going to knock the coach down was to focus and stop paying attention to everything else. It is when he became focused that he knocked him down.

• gener8 (over 5 years ago)

  @jonathan&spen2330;: as believers, we are not separate from Jesus, so of course it is through Him...everything is. As new creatures in Christ, OUR determination should become HIS determination, our desires, His desires...our passions molded into His passions. As we are transformed, we will become AGGRESSIVE towards anything that would try and stop the Kingdom of Heaven, as did Jesus, by bringing Heaven to earth. He said the work that He did, we would do & greater things!

• gener8 (over 5 years ago)

  @jandls...actually John was needing reassurance (v.3) And Jesus' present activities in Mat. 11:5 was Jesus fulfilling Is. 35:5,6 by granting salvation through a response to preaching, healings, exorcisms, and miracles...this is where Jesus was aggressive, towards sickness, disease and demonic forces. NOT the church! Eph 5:25 would translate to husbands then being aggressive towards their wives?

• jonathanl1 (over 5 years ago)

  I think that the clip and name is misleading. If you look at the outline it has some good things, however, the clip shows us that it is by OUR determination that we get things in life. In Christianity the reliance on Christ is what gets things done. The Language is out of place too, most of the time we are teaching against it and now to show that when we are fired up it ok? Umm No.

• jonathanl1 (over 5 years ago)

  I like the idea, at times we need to be challenged. However, No matter how aggressive we are or how much we focus on our determination without Christ we go nowhere. And the Movie is not the best because whatever you show, the people are going to go watch the whole thing sometime.

• spen2330 (over 5 years ago)

  I wonder if aggression is the right word. Certainly need an emotional connection to what we are asked to do by God, else we will have little conviction to preserver. The comment "you have got nobody but yourself, but that's all you need" can only take a person so far. To be able to overcome life's obstacles we need to believe also in our creator & Saviour - Jesus

• jandls (over 5 years ago)

  D'oh, meant Philippians, not Ephesians. Mea culpa.

• jandls (over 5 years ago)

  I apologize if my response appears more than once: Wingclips kept telling me I had too many words, so I tried to pare it down a couple of times.

• jandls (over 5 years ago)

  The passage is about John the Baptist, but the context is broader. He was aggressive, but it's not what the passage refers to. John pointed to Jesus and Jesus' response was Matt 11:5: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, etc. The aggression is towards the church. Jesus responds by healing our bodies and souls. Or, as Paul wrote: 'he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.' No aggression needed. John A. Giurin St. James Church, Chatham, Ontario. Canada

• gener8 (over 5 years ago)

  @jandls....did you read the application? Matthew 11:12???

• jandls (over 5 years ago)

  Aggression is never required for us to succeed. Who thinks up these themes? We are called to be many things, but never aggressive. Firm, steadfast, confident, bold, but never aggressive. A little more care, please, in reading and understanding what Scripture actually says.

• gener8 (over 5 years ago)

  This is good. I love your website & the creative ways you provide support to ministers of the gospel, thank you. This clip accurately reflects how we are to use the power given us by Jesus through the Holy Spirit. (You might wanna bleep out the word "damn" tho for sake of the religious minded.) BLESSINGS!!! @kellyandbridget...I'm glad you said "has no place in MY church" but I think it's unwise to you to speak for "most small groups" or "the majority of the church."

• kellyandbridget (over 5 years ago)

  Guys I know that this looks like a good clip but seriously, the background language has no place in my church or most small groups. The comment stating the axiom "you just have to believe in yourself no one else will help you" doesn't even reflect anything echoed in the Bible. Decent movie, poor selection for the majority of church settings.