The Bible According to Football Fanatics

Teaching Topics:

Old Testament


GenesisThe Kickoff!
ExodusThe Game Plan
Leviticus & NumbersThe Scoreboard
DeuteronomyInstant Replay
  
JoshuaOne who Blows Circles Around the Enemy
JudgesThose who Judge the Teams
RuthGoes Anywhere for Her Team
SamuelOne Drafted Third Time Around
  
Kings & ChroniclesThose Who Have Directed the Games
Ezra & NehemiahSecond Half of the Game
EstherPrays for Her Team
JobThe One Who Gets Chewed Out by Fellow Players
  
PsalmsPrayer Book for Players
ProverbsIt’s the Wisdom Behind the Moves
Song of Solomon (Song of Songs)Banner of Our Team Lifted High
EcclesiastesAfter – Game Remarks
  
Isaiah & JeremiahThose Predicting Outcome of the Game
Daniel & EzekielUsing Images to Understand Play-by-Play
LamentationsWhat a Rough Game!
Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos…)Different Announcers Covering Main Events
  
Inter-Testamental PeriodHalf-Time Activities for 400 Years

New Testament


Matthew, Mark, Luke, John4 Writers Telling the Game as They Saw It
ActsHoly Spirit Moving the Players
RomansBeliefs of the Players
CorinthiansProblems in the Dug Out
GalatiansTeam Under New Management
EphesiansSmall, Mini Handbook for Playing
PhilippiansIt’s Not if You Win or Lose, but How You Play the Game
  
ColossiansStory of the Greatest Player of All Time
ThessaloniansSounding of the Final Game
  
Timothy & TitusTeaching for New Coaches
PhilemonOne Player Spared by Another
HebrewsFulfillment of the Player’s Contract
JamesDetailed Manuel of Rules
PeterLast Days of the Games
JohnLove for the Team
JudeA Player Who Keeps From Falling
RevelationFINAL SCORE…WE WIN!!!!!!!!!

 

For my Father, Tryg Halvorson, who loved the Minnesota Vikings.