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As long as we’re on the subject of football and God having people everywhere<\/a>, it’s time once again to talk about the “controversial” kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, Harrison Butker. Last year<\/a> I applauded him for telling the graduates of his alma Mater, Georgia Tech, that getting married and having a family was among the best things they could do. Today that makes him “controversial” and reminds us that we are very much in exile<\/a>. After Butker’s graduation speech this year to a private Catholic school<\/em>, a change.org petition that the Chiefs should fire him garnered nearly 240,000 signatures!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s some of what he said and the reaction to it as reported in A Swift Kick in the Pants<\/a> by Ray Hacke, May 21, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Butker] pulled no punches…in his commencement speech to graduating students at Kansas\u2019 Benedictine College, a Catholic private school, in mid-May….\u201cOur own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith, but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…Butker also voiced his opposition to the national pro-LGBT celebration known as Pride …Butker unabashedly condemned \u201cthe deadly sin sort of pride that has an entire month dedicated to it.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butker\u2019s speech at Benedictine called on men in the audience to \u201cbe unapologetic in your masculinity\u201d and to \u201creject this lie that has been told to you that men are not necessary in your homes and in your communities.\u201d He encouraged them to \u201cfight against the cultural emasculation of men\u201d and connected America\u2019s epidemic of violence to America\u2019s epidemic of fatherlessness. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…Most controversial of all, though, is that Butker dared to suggest to women at Benedictine that perhaps they should reject the \u201cgirl boss\u201d endeavors that society strongly urges them to pursue and that they may find greater fulfillment as wives and mothers, citing his wife as a chief example.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, as so often happens in our modern world, Butker\u2019s words went viral. And of course, it sparked outrage, including from the Kansas City\u2019s leaders…While not condemning Butker\u2019s speech, the National Football League distanced itself from it in a faux show of so-called \u201crespect\u201d for its female fans…But here\u2019s what the NFL likely did not expect: Just as sales of former Philadelphia Flyers hockey player Ivan Provorov\u2019s jersey skyrocketed after he took his stance against Pride in January 2023, so did sales of Butker\u2019s jersey. And according to Kansas City TV station KCTV, women\u2019s Butker jerseys are selling out on Chiefs.com.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hacke ends the essay this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Christian athletes should follow his example, using their God-given platforms to proclaim God\u2019s truths\u2014no matter how unpleasant those truths may be, no matter what hostility comes their way.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus was controversial, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they heard these words, some of the people said, \u201cThis really is the Prophet.\u201d Others said, \u201cThis is the Christ.\u201d But some said, \u201cIs the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?\u201d So there was a division among the people over him. (John 7.40 – 43, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Jews then said, “That clinches it. We were right all along when we called you a Samaritan and said you were crazy\u2014demon-possessed!” (John 8.48, MSG)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1.17, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. (Ephesians 4.15, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PS Rather than firing Butker, the Chiefs have recently made him the highest paid kicker in the NFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. (Proverbs 22.29, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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