Anyone who reads this blog knows that I’m a big fan of Mark Noll, one of the sharpest minds in the field of religious history and Christian thought and one of the most prominent evangelical thinkers in the world. I had the chance to briefly rub elbows with Noll when I was a student at Wheaton and have enjoyed the many books that he’s written over the years.
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In the wake of last week’s Super Bowl, most football fans have been bracing themselves for six months of football-free living. It’s much like lent, in that you deny yourself the pleasure with the assurance of the joyful celebration to come …. Well, maybe not THAT much like lent.

So in the spirit of trying to survive the long, cold football winter, I was encouraged by the story that broke this week about the journey of Al Michaels.
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