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9781416541899

God Bless the Vols Devotions for the Die-Hard Tennessee Fan

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-07-24
  • Publisher: Howard Books
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Summary

Nothing In America Is More Exciting Than College Sports!Each weekend, stadiums and gymnasiums across America are filled with the sound of the band, the smell of nachos and hot dogs, and the roar of the fans. Sports have become an integral part of American life, and college fans are among the loudest and most faithful. These fans lead the cheers, speak the language, and know the history. They attend as many games as possible and want to know all they can about "their" team.Tennessee fans are no exception: just take a look at their T-shirts, pillows, bumper stickers, banners, screen savers, coffee mugs, blankets, license plates, and ringtones -- all designed to declare their loyalty and cheer on their team.This exciting collection of stories from the many sports played at the University of Tennessee is perfect for the Vols fan who is also a fan of God. Each story, while giving accurate information concerning a sporting event, will also lead you into a moment of refl ection about God and his greatness. UT fans will have the best of both worlds.This is the ideal book for the faith-filled and faithful Tennessee Volunteers fan!

Author Biography

Prior to entering ministry, Ed McMinn had a long career as a newspaperman including serving as news editor and managing editor of various newspapers throughout the southeast. He has long been involved in various community endeavors. Mr. McMinn has a degree in English from the University of Georgia. He continued his education with a MA in English, as well his Master of Theology from Emory.

Table of Contents

In the Beginningp. 2
What a Day!p. 4
Good as One's Wordp. 6
Homeworkp. 8
A Change of Plansp. 10
The Eye of a Needlep. 12
The Jesus Wayp. 14
Making a Joyful Noisep. 16
A Second Chancep. 18
Home Improvementp. 20
God's Workforcep. 22
One Tough Cookiep. 24
Bad Times-Good Witnessp. 26
The Ultimate Makeoverp. 28
A Strategy for Successp. 30
Dreams That Don't Come Truep. 32
Cheersp. 34
The Good Old Daysp. 36
Running for Your Lifep. 38
Rain Checkp. 40
The Testing Timep. 42
Smiling Facesp. 44
A House Fit for a Kingp. 46
No Turning Backp. 48
The Leaderp. 50
Cuss Wordsp. 52
Choicesp. 54
Wise, Innocent and Readyp. 56
A Dog's Lifep. 58
One Thing for Surep. 60
Looking to the Lordp. 62
Fathers and Sonsp. 64
Going Fishingp. 66
The Grudgep. 68
Quiet Timep. 70
Getting Smartp. 72
Paybackp. 74
The / in Pridep. 76
Mysterious Waysp. 78
Amazing!p. 80
At the Last Trumpetp. 82
The Wordp. 84
In God's Own Timep. 86
Southern Hospitalityp. 88
Our Inheritancep. 90
Throwing in the Towelp. 92
Cheap Tricksp. 94
Looking Aheadp. 96
The Giftp. 98
The Big Timep. 100
Resting Easyp. 102
Going Out in Stylep. 104
A Gentleman and a Playerp. 106
Never a Good Ideap. 108
Jumping for Joyp. 110
A Bolt Out of the Bluep. 112
Language Barrierp. 114
Out of Characterp. 116
Doing What You've Gotta Dop. 118
A Frustrating Seasonp. 120
The Sure Foundationp. 122
The Winning Formulap. 124
Mamas and Their Childrenp. 126
Getting Readyp. 128
The Scarsp. 130
A Matter of Perspectivep. 132
No Turning Backp. 134
A Distant Countryp. 136
Family Menp. 138
Dry as a Bonep. 140
The Heart of the Matterp. 142
Tough Lovep. 144
Deserving Betterp. 146
Flat Bustedp. 148
No Carrying Chargep. 150
Answering the Callp. 152
Ten to Rememberp. 154
Top Secretp. 156
A Lesser Courtp. 158
Expecting the Unexpectedp. 160
Divided Loyaltiesp. 162
Fear Factorp. 164
Peacemongersp. 166
Glory Daysp. 168
The Middle of Nowherep. 170
A Level Playing Fieldp. 172
Suit Upp. 174
At a Lossp. 176
Getting Betterp. 178
Celebration Timep. 180
Bibliographyp. 183
Replaysp. 187
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Excerpts

DAY 1

In the Beginning

Read Genesis 1, 2:1-3

"God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good" (v. 1:31)

.

Sack races, wheelbarrow races, and high kicks rather than football and

basketball. Suspenders and shaving mugs rather than championship rings. In the

beginning that was athletics at the University of Tennessee.

The driving force behind the fi rst athletic contests at UT was a pair of

professors. According to Russ Bebb inThe Big Orange, in the late 1880s

Charles Plumb and Charles Summers organized the first intramural field days at

Tennessee. In January 1889 the events included "a potato race, sack race,

fifty-yard dash, high kick contest, and standing long jump" plus a wheelbarrow

race. The last event was the highlight of the day because there were several

wrecks, some precipitated by Professor Summers himself, who insisted on racing.

In the spring of that same year, Bebb said, Professor Plumb was at it again,

organizing a fi eld day that included prizes for the winners. The athlete with

the greatest number of points for the day won a silver shaving mug and a

silver-handled brush.

Other prizes included a gold-headed cane, a pair of suspenders (satin, no

less), a set of Charles Dickens's novels, and a straw hat.

In the beginning, this was the athletic program at the University of Tennessee.

Beginnings are important, but what we make of them -- what follows -- is even more

important. Every morning, you get an important gift from God: a new beginning.

The day lies before you expectant and pristine. You can use it to pay a debt,

start a new relationship, replace a burned-out light bulb, tell your family you

love them, chase a dream, solve a nagging problem, right old wrongs...or

not.

God simply provides the gift. How you use it is up to you. People often talk

wistfully about starting over or making a new beginning. God gives you the

chance with the dawning of every new day.

The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal

and launch, get started, take action, move.

-- Basketball coach John Wooden

Every day is not just a dawn; it is a precious chance to start over or begin

anew.

God Bless the Vols ©; 2007 Ed McMinn



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