{"id":2161,"date":"2020-10-15T18:24:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T18:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2021-01-21T10:16:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T10:16:04","slug":"blog-october-15th-christians-in-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2161","title":{"rendered":"Blog October 15th \u201cChristians in Sport\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Jesus You Are Everthing” featuring Lucy Stimpson- Maynard from the album ” I Look Up To The Heavens” recorded and produced by John Hodgkinson<\/p>\n

Blog October 15th \u201cChristians in Sport\u201d
\nTwo weeks ago, I shared some information on the new US Open Golf Champion \u2013 Bryson DeChambeau. Part of that was Bryson\u2019s Christian testimony. This reminded me of when my very dear friend Bob Milliken \u2013 then Head of RE at Crofton Secondary School \u2013 kept putting in my pigeon hole ( I was Head of PE at the time) leaflets on Christians who were top sports persons. I remember at the time feeling somewhat surprised to hear that the golfer Bernhard Langer was a committed Christian.
\nSince writing this blog I have pointed out a lot of currently famous sports persons who are Christians- recently, the golfer Zach Richardson, the rugby player Maro Itoje, the Liverpool Football Manger Jurgen Klopp and the footballer Romulu Lukaku.
\nI googled who else in sport was a Christian and here is a list of some that I knew – I wonder if you are as surprised as I was with some of the names on the list?
\n1) Usain Bolt
\n2) Christine Ohuruogu
\n3) Danny Surridge
\n4) Bubba Watson
\n5) Lewis Hamilton
\n6) David Luis
\n7) Thiago Silva
\n8) Rhaeem Sterli
\n9) Edison Gavani
\n10) Neymar
\n11) Andres Iniesta
\n12) David Silva
\n13) Philippe Coutinho
\n14) Jose Mourinho
\n15) Marcelo Bielsa
\n16) Christiano Ronaldo
\n17) Lionel Messi
\nQuote of the week
\nOne person cannot change the world
\nbut we can change the world for one person<\/p>\n

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