E147: Why He Stood Alone For God w/NBA Star Jonathan Isaac

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We all remember the historic moment in 2020 when the entire Orlando Magic team was kneeling during the national anthem in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, save one brave player. The name of that player was Jonathan Issac and today we welcome him on the show to learn more about why he made the controversial decision to stand and the backlash he received. We talk about his chance bump-in with his future pastor and his conversion to radical Christian discipleship. He shares about what it was like to be a messenger for the Gospel throughout his NBA career. We wrap up by discussing his new Christian shoe brand and aspirations as a father, athlete, and Christian.

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0:00.0	I was the number one player in the state of Florida and I was on anxiety medication.
0:03.2	Teammates didn't know, parents didn't know back home.
0:05.4	I'm drafted to Orlando, I've been there for about a month, I meet this guy on an elevator and
0:08.9	he says to me I can tell you how to be great and I said how and he said you have to know
0:12.3	Jesus. Wow. Kind of from that moment. you how and I said how and he said you have to know Jesus
0:12.8	wow kind of from that moment my life just kind of got turned upside down in terms
0:16.8	of just these coincidences it wasn't that I didn't take issue with what
0:20.0	happened in George Floyd I thought it was a moment to leave with love and say,
0:22.8	hey, with everything that's happening with police brutality in our country, this is a moment to bring
0:26.8	people together. I still believe that the gospel is the way to do that because
0:30.4	it supersedes the you did me wrong because I've done wrong to.
0:34.4	It puts everybody on the same playing field
0:36.1	and allows us to look to God for forgiveness for ourselves
0:39.1	and that way we can forgive the people that we're around.
0:41.3	Jonathan Isaac, welcome to the podcast.
0:46.0	Hey, thank you for having me so much.
0:48.0	This is so fun to have you here.
0:49.0	I think I talked to you a year ago about Unitis and you and what you're doing and I was very excited and I'm so
0:55.3	excited to have you in studio.
0:56.5	Glad to be here.
0:57.5	Glad to be in LA.
0:58.5	This was kind of impromptu that we kind of just ran into each other and said let's make it work
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