Lance Berkman and Scott Linebrink - Former MLB Players on the Great Commission
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Episode 258
Lance Berkman played 15 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Astros, Cardinals, Yankees and Rangers. He was a 6-time All-Star and a member of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals World Series championship team.
Scott Linebrink pitched 12 seasons in the big leagues with 6 different teams from 2000-2011. Scott is the "stewardship coordinator" for Water Mission, a non-profit Christian ministry that looks to provide sustainable safe water solutions to people in need.
On this episode of the podcast, we sat down with Lance and Scott at a conference in Florida and discussed why it is important to use your platform to give back, and how all people, athletes included, are called to live out the Great Commission in their lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome everyone to the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:22.9 | My name is Jason Romano. |
| 0:24.0 | Great to have you joining us here on the program today. |
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| 1:10.1 | Today on the podcast, we feature a conversation on the |
| 1:13.6 | Great Commission, Matthew 28, and I'm going to read you the Great Commission right now from the |
| 1:20.3 | Bible, and it's Matthew 28, 16, and it says, then the 11 disciples went away into Galilee to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. |
| 1:30.3 | And when they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted. Then Jesus came and spoke to them saying, all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. |
| 1:41.6 | Verse 19. Here's the big one one go therefore and make disciples of all nations |
| 1:46.4 | all the nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the |
| 1:51.4 | Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you and |
| 1:56.5 | lo I am with you always even to the end of the age. Amen. |
| 2:03.1 | That's the Great Commission. |
| 2:04.7 | And recently I was at a conference in Florida. |
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