Hello, my name is Matt Whitman. This is the 10 minute Bible hour

podcast where we work through a book of the Bible a little bit every weekday morning

right now we're working on the book of Matthew we've made it all the way to

Matthew 27 which is really exciting but if you're new don't leave you don't have to go

back and start away from the beginning you can just pick it up here if you like it you to go back and start all the way from the beginning. You can just pick it up here. If you like it, you can go back and start from the beginning later.

I'm just thrilled that you're here. Thank you for jumping into this thing. I know it can be intimidating to jump into a thing all the way right in the middle and also hey we're

almost done with the book of Matthew which means we're about to start a new book you can

get in at the ground floor in real time with us so you can mentally prepare for that file it away if you are

here for the first time then it may be news to you that I really like sports all

of the sports I particularly like American football it's a beautiful violent game. I played football for a while.

I enjoy that aspect of it too, but I also like the psychology of football and

what it's like to watch football games with fans of different teams.

So the other day, well a while back now, I'm watching a game with a buddy who has a really strong rooting

interest in the football game we're watching, but I don't care at all.

The offensive team is

his team and there's a play where there's a completed pass and one of the

offenses receivers is running down the field with the ball. Well relatively

recent rule in American football is if you're

playing defense trying to tackle the ball carrier you can't lower your head and strike their

head you can't go helmet-to-helmit contact They're trying to cut back on injuries.

That's probably a good thing.

But that can be very difficult to officiate,

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