Miles McPherson, Pastor - Former NFL Player
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Episode 150
Miles McPherson was selected in the 10th round of the 1982 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. After being released, he was picked up by the San Diego Chargers, where he would play 4 seasons as a defensive back.
During his time as a player, Miles became a follower of Jesus Christ, a decision that would eventually lead him to becoming a pastor.
For the past 18 years, he has been the Sr. Pastor and founder of the "Rock Church" in San Diego, CA.
Miles is author of the new book "The Third Option: Hope For a Racially Divided Nation."
On this episode of the podcast, Miles shares his journey from football player to pastor and coming to Christ during his playing career after being stuck in a world of drugs and addiction. We also talk to Miles about his new book, the segregation of the church, athletes using their voice to protest and why HONOR is something that can help so many of us find common ground as we look to be united and not divided.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.9 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Miles McPherson, senior pastor of Rock Church in San Diego and former NFL defensive back, is sponsored by Compassion International. |
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| 1:11.8 | I promise you you won't regret it. |
| 1:15.2 | Today's guest on the podcast is Miles McPherson. |
| 1:18.5 | Miles played football in the NFL for four seasons, selected in the 10th round. |
| 1:23.7 | There's not even 10 rounds anymore in the NFL draft, but he was selected in the 10th round, |
| 1:28.0 | 256th overall pick in the 1982 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams. |
| 1:35.1 | He was then cut by the Rams and picked up by the Chargers, where he played four seasons |
| 1:39.7 | in the NFL. |
| 1:41.4 | He was a college football All-American at the University of New Haven in Connecticut, |
| 1:46.3 | grew up in Long Island and a New York guy, and then all of a sudden he finds himself on the |
| 1:51.8 | west coast out in California, and he hasn't left since. He is the founder of Rock Church in |
| 1:57.1 | San Diego. He founded that in the year 2000. He's also an author. The book is called |
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