The legend of Trevor Lawrence has only just begun.

This is Jim Denison's Daily article for Tuesday, January 8th, 2019.

Clemson routed Alabama last night to win its second national title in three years.

I've been watching college football for 50 years and have never seen a performance like the game their quarterback played.

Trevor Lawrence, a 19-year-old freshman, was named the most valuable player.

He is already being held as a once-in-a-generation talent.

Now, after a performance for the ages, ESPN tells us this morning that the legend of Trevor Lawrence has only just begun.

The best part of the story isn't the part that's making headlines today.

When Lawrence was named Clemson's starting quarterback last September, reporters asked how he stays so calm during games. That's just

always my personality, he explained. Football's important to me, but it's not my life. It's not the

biggest thing in my life. I would say my faith is. He added, I put my identity in what Christ

says, who he thinks I am, and who I know that he says

I am. There's always more good news than makes the news. New York Times columnist Nicholas

Christoph agrees. The title of his latest article makes his point, why 2018 was the best year

in human history. Christoph claims that the world's population is living longer and better than ever before.

For instance, each day, on average, 295,000 people gain access to electricity for the first time.

305,000 people are able to access clean drinking water for the first time.

620,000 people are able to get online for the first time.

Only about 4% of children worldwide die by the age of 5, down from 19% in 1960.

Fewer than 10% of the world's population live in extreme poverty, down for more than 50% in the 1950s.

He concludes, never before has such a large portion of humanity been

literate, enjoyed a middle-class cushion, lived such long lives, or been confident that their

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