Vikings radio voice Paul Allen on being an ambassador for Christ in the sports world
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Paul Allen has been the voice of the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network since 2002. He also hosts a daily show, “Allen’s Page,” on KFAN radio in Minneapolis and is the voice at Canterbury Park horse racing each summer. He’s called more than 40,000 horse races and more than 400 Vikings games.
Allen came to faith in Christ at age 52 in June 2019, and is now also the host of the “Faith and Goal” podcast, which intersects sports and faith.
Today on the show, Paul Allen returns to discuss 2 Corinthians 5:20 and what it means to be an ambassador for Christ in the sports world.
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| 1:22.0 | Welcome into the Sports Spectrum podcast, where we bring Jesus into the sports conversation. |
| 1:28.9 | Here's your host for today, Jason Romano. |
| 1:32.6 | Hi, everyone. Welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano. We are so grateful that you're |
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