Why was John Madden so beloved?
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 30 December 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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John Madden died Tuesday morning at the age of eighty-five. In The Daily Article for December 30, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison engages in the year-end tradition of looking to the past to look to the future, addresses the doubts we feel about God’s provision and goodness for the future, and encourages us to trust in the kindness shown by God by sending his Son to earth.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.5 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.9 | John Madden died Tuesday morning at the age of 85. |
| 0:23.6 | I cannot think of anyone in the world of sports whose name is more iconic than his. |
| 0:29.6 | Just last Saturday, Fox aired a wonderful documentary called All Madden, |
| 0:34.6 | filled with interviews with his wife and sons, close friends, former |
| 0:39.1 | players, and broadcasting colleagues. As my wife and I watched it, we felt we were reliving |
| 0:45.1 | the seasons of our lives. Madden rose to prominence as coach of the Oakland Raiders when we |
| 0:51.2 | were in high school and college, making it to seven AFC title games in 10 years |
| 0:56.5 | and winning the Super Bowl following the 1976 season. Three years later, he shocked the sports |
| 1:03.0 | world by retiring at the age of 42. Over the next 30 years, he became a household name |
| 1:09.8 | as the best-known broadcaster in sports, |
| 1:12.8 | winning 16 Emmy Awards. |
| 1:15.4 | He was the voice of football for us and so many like us. |
| 1:19.5 | Along the way, he appeared in a variety of TV commercials and episodes. |
| 1:24.2 | In 1988, he lent his voice, personality, and name to the best-selling Madden NFL series of football video games. |
| 1:32.3 | He was enshrined in Pro Football's Hall of Fame in 2006. |
| 1:37.3 | However, there have been other great coaches in sports broadcasters. |
| 1:43.3 | What made John Madden so beloved? In the days since his death However, there have been other great coaches in sports broadcasters. |
| 1:44.4 | What made John Madden so beloved? |
| 1:47.0 | In the days since his death was announced, tributes have poured in. |
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