Before Tim Tebow, There Was Reggie White Representing for Christ on the NFL Stage (Gospel Light Minute #28)

Summary: He played 15 seasons as a defensive end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers, becoming one of the most decorated players in NFL history. He helped his team, the Green Bay Packers, win Super Bowl 31 in 1997. The 2-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 13-time Pro Bowl and 12-time All-Pro selection holds 2nd place all-time amongst career sack leaders with 198. He was selected to the NFL's 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, the NFL's 1980s All-Decade Team and the NFL's 1990s All-Decade Team. During his professional career, he became famous not only for his outstanding play, but also for his Christian ministry as an ordained Evangelical minister. This led to his nickname, "The Minister of Defense". He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006, two years after his death in 2004. <br><br> He said of his faith, "I always believed, since I was a kid, that God was going to allow me to play professional football to use it as a platform to proclaim and to live out the name of Jesus, and that is the most exciting part about my life...If we continue to back down from the truth, we’ll never mean anything to the kingdom. Dr. King once said before he died, 'If you don’t have a cause to die for, you have nothing to live for.' Jesus is our cause, so we should be willing to sacrifice our lives for Him and others." Before there was Tim Tebow, there was Reggie White, representing for Jesus Christ on and off the football field.