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For most of the nation, in fact most of the world, today marks an important event. Tonight’s Super Bowl will be the most watched sporting event in the world, with more than 100 million viewers. Of course, in our neck of the woods, if it is not Alabama, Auburn (it hurts me to even type that word), or some other Southeastern Conference school, then we probably disregard it. While I really have no “dog in the fight” for tonight’s game, I am fully aware by past experience that tomorrow we will enter that dreadful time of the year in which there will be no football. So, I will probably watch some just because I know how long it will be before a ray of sunshine breaks through with at least a scrimmage in April. Because of my enjoyment in the sport, and the general appreciation of it for most in our culture, I found the following article to be at least somewhat interesting.
In light of the Super Bowl game, there was a discussion about one crucial word in the game of football that keeps enduring—Hut! An article in The New York Times pondered why this word keeps hanging around:
It is easily the most audible word in any football game, a throaty grunt that may be the sport's most distinguishing sound. Hut!
It starts almost every play, and often one is not enough. And in an increasingly complex game whose signal-calling has evolved into a cacophony of furtive code words—"Black Dirt!" "Big Belly!" "X Wiggle!"—hut, hut, hut endures as the signal to move. But why?
Most football players have no idea why. A pro ball center said, "I guess because it's better than yelling, 'Now,' or 'Go.' Some people have used 'Go' and that's awful. That doesn't sound like football." A former quarterback reckons he shouted "hut" more than 10,000 times during games and practices. "I've been hutting my way through football for 55 years—but I have no clue why."
The article conjectures that "Hut" may come from the military backgrounds of many early pro football players. But that's just a guess.
If I had to guess, even with the Hubble Telescope, I could not find most people’s interest as to the question of why football players say the word “Hut!” There are some questions in life that simply do not matter! However, over the next several weeks we will be exploring questions that do matter because these are questions that pertain to our faith. There are countless instances in life in which faith in Christ is challenged by a culture that is hellbent on refuting the authority of God’s Word. In addition to this, our sinful natures are inclined toward a rejection of any accountability to a God who deserves and commands all of our worship. Finally, our finite minds cannot possibly contend with the eternality and perfect understanding of the Almighty. So, we are left with questions. But these are questions that matter because their answers will impact our eternities. In the coming weeks we will seek the Bible for answers to the following questions:
Can the Bible Be Trusted in All Things?
Evolution/Creation, Does it Matter?
Why Angels?
What is the Holy Spirit?
Does God Care about Sexuality?
Is Marriage Forever?
What Does “Unequally Yoked” Mean?
How Can I Lead My Child to Christ?
Should I Judge or Not?
We will discover that God is more than capable of handling our questions. In fact, we discover in the gospels that Jesus never shied away from questions. His invitation to us is clear. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened” (Matthew 7:7-8). God does not want to keep us in the dark on those matters that are most urgent in our faith. This is exactly why He has given us a reliable record through His Word. So, as the Apostle Paul encourages, the questioner must “be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:2).
A faith that isn’t worth questioning is a faith that isn't worth believing. And we will find that Christ and His Word is more than worthy of all our faith.
Jason