Jump directly to the Content
Jump directly to the Content

Sermon Illustrations

Home > Sermon Illustrations

What Off-Season? Pro Football Goes Year-Round

The New York Times reports that the NFL Draft used to be a "sleepy roll call for football insiders that took place in smoke-filled hotel ballrooms." Now the draft is part of the NFL's "marketing machine that feeds the seemingly insatiable desire for information about the nation's most popular sport." Jim Steeg, the guy who used to run the draft, said, "Every time you think it can't get bigger, it gets bigger."

In 2020, for instance, the first two days of the NFL Draft averaged 11.6 million viewers (+37%), on pace to obliterate the all-time record for the event — last year’s 6.1 million.

Possible Preaching Angle:

At some point someone needs to ask: Is this getting just a tad out of hand? Is this bordering on obsession—or maybe even worship? And as a follower of Christ, we can also ask if all of the time and money and energy spent on following football is a distraction to more important things.

Related Sermon Illustrations

App Designer Explains How We Get Hooked

How do Silicon Valley tech gurus design a successful app, an app that will hook consumers and then keep them hooked so they keep coming back to the app? Some app designers call this ...

[Read More]

Parents Refuse Smartphone Access for Children

In a series of interviews for The Washington Post, writer Ellen McCarthy spoke to parents who are bucking the trend of supplying internet-accessible smartphones to their children.

Adriana ...

[Read More]