Remember the Two Titan Coaches

If you like Denzel Washington, surely you remember the two Titan coaches. If you love football, surely you "Remember the Titans". This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Awesome drama, rivalry on many fronts, love, hate, victory, defeat, fun, sadness, harassment, encourgement, genuine caring, bigotry, true love and eventual acceptance; Excellent acting! This movie is a landmark film in my mind.

One element that stands out is the different tactics of the two coaches. African-American Coach Boone (Denzel Washington) replaces Coach Yoast (Will Paton), when T.C. Williams High School undergoes racial integration. Yoast agrees to the assistant role of defensive coordinator, being demoted from head coach. The coaches have markedly different styles. Coach Boone is black and white, hard-line, nothing but perfection on the basics. Yoast is more likely to coddle the players, and run trick plays. He is much more subtle and fancy than Boone. The two coaches clash time and again, but they both come out victorious.

Which coach best represents American culture, versus the model of Jesus? Was Jesus subtle and coddling, or was He crystal clear and demanding?

Today, in our men's Bible Study, we talked about Matthew 7:1-6 (ESV) ...

"Judge not, and you will not be judged ..."

What do you think? What's the main point? Are we to keep our mouths shut, let people make their own mistakes and learn their own lessons? Or is there a time and a place to get in the middle of someone?

End in the end, Yoast has the title quote of the movie, "You make sure they remember, FOREVER, the night they played the Titans!" Coach Yoast eventually stiffens his back, and even stiffens on a young African-American player that he had previously coddled.

Is America coddling sin? Are we allowing wrong to ruin our nation? Does true love let people fall or sternly warn them? Let me know what you think...

You may also want to read a similar post I made regarding Jillian Michaels and "The Biggest Loser" on the Political Hope blog.

America Bless God