The Washington Redskins were one...
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The Washington Redskins were one of the dominant teams in the National Football League during the 1930s and 1940s. In 1940, however, they lost to the Chicago Bears, 73-0. In the final minutes the Redskins drove 75 yards, to the six-inch line. With hopes of at least scoring once, the Redskins' quarterback, Sammy Baugh, passed, only to have the ball intercepted as the time ran out. In the locker room afterward, Baugh managed a weak smile and said, "Maybe if we could have gotten that touchdown at the end it would have turned the tide." Surely the death of Jesus appeared to his followers to be a disaster. And the claims of the faithful, later on, that the crucifixion had somehow "turned the tide" against sin, death, and devil must have brought derisive jeers from enemies of Christ. Unlike the Redskins' quarterback, however, the early Christians actually had it right.
-- Sherer
-- Sherer
