Let me begin by saying that I know that it’s extremely hard to be a pastor in these times. Toss in the armchair quarterbacks on social media, and the pressure only intensifies. But, at the same time, we are at a very critical turning point for Christian leaders—and we saw much of the reason why at a men’s conference hosted by James River Church in Missouri last weekend. What happened there?

Read more at “Lesson Learned from the Aftermath of the Missouri Men’s Conference”

In His Grip and Serving Grace…

Watch this truthful documentary.  WARNING: very graphic!  Not for the faint of heart!  But necessary!

Terrorists and their useful idiot (at best) supporters are shutting down campuses all across the U.S. in approval of Hamas’s deadly attack on Israeli concert-goers while cowardly campus administrators, afraid of losing all that Muslim oil money, dither — at best.

But Sheryl Sandberg, groundbreaking COO of Meta, is made of stronger stuff.  Now retired, so to speak, from Meta, she has released a powerful documentary, Screams before Silence, about Hamas atrocities against Jews in Israel on that evil day, six months ago, in the final days of the fall Jewish holidays, corresponding to October 7, 2023 on the Gregorian calendar.

Read more at “Watch and learn from Screams before Silence”

In His Grip and Serving Grace…

Dedicating his Masters win to our Heavenly Father, Scottie Scheffler stated that “victory was secure on the cross.” A red-blooded American Christian, Scheffler is building an individual dynasty by winning his second Green Jacket in three years after he secured a four-shot victory at Augusta National against Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg.

Following the Butler Cabin presentation ceremony, Scheffler stated at the press conference that no matter what had happened, he would’ve been a victor — and it’s because of what his friends told him. And more importantly, the power of Jesus Christ.

Read more at “Scottie Scheffler Tells Story On How Friends Helped Inspire His Victory”

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It’s tough to put a price tag on loyalty, but the PGA Tour is giving it its best shot by delivering very large paydays to some of its top players who have not made the jump to LIV Golf.

Back at the end of January, the PGA Tour struck a $3 billion investment deal with Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of American billionaires, to form a for-profit entity called PGA Tour Enterprises. After the deal was made official, the Tour sent a statement to its membership that explained “players would collectively access over $1.5 billion in equity in PGA Tour Enterprises.”

Up to $750 million of that $1.5 billion looks to be headed into the bank accounts of the Tour’s biggest names.

Read more at “Tiger Woods Headlines Group Of 36 Players Set To Receive Massive Loyalty Payouts From PGA Tour”

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Rory McIlroy returning to the PGA Tour’s policy board would barely fall under the category of news, given that a behind-the-scenes move such as this one would barely be a blip on the radar of even the most in-tune golf fans. McIlroy reclaiming his seat at the exclusive table is an outlier, however, not only due to ongoing negotiations between the Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), but because of Tiger Woods’ role in the situation as well.

To get a grasp of the current circumstances involving the Tour’s policy board, it’s important that we lay out a quick timeline of events.

Read more at “Jumping Back Onto The PGA Tour Board“

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Jon Rahm has made it clear that he isn’t just going to sit idly and simply watch his bank account grow as a member of LIV Golf. The Spaniard isn’t even halfway through his rookie campaign on the Saudi-backed circuit, but has emerged as many expected he would, as a logical spokesperson for LIV.

Ahead of the Masters earlier this month, Rahm suggested that LIV Golf should nix its 54-hole tournament format and move to the more-traditional 72-hole format. It’s an interesting point in the fact that LIV playing just 54 holes is what makes the circuit different from the PGA Tour, but the flip side of that is the 54 holes is one of the most-frequent complaints critics hold against LIV Golf.

Read more at “Continues Push For LIV Golf To Move To 72 Holes”

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Originally formed in 2007 as Yeshiva University’s student vocal group, the Maccabeats have recently emerged as both Jewish music and a cappella phenomenon,  with a large fan-base, more than 20 million views on YouTube, numerous TV appearances, and proven success with four albums, 2010′s Voices From The Heights, 2012′s Out Of The Box, 2014′s One Day More and 2015′s A Maccabeats Hanukkah.

No musical instruments ever used, just the incredible a cappella voices of the Maccabeats.

In His Grip and Serving Grace…

We’ve got a fashion controversy at The Masters, folks, and the man at the center of it is Jason Day. On Friday, Day played his round wearing a sweater vest made by Malbon Golf.

How do I know it was a Malbon Golf sweater vest? I don’t know; probably because you could tell from space, what with the giant Malbon Golf iconography.

Read more at “Jason Day Says He Was Asked To Remove His Busy Sweater Vest At The Master’s”

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Bryson DeChambeau – AKA your current Moving Day Masters co-leader – was in the lab creating his current set of irons till the very last second earlier this week.

That’s right – the Mad Scientist was mixing and matching all the way up to the 11th hour on Tuesday, and waited until the last possible second to print those bad boys up and get the OK from the folks at Augusta National and the USGA.

Read more at “Is Leading The Masters With 3D Printed Clubs That Cost A Fortune To Make”

Doubting Tiger Woods has never been a great idea. For well over two decades, downplaying Woods’ abilities and greatness at any time on any golf course in the world left anyone that did so looking foolish beyond belief.  That version of Tiger Woods, however, the one most wouldn’t ever dare count out, ceases to exist.

He managed to write his own Cinderella story in 2019 when he was able to overcome all adversity and somehow, someway, win the Masters and slip on the green jacket for a fifth time. That moment, on top of an often-forgotten-about win at the ZOZO Championship six months later, created something we can now comfortably call false hope.

Read more at “Tiger Woods Can Win A Major Championship Ever Again?”

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