Jackie Robinson #42... Lessons on faith & character (movie audio clips included) - Bob Levin

• 3 strands unbroken

 

       Ecclesiastes 4:12

 

• Guts to not fight

                Matthew 5:38-9

                Proverbs 16:32

 

         “Could I turn the other cheek? Could I take insults and humiliation

          without fighting back? I knew what it meant and it was frightening”

 

• Parental legacy

                Deuteronomy 6:5-7

 

        “To my mother I owe the shaping of my early values, the

          inspiration and ambition which she gave me by the

          courageous life she lived for her children”

 

• Ministry legacy

                Luke 18:15-17

 

          “I suppose I might have become a full-fledged juvenile

           delinquent but for the intervention of Rev. Downs and others”

 

• In over your head

                Mathew 16:24

                Matthew 26:36-44

 

         “It brought me nearer to cracking up than I had ever been… I thought ‘to

            hell with Mr. Rickey’s experiement’”

• Be a light

 

      Matthew 5:14-16

 

 “Each and every one of us was placed on this earth for a very special

   purpose”

  

 

  Jackie Robinson… sampling of awards

 

1947… Rookie of the Year

 

1949 … NL MVP… leads  Brooklyn Dodgers

                           to World Series  

 

1949 … NL Batting Champion - .342 avg

           

1962 … Baseball Hall of Fame

 

1984 … Presidential Medal of Freedom

 

         Played in 6 World Series, all with

               Brooklyn Dodgers …

                   1947, ’49, ’52, ’53, ’55, ’56

 

                Lifetime batting average… .311