Da Bears in da Bible

Our South Barrington campus pastor made this Biblical note of today's NFL playoff game between the Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints: "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints." Psalm 116:15 (NIV).

It was a funny example of isogesis (reading scripture in light of what you want it to say), and in that sense prophetic - the Bears won: 39 to 14, and are headed for the Super Bowl, for the first time since our senior pastor was chaplain for the Bears back in the '80s. There was also lots of sympathy for the Saints, given the troubles of their city in the past two years, just getting here was a big deal for them.