The Intro

My boy Chris Hopf lived in Chicago for a short time. Yesterday he sent me an email and the title was "Remember this....best starting 5 ever". That title hit me like a ton of bricks. The intro to the bulls playoff game in 1996 was so impactful, that 13 years later Chris still remembers it. That got me thinking about every intro to a basketball I have ever seen. I can even recall leaving my house early to make sure I got to the game in time to see the intro. When the lights went out everyone knew to stand up and get your cameras ready. Next, you heard the high energy music come and it was so loud you could feel it in your bones. Then every ones adrenaline jacks up and everyone goes nuts. You then see a video that takes you on a "Journey" -Brian Mills, of what the team has done up to that point. In ministry, "The Intro" has fallen off the radar because we want to keep our students guessing about what will happen next. If you think about it, the intro plays such a huge part of getting the crowd excited about what they are fixing to see. What would happen if next time you went to a profession game and there was no intro? I think the intro, if done with excellence, can be a very effective element to start off bible study. How AMAZING would it be if we could get our students just as excited about the beginning of bible study as a sports event? I have seen intros to sports that I care nothing about, but it was so good that I became interested. I think an intro can be an amazing thing if it is done right, like the bulls did and the Lakers do here: If on facebook, to see video click here: Lakers