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[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

Every parent of every uncommitted player that wants to play college baseball should take advantage of this.

[Pastor Rich Bitterman @w_bitterman]

He took a rainbow stitched onto a San Francisco Giants cap and placed beside it the first Word God ever spoke over that sign. Genesis 9:11-16.

That was enough for the league to warn them to not write a Bible verse on the pride hat again. A covenant became an offense.

MLB could point to the uniform rule and maybe the rule was clear enough. Still, everyone knew the ink was not the real scandal. The scandal was Genesis.

A verse from the first book of the Bible appeared beside a rainbow and suddenly the old story came walking into the modern room. God had spoken first..that was the wound. Before it was claimed by a movement, it was placed there by mercy.

Landen Roupp said there was no hate in it. He said the rainbow is a symbol of God’s covenant and as a believer he wanted to stand firm. Good!

There are times when standing firm looks less like shouting from a platform and more like refusing to vanish under a hat. Writing the verse in ink was small a small thing. The witness was not.

I admire him. He could have worn the cap and said nothing, carried his convictions quietly back to the clubhouse. Instead, he wrote Genesis 9 beside the rainbow. It was not a spectacle. It was a confession.

To understand why, we have to leave the ballpark and walk back into the soaked world of Genesis 9. God speaks as the world was still wet with judgment when God blessed Noah.

He gave Noah’s family the earth. He sent them out to fill it and placed a holy fence around human life and said, in effect, “Do not treat people like animals. They bear My image.”

Every person carries that mark. The baby in the womb and the old man in the nursing home. The angry critic online and the confused soul wrapped in a flag. Every one of them lives beneath the hand of the God who made them.

Christian courage can never be cruel because every person bears God’s image. Mercy still hangs over this world and sinners still have time to come home.

Then God lifted His sign into the clouds.“ I have set my bow in the cloud,” He says, “and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth” (Genesis 9:13).

The word is bow. That is easy to miss because we have turned the rainbow into greeting-card weather with soft colors after rain. Scripture’s bow is often a weapon. It belongs in the hand of a warrior. Scripture’s bow is often a weapon, bent with judgment, strung with arrows, aimed by wrath.

In Genesis 9, God hangs the bow in the clouds with no arrow in it.

Look at that again. The bow is there, but the string is quiet. The storm has spent itself. Sunlight breaks through the wet air. Color bends across the sky and creation receives a sermon without a single human word. God remembers. He keeps His promise. The world deserves judgment, yet mercy still hangs over our heads. The rainbow is a sermon.

Long before flags, merchandise, corporate campaigns, political speeches, or team uniforms, God placed the rainbow above a guilty world and made it preach patience.

That is why Genesis 9 belongs in this conversation. Christians do not need cruelty to speak clearly. Sneering never strengthens truth. When believers say the rainbow belongs to God, we are saying more than “our symbol came first.” We are saying the world is still being held together by the promise of a holy God who gives sinners time to repent.

The rainbow is beautiful because mercy is beautiful.

It also warns because mercy delayed carries a clock inside it. Peter tells us the Lord is patient and calls sinners to repentance. The same God who set His bow in the clouds has appointed a day when every mouth will close and every knee will bow.

That makes the cross shine brighter. At Calvary, judgment did not stay in the distance. It landed as the arrow we deserved struck the Son of God. Christ stood beneath the wrath sinners earned and mercy flowed from His wounds. Genesis 9 gives us the empty bow in the clouds. Golgotha gives us the Savior on the tree.

So yes, be thankful for these players. Be thankful for men who can stand beneath public pressure and say, with open eyes and a steady voice, “I belong to Christ.”

Christians should learn from that. Stand firm when the culture demands your silence. Hold your ground when conviction is called hatred. Do it with tenderness, clean hands, tears for the lost, love for your neighbor and your Bible open.

A rainbow appeared on a baseball cap and a few men remembered the God who set it in the sky.

That is enough reason to be grateful. The rainbow is still preaching and let the church stand firm under it.

[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

True

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

Don’t forget to join us daily in prayer for our nation here on my X page! Each day, a different pastor from a different state will share their prayer for America at noon ET. Let’s pray together for this country as we look forward to our 250th anniversary on July 4. #50Days50States50Prayers #OneNationUnderGod @BGEA

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

I will pay the fines for any @MLB Christian player who wears a Bible verse on their uniform.
@MLB is ANTI-CHRISTIAN

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Successful teams are built on low ego, high character, low maintenance, and being selfless.
- Eric Musselman

[Sports Spectrum @Sports_Spectrum]

"The Lord tells us we're going to run into adversity and it's only going to make us stronger. It should draw us closer to Him." - Wes Johnson

@BaseballUGA Head Coach Wes Johnson shares his faith in Christ at the College World Series.

#RoadToOmaha x #MCWS

[Craig Hyatt @HyattCraig]

Early up along with early down (timing and tempo). Up, down, through cadence!

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

The contrast couldn’t be more obvious.

President Trump’s UFC event brought together a massive crowd of MAGA supporters, fight fans, and visitors from across the country.

The media spent days warning about controversy and chaos.

The event ended, people celebrated, and everyone went home.

Meanwhile, reports from the Knicks championship celebration included a fatal shooting, multiple stabbings, injured police officers, vandalism, burned vehicles, and dozens of arrests.

Maybe it’s time to stop stereotyping millions of Americans and start paying attention to what actually happens.

[Dan Cevette @DanCevette]

Summer baseball is here.

The College World Series. Summer leagues. Travel tournaments. Showcase events.

Everybody says they love baseball.

But baseball eventually asks for proof.

Long days. Short nights. Heat. Failure. Repetition.

You either love the dog days and the grind... or you don't.

The game always knows. ⚾️🔥

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

Congratulations to @Canes @Jslavin74 for winning an Olympic Gold Medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year! Even at one of the biggest moments of his career, Jaccob Slavin says winning can’t give him joy at the end of the day. “I lay it at the feet of Jesus and give Him all the glory.” I appreciate that Jaccob isn’t afraid or ashamed to speak boldly about his faith in Jesus Christ!

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

Charlotte, NC-area high school student Gabby Stout was really put through the wringer! Her school allowed students to paint a spirit rock with messages, and Gabby got permission to paint a tribute as long as it didn’t contain profanity or vulgarity. Three days after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, she and two friends painted a heart, an American flag, and the words “FREEDOM 1776” and “LIVE LIKE KIRK – John 11:25” on the rock. Within a few hours, school officials painted over it! But that wasn’t all. The school publicly accused her of vandalism and said they contacted law enforcement to launch a criminal investigation. She was ostracized by classmates and faced online bullying and threats because of the incident. I’m so thankful that @ADFLegal stepped in to defend Gabby, arguing that her First, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated. This week Gabby’s case reached a settlement; the school board agreed to adopt a new free speech policy, issue a public statement expressing their regret, and pay $95,000 for damages and legal fees. I hope this will go a long way in preventing other schools from trampling on the rights of other students. https://t.co/VYHwuK3SSi

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This is nuts

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

But for some reason, ID is banned for voting in California, New York and many other states

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wow

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

Parents.
Will you allow your child the opportunity to fight through failure or discomfort of competitive athletics.
Or.
Will you allow or encourage him to take his ball and go home.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🎯🎯🎯

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 TRUMP DROPS THE HAMMER ON FISA!

President Trump just torched the Dems favorite spying tool and laid out his full Save America Act agenda: Voter ID, proof of citizenship, no more mail-in ballots, protect women’s sports, and shield kids from mutilation.

NO ON FISA unless the SAVE America Act is attached.

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

Easy to see why his players run through the wall for him.
Because he runs through it for them.