The new https://t.co/IB0GbQE8zd Top 25 is out, and the shakeup at the top sets up an exciting Saturday in the RMAC.
Minnesota State took its first loss of the season, 31 to 30 at home to Augustana, and tumbles to No. 7. That opened the door for CSU Pueblo move up to No. 3 and Western Colorado to get the No. 4 spot. Both teams are unbeaten at 10-0, and they will play each other Saturday in Pueblo for the RMAC championship.
Central Washington climbed to No. 5 and Slippery Rock settled in at No. 6. Augustana jumped up to No. 15 after their win in Mankato. Washburn and Newberry joined the poll at No. 23 and No. 24, while Minnesota Duluth and Carson Newman fell out.
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FINAL … Ichabods improve to 3-1-1 … WU outgains UNK 478 to 112 … WU rushes for 247 yards … Renfro (110) & Robinson (108) lead on the ground … JC Heim has 14 tackles … WU enters by week and will face PSU on Oct. 10 in Yager Stadium #GoBods
J.C. Heim’s INT in the final minute sealed Washburn’s first MIAA win of the season, 14–10 over Central Oklahoma.
Heim finished with 12 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble as the Ichabods improved to 2–1 despite being outgained 359–202.
UCO fell to 1–2.
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Ichabods open the season with their 7th-straight win over Truman … Madden goes 28 of 38 for 328 yards and 2 scores … Calhoun with 7 catches and 117 yards and one score … Hayes has 10 tackles … WU opens home slate on Sept. 5 against Mines #GoBods
Isaiah described the crucifixion in detail 700 years before it happened, and named exactly what it was FOR.
Isaiah 53. Written seven centuries before Christ:
“He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities.” Isaiah 53:5.
“Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter… He opened not His mouth.” Isaiah 53:7.
“They made His grave with the wicked and with a rich man in His death.” Isaiah 53:9.
He died between criminals (Luke 23:33) and was buried in the tomb of the rich Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57-60).
“The LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6.
A suffering servant, pierced, silent before His accusers, dying for the sins of others, buried in a rich man’s grave.
This is why the Jewish rabbis struggled, their Scriptures described BOTH a suffering, pierced servant (Isaiah 53) AND a conquering King (Daniel 7). Some concluded there must be two Messiahs.
But it was never two. It’s one Messiah, two comings.
First the Lamb, pierced for our transgressions.
Then the Lion, returning in glory.
The Quran denied the piercing. Surah 4:157.
Isaiah described it in HD seven hundred years early.
You can’t erase an event that was prophesied in that much detail. The two criminals crucified beside Jesus are the entire gospel in one scene.
Luke 23. Two men. Same crime, same sentence, same cross, same dying breath, the same few feet from Jesus.
One mocks Him. The other turns and says, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” Luke 23:42.
And Jesus answers: “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise.” Luke 23:43.
That man did zero good works. He couldn’t, his hands were nailed down. No prayers, no fasting, no charity, no time to balance any scale. He had nothing to offer but a dying glance at the right Person.
And Jesus saved him on the spot.
In the religion I came from, that man was doomed. No time, no deeds, game over.
In the gospel, he was in paradise that same day, because salvation was never about the weight of his works.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works.” Ephesians 2:8-9.
Two criminals. Same cross. One difference: which one turned to Jesus.
That’s still the only difference that has ever mattered.
The Savior is everything. Praise Jesus.