Great, fun loving movie and one of the best for Brad Pitt. Somehow he seems real in this one...and so does the point of the movie.
Roll out any fang-dangle scheme to win. Play any odds you want. Set the record for the number of consecutive games won. You still have to get up the next day and win the next one. Unless you can find some way to change the name of the game itself and leave your name on it. And why? It all comes down to the same question.
"I want it to mean something.”
What does it take for Billy to have his work mean
something? He says it this way:
If we win on our
budget with this team... we'll have changed the game. And that's what I want. I
want it to mean something.
That's a Gospel of some sort, alright. It is a way of living. We drive ourselves each day to leave our mark, and once is never, ever enough. We have to get up and do it again. Then there is the never-ending goal that somehow we will change the name of the game. People have done that with great accomplishments in every field. But is that a way to live?
The word "Gospel" means "good news." Christians call the books of the Apostles (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) the Gospels. In it, Jesus has changed the game of life to a journey to God through him. We're in a new game. We don't have to change it all over again.
The bottom line is a whole different point and direction in life--not what you do, but what God did in Jesus Christ. What God does through you. Look at the litany...
"the first shall be last and the last shall be first."
"Give up your life and you will find it."
"Seek first the kingdom and find everything."
Play ball!
That's a Gospel of some sort, alright. It is a way of living. We drive ourselves each day to leave our mark, and once is never, ever enough. We have to get up and do it again. Then there is the never-ending goal that somehow we will change the name of the game. People have done that with great accomplishments in every field. But is that a way to live?
The word "Gospel" means "good news." Christians call the books of the Apostles (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) the Gospels. In it, Jesus has changed the game of life to a journey to God through him. We're in a new game. We don't have to change it all over again.
The bottom line is a whole different point and direction in life--not what you do, but what God did in Jesus Christ. What God does through you. Look at the litany...
"the first shall be last and the last shall be first."
"Give up your life and you will find it."
"Seek first the kingdom and find everything."
Play ball!
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