{"id":31872,"date":"2024-01-22T09:40:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=31872"},"modified":"2024-01-22T09:40:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:40:53","slug":"ravens-head-coach-recites-bible-verse-in-press-conference-after-playoff-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/01\/ravens-head-coach-recites-bible-verse-in-press-conference-after-playoff-win.html","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Head Coach Recites Bible Verse in Press Conference After Playoff Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31884\" style=\"width: 877px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/01\/john-harbaugh-bmore-ravens-credit-scott-kennedy-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31884\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/01\/john-harbaugh-bmore-ravens-credit-scott-kennedy-youtube.png\" alt=\"john harbaugh\" width=\"877\" height=\"561\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Kennedy\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Baltimore Ravens will host the first conference championship game in Baltimore since 1971 after Lamar Jackson had four touchdowns, two rushing and two throwing, in a 34-10 win over the Houston Texans. At one point, the game was tied at 10, but Baltimore won with 24 unanswered points.<\/p>\n<p>After earning a playoff bye, emotions ran high in Baltimore&#8217;s locker room, and it was Jackson&#8217;s second playoff win. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zVMqlbt8m94\">opened his postgame press conference by reading a Bible verse<\/a>. Harbaugh said, via Outkick NFL Insider Armando Salguero, reciting 1 Chronicles, &#8220;Greatness, power, glory, victory, and honor belongs to you. The kingdom belongs to you, Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh&#8217;s quote comes one week after C.J. Stroud, the quarterback Harbaugh&#8217;s Ravens beat, gave &#8220;all glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ&#8221; after the Texans&#8217; playoff win over the Cleveland Browns. Stroud&#8217;s comments were edited out of an X post, formerly Twitter, from the official account of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Night Football.&#8221; Former\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0quarterback Donovan McNabb, Salguero&#8217;s cohost on Outkick&#8217;s podcast, &#8220;The Five,&#8221; criticized NBC for the move.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2V65DRLRNV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2V65DRLRNV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Baltimore Ravens (@ravens)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;It&#8217;s very lame. Players always express that as well, and to have that cut out is truly disrespectful. There are a lot of people out there who are Christians and believe in Jesus, and those who don&#8217;t believe in Jesus still they don&#8217;t feel like that&#8217;s disrespectful to them. For NBC to do this, they really have to go back \u2026 and evaluate themselves. They have to get this thing corrected because that&#8217;s definitely not the direction it needs to be going in at this point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh quoted Bible scripture a day after his brother, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, spoke at the\u00a0March for Life\u00a0in Washington, D.C. Jim also attended the Ravens&#8217; game Saturday. The Ravens next host the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens will host the first conference championship game in Baltimore since 1971 after Lamar Jackson had four touchdowns, two rushing and two throwing, in a 34-10 win over the Houston Texans. At one point, the game was tied at 10, but Baltimore won with 24 unanswered points. 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