{"id":39750,"date":"2024-09-03T14:22:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T18:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=39750"},"modified":"2024-09-03T15:06:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:06:25","slug":"ohio-state-lineman-uses-his-opportunities-to-share-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/09\/ohio-state-lineman-uses-his-opportunities-to-share-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Lineman Uses His Opportunities to Share Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39765\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/09\/luke-montgomery_credit-Eleven-Warriors-YouTube.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39765\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/09\/luke-montgomery_credit-Eleven-Warriors-YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eleven Warriors \/ YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>After making headlines for the amount of players who openly profess Christ, players for the Ohio State football team continue to share their faith in preparation for another football season. The team\u2019s lineman, Luke Montgomery, spoke openly to reporters during a preseason conference, wearing a t-shirt that said, \u201cJesus Won.\u201d \u201cI never didn\u2019t trust the Lord\u2019s will and His path for me, if that makes any sense. When I got here, I was blessed with the opportunity to have Scripture-based Bible studies with \u2026 guys that are moving on to the next part of their journey,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qgj5HGI_Wxg\">he told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He will begin his second year with the team as he works towards a starting position. He told reporters he relies on prayer when things don\u2019t\u2019 go the way he expected. \u201cComing in here, you got dreams of being \u2014 like, I wanted to be a left tackle, but here I am going into year two playing center and guard, and that\u2019s all right, you know. I\u2019m just kind of trying to find my way onto the field here in any way possible,\u201d he said. He added, \u201cit\u2019s just the Lord\u2019s way, it\u2019s not mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s faith has made a major impact on the school as well. The team recently helped to facilitate a baptism ceremony with anywhere from 800 to 1,000 students in attendance outside the school\u2019s Curl Market. Around 60 attendees were baptized. Several of the players offered their testimonies to the crowd, where a stated had been set up with four large tubs. Former wide receiver for the Buckeyes, Kamryn Babb, was one of the speakers and he shared about the difference Christ had made his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just doing this thing because it was fun,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I\u2019ll tell you this: I was on High Street and I enjoyed it.\u201d Babb, however, suffered several ACL injuries during his time with the university, leaving him unsure of what life would be like. An Uber driver by the name of Darnell offered to pray for him, which helped him to realized just how broken he was. Montgomery shared about the event on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lukeMonty8\/status\/1827881342748557678\">X<\/a>. \u201cAmazing night worshipping the lord! Something special is going on here! God Bless,\u201d he wrote. He shared another video of Babb speaking about the event and sharing the big things that God is doing on campus. \u201cGod truly did show up,\u201d said Babb. He also said the event wasn\u2019t about \u201ca football team\u201d but \u201cJesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0After making headlines for the amount of players who openly profess Christ, players for the Ohio State football team continue to share their faith in preparation for another football season. 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