{"id":18173,"date":"2023-07-07T11:02:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T15:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=18173"},"modified":"2023-07-07T11:02:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T15:02:51","slug":"from-wrestling-man-to-wrestling-for-the-faith-former-wrestler-says-no-challenge-too-big-for-people-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2023\/07\/from-wrestling-man-to-wrestling-for-the-faith-former-wrestler-says-no-challenge-too-big-for-people-of-faith","title":{"rendered":"From Wrestling Man to Wrestling for the Faith: Former Wrestler Says \u201cNo challenge too big for people of faith\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18179\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2023\/07\/Glenn-Jacobs_credit-Gage-Skidmore-Flickr-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18179\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2023\/07\/Glenn-Jacobs_credit-Gage-Skidmore-Flickr-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gage Skidmore \/ Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former wrestler and now the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, Glenn Jacobs, shared his faith at the Faith &amp; Freedom Coalition\u2019s annual Road to Majority Conference on Friday. Jacobs was formerly the wrestler Kane for the WWE, which was the WWF at the time when he began his career in 1995. He has had a longtime wrestling career, with his last title being in 2019 when he won the 24\/7 Championship. He won his first bid as mayor of Knox County in 2018 as a Republican and was reelected last year. \u201cI always joke that because of my character, you know \u2013 most politicians are trying to convince people that the politician is the person they see on TV. I was trying to convince people I was not the person they saw on TV,\u201d Jacobs told <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/knox-county-mayor-wwe-superstar-glenn-jacobs-interview-faith-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fox News Digital<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Jacobs began his speech <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/glenn-jacobs-as-people-of-faith-there-is-no-challenge-too-big.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">by announcing<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, \u201cIt is a great time to be alive\u2026 there is no time I\u2019d rather be alive than right now.\u201d He noted the audience might find this statement odd and gave a list of reasons why Americans might be concerned: side effects after COVID shutdowns, transgenderism and questions about biology, open borders, and the indictment of former president Donald Trump being amongst them. And yet, Jacobs optimistically shared, \u201cthe end of one cycle is approaching.\u201d He referred to Ecclesiastes 3:1, quoting, \u201cTo everything, there is a season and a time to every purpose under Heaven.\u201d \u201cSee, God designed nature as cyclical, not linear. History is the same way,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He stated it did not diminish the seriousness of what Americans are facing, such as cultural Marxism, which he stated seeks to be a \u201ccounter-revolution\u201d to the principles of 1776. \u201cNow, we can feel sorry for ourselves that we live in such a time, or we can rejoice that we have the opportunity to shape the world that our children and our grandchildren will live in,\u201d he challenged the crowd. \u201cDuty is calling again,\u201d he said. \u201cNow is not the time to shirk it.\u201d He stated that despite the odds, \u201cAs people of faith, there is no challenge too big.\u201d He also encouraged the crowd to focus on what they believed in. \u201cWe must remain positive and committed to what we believe in, not engage in negativity and concentrate solely on what we oppose.\u201d He also encouraged working together, even when there were disagreements. \u201cThe person who agrees with you 80% of the time is your friend and ally, not a 20% traitor.\u201d He rebuked bickering, adding, \u201cIf you approach things from a place of mutual respect and friendship, you\u2019re going to go a lot further than if you come from the perspective of constant confrontation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He concluded that his listeners should have \u201cfaith and hope.\u201d \u201cChange is coming,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s up to us to determine whether that change is positive or negative.\u201d He stated \u201cthe other side\u201d was in for a rude awakening. \u201cBecause nighttime is coming for them. But for the rest of us, dawn is breaking.\u201d He finished positively, saying, \u201cI do believe that our best days are ahead of us\u2026 God bless all of you. And God continues to bless the United States of America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former wrestler and now the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, Glenn Jacobs, shared his faith at the Faith &amp; Freedom Coalition\u2019s annual Road to Majority Conference on Friday. Jacobs was formerly the wrestler Kane for the WWE, which was the WWF at the time when he began his career in 1995. 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