Sparky Anderson the great baseball manager who won many pennants and a world championship, said,” I’m not lying when I say that this religion is so important to me. If I had one great wish, it would be that I could honestly say that I was one of God’s children. That is the one emptiness I have. I would give up all the pennants and all the honors just to know I was doing right by Him.”

From a sermon by Rick Bezanson, "Signs of the End of the Age" 7/29/2008