Showing posts with label Nick Foles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nick Foles. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

The Nick Foles - Matthew McConaughey Church Connection Explained on Jimmy Kimmel Live - CBN News

The Nick Foles - Matthew McConaughey Church Connection Explained on Jimmy Kimmel Live

CBN News 02.19.18
You just never know who you're going to see at church nowadays. At least that's what Super Bowl champion Nick Foles revealed in a recent guest appearance on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live.
During the interview, Kimmel asked the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback if he was from Austin, Texas, which Foles readily acknowledged.
The late-night host told Foles he understood that besides winning the Super Bowl, Foles had received another honor in the local Austin newspaper.
Kimmel then showed Foles and the audience an image of a full page ad that actor Matthew McConaughey recently purchased in the Austin, TX American-Statesman newspaper, with a special message to Foles.
"From one local to another, Congratulations Nick Foles. Just keep livin', Matthew McConaughey," the ad read. 
Kimmel then asked Foles if he knew McConaughey.
"You know Matthew goes to the same church where my family goes," Foles said. "I actually met him once when I was coming out for the (football) draft. I was able to say 'Hi'.  Obviously, I'm a big fan of all his work -- of all the things he's ever done. So it was really cool."
Kimmel pointed out to Foles that McConaughey is a fan of the Washington Redskins.
"I know and that was so shocking," Foles said smiling.  "But I know he's going to have to ... he has to deal with that."
"I can't save him there, but I also know that we're both Texan and those roots go deep, so it was pretty cool to see that," the Eagles QB said. 
McConaughey has been vocal in recent years about his Christianity.  In 2017, He told ABC's Peter Travers that he moved from Los Angeles to Austin in 2009 to be near his mother and the rest of his family.
"Part of the reason for going back there was having kids," he said.
Foles has said he would like to become a pastor once when his NFL career is over. 
Watch the interview below and find out what many Philadelphia Eagles fans do when they meet Foles.
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Monday, February 5, 2018

Super Bowl-Winning Eagles QB Has a Bigger Dream: 'I Want to Be a Pastor' - CBN.com



FEBRUARY 05, 2018

 
The Philadelphia Eagles may have been the underdogs in Super Bowl LII, but they won over the support of fans who may never have cheered for them before, because of the strong faith that binds them. 
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Saturday, February 3, 2018

Eagles QB Has a Dream Bigger Than the Super Bowl: 'I Want to Be a Pastor' - CBN News Caitlin Burke

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Eagles QB Has a Dream Bigger Than the Super Bowl: 'I Want to Be a Pastor'
02-03-2018
CBN News Caitlin Burke
Christian players expressing their faith isn't new in the NFL – it's the revival sweeping through the Eagles locker room that people can't stop talking about.
In March, tight end Zach Ertz, committed his life to Christ.
"I was baptized in March, got married the next day. Our marriage has been built on that foundation from the Word and Jesus and it's changed my life. And just to have these guys hold me accountable on a daily basis has been phenomenal," Ertz told CBN Sports Reporter Shawn Brown.
Only a few months later wide receiver Marcus Johnson was baptized in a North Carolina swimming pool ahead of a game against the Carolina Panthers.
Five teammates — linebackers Jordan Hicks, Mychal Kendricks and Kamu Grugier-Hill, and wide receivers Paul Turner and David Watford — were baptized in the Philadelphia Eagles' recovery pool late last year, according to reports.
In an interview on The CBN News Daily Rundown podcast, Brown told host Caitlin Burke, that the strong Christian leadership of quarterback Carson Wentz has made a huge difference for this team that's now known as one of the most spiritual in the league.
"They talked and said, 'Hey we want to provide an opportunity for players to be baptized,' and they started off their season doing that," Brown said.
Wentz isn't playing in the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots because of a torn ACL in Week 14, but his backup quarterback Nick Foles shares his solid faith and has made sure his brothers-in-Christ continue to make faith the focus.
"My faith in the Lord means everything. I'm a believer in Jesus Christ and that's first and foremost. That's everything. I wouldn't be able to do this game without Him, because I don't have the strength to go out and do this. This is supernatural," Foles told Brown.
"Here's a guy who, at the beginning of the season, didn't know where he was going to end up," Brown said during his podcast interview.
"He was going to quit the game, he was going to leave the game and get into something else. And the Lord's like, 'No, I've got something else for you.' He ends up going to the Eagles, he's all, 'OK I'm on the Eagles but I'm still a backup. Carson's here, Carson's great,' at a team that he used to play for, a team that he used to start for, he's back with this team again, they have a new starter who's rocking it out there and he has to wonder, 'Lord, what's the purpose for me here,'" Brown said.
But Foles stayed ready, and the tables turned when Wentz was injured.
"The Lord gave him a second chance saying, 'Hey I'm going to put you on display here so you can show the world what you have, how I've blessed you," Brown continued.
Foles says that in the future he plans to hang up his cleats and focus more on sharing his faith.
"I want to be a pastor in a high school," Foles said Thursday. "It's on my heart. I took a leap of faith last year and signed up to take classes at seminary. I wanted to continue to learn and challenge my faith. It's a challenge because you are writing papers that are biblically correct. You want to impact people's hearts."
"When I speak to (students), that's such a time of young men and young women's lives that there's a lot of things that are thrown at them. So much temptation in this world, so much going on with social media and the internet that you want to talk to them and address it and share all the weaknesses I have because I've fallen many times," Foles said. "It's something I want to do. I can't play football forever. I've been blessed with an amazing platform and it's just a door God has opened, but I still have a lot of school left and a long journey."