Butts or beatitudes: the NFL as a business and gospel opportunities
A host argues the mistake is treating the difference between Bad Bunny and Bob Ritchie as the difference between butts and beatitudes, and the room jokes about making 'butts or beatitudes' a show game by year's end. The NFL picked Bad Bunny as a business move for a global Spanish-speaking audience, and the hosts ask whether Christians should see gospel opportunity in church buildings sitting empty while Hispanic and Hmong congregations need space.
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