Oct. 26, 2026 · show notes

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Your Life's Not Gonna Be About Baseball | Darryl Strawberry

Four-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry, author of Another Life, sits down with Dr. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston forty years after his Game 7 home run. He talks about Gary Carter's faith in the 1986 Mets clubhouse, his mother's prayers, coming to Christ in 1991 with no one to disciple him, a heart attack, preaching in prisons and on death row, and a word for parents of prodigals. The Disputable Matter: should Christians bet on sports?

Scripture referenced

2 Timothy 1:13; Luke 15:11-32 (the prodigal son); Matthew 20:16; John 15:5 (the vine); Philippians 1:21; Romans 11:29; Acts 7:58 to 8:3 (Saul at Stephen's stoning); Hebrews 9:27; Matthew 25:21; Matthew 7:23; Ephesians 4:27; Matthew 7:12 (the golden rule); Romans 14:1.

Resources mentioned

Another Life: Discovering the Healing Power of Purpose on My Long Journey from Player to Preacher by Darryl Strawberry
Strawberry Ministries: strawberryministries.org
The books of Billy Graham
Dr. Adrian Rogers, quoted by Dr. Graham

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SHOW NOTES 🔗

00:00:00Forty years since Game 7, and Gary Carter's mitt

00:03:40Running slow around the bases

00:08:30Gary Carter and the Animal House clubhouse

00:13:05A fight on Picture Day, and Carter's prophecy

00:14:51Mama's prayers

00:17:47Saved in 1991, never discipled

00:23:04From player to preacher

00:28:22Calling and the healing power of purpose

00:31:27Seven years of sitting still

00:35:07How a mind gets renewed

00:37:46The heart attack: "I win either way"

00:42:30Prison, death row and Angola

00:47:56A word to parents of prodigals

00:49:45Everybody is on death row

00:56:09The Disputable Matter: Should Christians bet on sports?

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