Hold the Pattern

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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Creators and Guests

Host
Dr. Jack Graham
Host
Jeremiah J. Johnston, PhD
Guest
Darryl Strawberry

What is Hold the Pattern?

Can you trust the Church to give you the truth? Hold the Pattern is where the hard questions of faith get honest, credible answers. Each week, Dr. Jack Graham, a pastor of fifty years, and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD, a working scholar, sit down with the scholars, pastors, athletes, and cultural voices shaping the moment and dig into what Scripture says.

Apologetics, culture, the local church, and what is true anymore: nothing is off the table, and no answer is left vague. This is biblical truth you can hold onto and pass on, carried by two generations who refuse to water it down.

The name is our charge, from Paul to Timothy: hold on to the pattern of sound teaching (2 Timothy 1:13). If you believe but hunger for depth, and are tired of not knowing whom to trust, this is your show. New conversations every Monday. Hold the Pattern.