“STRENGTH: HOW GREAT THOU ART/HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD”
The Songs That Stir Our Souls

June 16, 2013
Cornerstone Community Church

This year will mark the 36th year of the World’s Strongest Man competition. The first time I ever watched one of these events I thought it was a joke. I thought maybe this was a Will Ferrell or Adam Sandler movie, or a Saturday Night Live skit that makes fun of bodybuilders. But you might know that those who compete in this event take it quite seriously, that there are men who have given their lives to train for this competition. And if you’ve ever watched a World’s Strongest Man competition, you know that this isn’t a boring old weightlifting tournament. It’s not a matter of seeing who can bench press the most weight. Instead there are events like the “Duck Walk,” in which the contestants strap around their waist a rope holding up a 400 pound kettle and then see who can walk the farthest. Or there’s the “Keg Toss,” in which contestants throw kegs of increasing weight over a 14 foot 6 inch wall. Or there’s the “Airplane Pull” in which contestants see how far they can haul an airplane. In other words, these are all practical events; you never know when you might be needed to pull an airplane around.