Gretzky by Wayne Gretzky

Gretzky by Wayne Gretzky

None but GOD could utter such a sweeping testimony, such an incendiary personal assertion, such inflammatory faith. I AM the Light of the World.

His name is Jesus the Christ. John the Baptist said of him, - at was the true

Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world (see John 1:9). - The penetrating and unsparing exposure of that Light reveals my fallen nature, the depth of my congenital depravity. I think it was Oswald Chambers that said, There are some things that I have not done, but there is nothing that I am not capable of. Or, as I like to say, when I look into the Word of GOD, the Word of GOD looks into me. Yes, I finally discovered the reason for my implacable hesitancy to read and meditate upon the Word of GOD-it shows me who I am, and who I am not.

The lust of the flesh and the pride of life cannot live in such an inexorable exposure.

Jesus Christ is the true Light that enlightens (and informs) every man and woman born into this world that we should live a life that honors our Creator. The Word of GOD is the Reality of the state in which we find ourselves. Most of us do not want to know. We are aided and abetted in our volitional ignorance by the god of this world system which promotes our physical, natural life as the reality (or true meaning) of life, wealth, affluence, position. - e reality of GOD is that I am an eternal being in a temporal vessel. - is body will return to the dust of the earth from which it came, and the breath of this life will return to the One who gave it. Rather than acknowledge, confront, and engage our fallen nature, we deny and circumvent the light, conceal and dissimulate, posture and pontificate-you get the idea. We

must (figuratively and effectively) crucify Christ.

Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed The Great One, is considered by many to be the greatest hockey player ever. He is the leading scorer in NHL history, and is the only NHL player to total more than two hundred points in one season--a feat he accomplished four times. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held sixty-one separate NHL records (forty regular season, fifteen playoff, and six All-Star)--and still holds most of them today. His honors include 31 Hart, Art Ross, Conn Smythe, Lester B. Pearson, and Lady Byng trophies and awards.

His teams included the Edmonton Oilers (1979-1988, including four Stanley Cups), the Los Angeles Kings (1988-1996, including a Stanley Cup final), the St. Louis Blues (1996), and the New York Rangers (1996-1999). Following his retirement, he became the ninth and final player to be ushered into the Hall of Fame with no waiting period, and the first to have his jersey number retired league-wide.

Among his activities since, he has been minority owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes and executive director of Canada's 2002 gold medal-winning men's hockey team, and is a restaurateur, winemaker, and philanthropist with his own Wayne Gretzky Foundation. He lives with his family in Westlake Village, California.

Kirstie McLellan Day is the coauthor of the Canadian bestselling hockey memoirs Cornered (HarperCollins, 2011), with Ron MacLean; Playing with Fire (Triumph, 2010), with Theo Fleury; and Tough Guy (Triumph, 2009), with Bob Probert. She lives in Calgary, Alberta.

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ISBN 13	9780060163396
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Title	Gretzky
Author	Wayne Gretzky
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Binding type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	1990-09-01
Number of pages	258
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