Speaking in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network’s “The 700 Club,” former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan spoke about his December of 2023 baptism and how it helped change him, emphasizing that now he is “all in” with God and Christianity. He encouraged others to “surrender” to God and “accept” Christ as their savior, using his platform to help steer people toward Christ.
As a reminder, Hogan got baptized last December, he said, “I accepted Christ as my savior at 14 years old. The training, prayers, and vitamins kept me in the game, but now that I am one with God, the main event theme of surrender, service, and love makes me the Real Main Event that can slam any giant of any size through the power of my Lord and Savior. And so it is, even now, brother, AMEN!”
It appears he has so far stuck with that, as when speaking to Tom Buehring on “The 700 Club,” Hogan, who was wearing a shirt that said “John 3:16,” said that believing in Christ “just seems like such an easy choice for everyone, if you’ll just surrender and accept Him as your Savior.”
Continuing, when asked what his faith in Jesus brings him, Hogan said that God’s presence within him is a small voice that is a “testing ground” for him. In his words: “That God presence in us, you know, that still small voice. What Terry brings to the table is a meat suit…a meat suit filled with the Spirit of Christ, and it’s a testing ground for me.”
He also admitted that this is his second attempt at embracing Christianity; though he first became a Christian in his teens, he drifted from that faith as he got older, living a life very much at odds with his faith. “I derailed,” he admitted.
But now he is back on the bus and is aiming to prove his faith to God and show that he won’t repeat the same mistakes. Hogan said, “[Christ] has given me the opportunity to prove that I’m faithful, and I’ll never make those same mistakes again.” Hogan continued, “Going back to my faith, the momentum was overwhelming. There was nothing stopping me.”
He also spoke about how the public is less interested in him as a person than as a pro-wrestler, and that while they might want to see the Hulk Hogan caricature, they’re less interested in seeing “Terry,” his real name. Comparing that to how people act towards Christianity and faith, he said, “It’s almost like people [who] say they’re a Christian and they know of our Lord and Savior, but they really don’t know him. Everybody I meet’s a wrestler, talking about wrestling, but there’s a huge difference when you actually get in that ring.”
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