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Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly led the Buffalo Bills to a record four consecutive Super Bowls in the 1990s. But off the field, he and his wife Jill have faced some tough challenges, including a terminally ill son, marital problems and Jim\u2019s cancer. They say their evangelical faith has given them the strength to persevere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“You can only be tough so much,\u201d admits Buffalo Bills icon Jim Kelly. Together he and his wife Jill and their daughters have confronted the death of a terminally ill son and Jim\u2019s struggles with cancer. But \u201cthose things we go through that cause us to be tested, or to doubt, or to fear\u2014those things make us stronger in our faith,” says Jill Kelly. 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