We live in a sports-obsessed world. From fans wearing their favorite team’s colors to high school soccer players practicing after school, we encounter sports every day. Nothing else in our culture produces so much passion and intrigue. Such obsession, for the Christian, must produce critical reflection. How should the Christian think about sports?
What does Christ have to do with athletic competition? Can sports be redeemed?
Pastor and Author David Prince joins me on the broadcast today to talk about his book, 'In the Arena: The Promise of Sports for Christian Discipleship'.
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“ Great Sermon! ” If the Devil had the capability to sit down at the time of the great spiritual downgrade with the demons and come up with one ploy to have men replace the God of scripture with another idol...then sport would be top of the list. Soccer in the UK...teams and players idolised as 'gods' and terrace anthems replacing hymns, whilst stadiums replace churches for the Lord's Day, gathering to sing odes to the gods of football, paid millions for kicking a piece of leather, often poor examples of human beings these superstars are often prideful sinful men setting a wicked example. Ladies aping men in the 21st century playing men's sports Rugby and football, dressed in less than most Victorian saints underwear. Something is amiss with this love of the world and love of money?
SPQR (9/1/2016)
from PAC NW
“ Thought provoking ” Worth listening to program, particularly on discipleship aspects of sports. God can be glorified even by sitting on the bench. Of course, sports should not be an obsession.
