The Power of the Gospel
Each of us long to experience the power of God!
12 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie Hoosiers
I watched Hoosiers the other night and was reminded again how it’s not just a great sports movie, but a great movie. Afterwards, I was curious about the making of the film and discovered some very interesting facts about the movie. Enjoy! In no particular order [Sources: Wikipedia & ESPN.com]: 1. The screenplay was written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by…
16 Must-Read Posts on Evangelism
In light of my previous post, I thought about entitling this ’16 Posts You WON’T Read on Evangelism’ but I thought that would be too pessimistic. Anyway, evangelism is a recurring topic on the blog (after all, our ministry is called Church Sports Outreach) and as I looked back over the past year’s posts, I…
Evangelism…Why You Won’t Read This Post
There are two topics within Christianity that are sure to cause instant guilt: prayer and evangelism…
“It’s JUST a Game!”
I’ve said. You’ve probably said it. It’s probably uttered every Saturday on fields and courts across the country. It’s the ultimate retort to any sore loser or hyper-competitor…
Every Sports Minister Needs a Coach
Where do ministry leaders in the local church find their own pastoral care? Most church leaders have no idea where to turn to find help…
Does God Really Care About Football (or other sports for that matter)?
Are there really things that God doesn’t care about? When you read Genesis 1 and 2, you notice that God created everything. It seems to me that God cares very much for the things he creates…
How to redeem sports?
One thing that becomes clear is the confusion about what it means to redeem sport. If you question that idea, try for yourselves. Ask the question, “What does it mean to redeem sports?” and see if you don’t hear all kinds of answers and also get some blank stares.
What is the Baton Rouge Sports Initiative?
“The initiative is a movement of God using sports as a bridge to help transform communities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a movement from within these communities.”
How do we redeem sports?
There are a lot of opinions about this question that range from “We don’t redeem sports. People are the only thing that can be redeemed.” to “We redeem sports when we use sports to redeem the people of sports.” But is there a way to actually redeem the realm of sports?