Sports Cause Increased Church Attendance/Sports Cause Decreased Church Attendance
An examination of declining attendance at 16 congregations revealed that many pastors place the most blame on children’s sports activities
Redeemed Sports: Nebraska Football and Jack Hoffman
Wearing a Nebraska jersey and helmet, 7-year-old brain cancer patient Jack Hoffman took a handoff from quarterback Taylor Martinez and left every Cornhusker player in his tracks.
Broken Sports: Rutgers Basketball Coach Mike Rice
I’ve been writing these Broken Sports posts for a while now. This might be the worst of the worst.
Evangelism and the Better Story
The first thing we must deal with is asking whether we truly believe that the gospel is good news in our lives, and if it is the prevailing narrative we live for.
Sports & Theology: The Miami Heat
The ending of this Heat/Bulls game reveals the brokenness in all of us. If we’re honest, we are quick to discredit our opponent and to villianize them.
The Best Way to Equip People? Tell Them They Don’t Need to be Equipped.
Please, don’t let this lower your bar of equipping but rather raise your bar of the power of the Spirit’s work.
If Your Sports Ministry is a Factory, What is it Producing?
Is it producing disciples who make disciples? Is it producing a hunger among non-believers to know more about God? Is it producing transformational relationships between believers and non-believers?
I Disagree With Tim Tebow. Don’t Hate Me.
Where I disagree is where Tebow says that football is just a silly game. Tebow does a disservice to the intersection of sports and Christianity when he says this.
What Celebrity Atheists Say About Religion?
“Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.”
Some Good Questions to Ask to Start Spiritual Conversations
Because getting into spiritual conversations can be so nerve-wracking, it’s good to have a few tools in your tool-belt that can get things going.