This was a really provocative article, especially for someone who has strong views on the subject. Below are some excerpts followed by my thoughts: In fact, some Christian athletes and…
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For over two decades now, Phil Mickelson has been one of the best golfers on the PGA tour. If not for Tiger Woods, he would be talked about as the…
At 37 years old, most NBA players have been retired for years. Not Ray Allen. He is still playing at a high level coming off the bench for the Miami…
Last night, the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New England Patriots by a score of 28-13 to advance to the Superbowl. One of the stars of the game for the Ravens was WR…
In part one, I quoted Ted Kluck from his book The Reason for Sports: A Christian Fanifesto asking the question: To many, the term Christian athlete means kneeling in the end zone for…
In what was a great weekend of NFL playoff games, perhaps the best of all of them was the Broncos/Ravens game. It was a game full of story lines: Peyton…
With this in mind, the Sports & Theology series addresses the worldviews of professional athletes. We’ve done a number of these posts on basketball players. Enjoy!…
To learn more about these posts, see our first one on Kobe Bryant. *It has been unintentional that the first three of these posts have all focused on NBA players. It’s…
Great article here from Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel regarding Mark Richt and Georgia’s chances at a national championship. Below are some quotes from Mark Richt regarding his faith: “Do I want…
For me, it’s hard to hear the word ‘image’ without thinking of Andre Agassi. For those of you who don’t know, Andre Agassi was one of the greatest tennis players…
“Out of 132 contacts that Jesus had with people recorded in the New Testament, 6 were in the temple, 4 were in the synagogue, and 122 were out in the…
If you’ve never watched a NASCAR event before you may not know that they have a prayer before every race. Usually, they will have a local pastor lead the prayer. …
Derwin Gray, pastor of Transformation Church, writes about a new kind of sports ministry. You can read the full blog here. Recently, I was asked if Transformation Church is going…
I came across this at Resurgence and I thought it applied really well to sports ministry: 1. I do, we do, you do. Kids internalize concepts through gradual release: a…
Some may find it interesting that VBS’s originally were created as an outreach opportunity. For mostchurches though, VBS has become yet another program for church members. There’s nothing wrong with that…
I just read this article from The Christian Post asking the question of ‘Is There a Next Billy Graham?’ Interestingly enough, Billy Graham hopes there isn’t. Here’s why: Billy Graham published a…