Below is a guest post from Ryan Kendall: “There are many thoughts that go through a Christian athlete or coach’s mind during competition. I can remember many times after losses…
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What are your big rocks? This is a question we frequently ask each other around Cede Sports. The question is based on an illustration I heard several years ago. Rather…
Anne Rice is a novelist known for writing books about vampires that have sold 100 million copies. She made a very public profession of her conversion to Christianity in 1998. …
Sports and Idolatry – In Part 1, Part 2 an Part 3 of “How do you know when sports are an idol?”, I have tried to make this connection and equip you to deal with…
Sports and Idolatry – In Part 1 and Part 2 of “How do you know when sports are an idol?”, I have tried to make this connection and equip you…
Sports and Idolatry – hopefully you are connecting these two ideas. In Part 1, I said there are three important ideas we need to embrace in order to diagnose the idolatry of…
A fellow sports minister had a recent conversation with a coach where the sports minister asked, “Do you think you have a problem with sports being an idol?” The coach…
Good stuff here from Trevin Wax. Below is an excerpt: 2. Beware of the Ping In The Accidental Creative, Todd Henry warns against the Ping: “The Ping is that…
Via Michael Hyatt: The temptation of priorities. Weak leaders put themselves last. They mistakenly think this is more spiritual. As I wrote in another post, it is a dangerous temptation…
By Jason Miller Having a plan is good. Organization is good. Being prepared is good. But…is it possible to “plan God out”? There are some who will read this…
“If you were to die tonight, do you know for certain you would go to heaven?” While this question may be helpful in the course of a spiritual dialogue, it…
Batman. Superman. William Wallace. Indiana Jones. All great heroes brought to life in the movies! (When you think of a hero, who comes to your mind?) I longed to be…
As Christians, we tend to compartmentalize aspects of our lives. Going to church, reading the Bible, and praying are all “spiritual” things while the day-to-day activities we engage in like…
I recently ran across this quote from Paul David Tripp in a Resurgence blog that is an excerpt from Tripp’s book, Dangerous Calling. Because of what I do, I have…
A great post here from Justin Buzzard. Below is an excerpt: At our church we talk about 4 root idols that we tend to attach our lives to. CONTROL. You…
We frequently tell those in and outside of the sports ministry world the following: The job of a sports minister is the most logistically demanding job in the church. It…