A Christian View of Sports (1)

Play and sport was an accepted social activity of God’s Old Testament people. It was indicative of health, life, and other temporal covenant blessings of God (Zech. 8:5). The Old Testament background for a Christian view of sport lies in its connection with the Israelite emphasis on feasting, dancing, and hospitality. There is no hesitation by the inspired authors of the New Testament to apply analogies drawn from sport to the Christian life. I Timothy 4:8 declares bodily exercise to be...