Keeping the First Commandment in Regards to Sports and Athletes

The first commandment states in Exodus 20:3, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”  The Heidelberg Catechism says in question and answer 95 that “Idolatry is having or inventing something in which one trusts in place of or alongside of the only true God, who has revealed himself in the Word.”  The topic of this commandment is a touchy subject because everyone has that person or thing that they hold very highly in their lives.  This becomes even harder when talking about sports and...