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Sport pervades and dominates our society. Every newspaper and every news broadcast devotes great amounts of space and time to what is happening in the latest basketball, football, and baseball games, as well as to what is going on in the numerous other sports both here in the U.S. and around the wor
Sports have become a huge part of this world. Sports figures, professional teams, and the school teams that many of us play on, are often times part of our daily routine. While sports in themselves are not wrong, we quickly get caught up in the flow, and they then can become too much a part of our l
Sports provide the individual who possesses physical talent the opportunity to develop his various skills. At the same time it provides the participant with a wholesome form of recreation. There is a strong correlation between the development of our physical and mental facilities. A strong body does
Some of the more obvious examples include auto racing, bungie jumping, parachuting, mountain climbing, swinging on trapezes, boxing, and activities that involve acrobatics that seem to threaten life and/or limb–on motor cycles, skate boards, etc. Others might add to this tackle football, skiing, goi
Sport is the religion of the masses. Somebody’s “god” is their chief priority in life, what they cling to for life and death, that on which they spend their time, money, and energy. For many modern nonchristians, their “god” is certainly sport. For, Christians, everything else comes in a poor second
Sports, however, also give many irreplaceable future benefits when properly enjoyed by Christian youth. Training in sports is proper preparation for Christian life. Young people who participate in sports, (not only those who succeeded in terms of medals, trophies and scholarships,) learn valuable
So we see if we have the wrong attitude even sports can be labeled as lusts of the flesh, just as movies, dances, music, and books can present these lusts. I think that it is these shortcomings joined to our over emphasis that “justifies” our entering into athletic competition and recreation leagues
Sport is therefore a covenant activity, to be engaged in by Christians with Christians. It is about playing with, not against; cooperation, not confrontation. There is a place for competition, but it is to stimulate the best in our opponents so we can admire them and enable them to effectively keep
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Sports may never become an end in life. Today in society we see that many people are consumed by sports. For them sports is an idol. In general, many people live for the sports they are involved in and soon, the game and the individual are not God centered, but rather, self-centered. Furthermore, ti