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Sports has been around for millennia. Scripture even uses athletic analogies to make spiritual points (e.g. 1 Corinthians 9, Hebrews 12, 1 Timothy 4). The discipline, training, self-restraint, focus, and perseverance that sports demands provides fertile ground for the revealing and development of character.
And yet sports can be perilous. Motivations are often self-centered. The desire to win can be obsessive and the fear of losing paralyzing. Pride, anger, greed, and envy often reveal their ugly heads. Families find out the hard way that sports can quickly overwhelm their schedules and lead to ungodly attitudes and actions... |