Sports and Christianity: Dr. Mohler's Funny Side

Here is an article by Dr. Mohler reviewing C.J. Mahaney's new book on humility. He draws out a few excerpts of caution about raising your children with a love for college and professional athletics. As much as I love to watch college football and basketball, I have to admit that the truths of this article cannot be denied.

Nowhere is the word 'great' mentioned more often in our culture than in the context of professional sports. If you watch any game this weekend and listen to the announcer's commentary, then like a mantra you'll probably hear the word 'great' repeated throughout--great, great, great. Yet it may well be that nowhere in our culture is the absence of true greatness more evident than in professional sports. So be careful about cultivating an excessive love for professional or collegiate athletics in your child.

It is a good reminder that the character and philosophy which the world promotes fall far short of the qualities a Christian should be striving to see in their own life as well as their children's lives.