“Football” Articles

We need to see more sports stories like Elway’s, stories that reveal how the ways of glory and sin are not always what they seem.

In a big world with big problems, competition of all kinds—even fantasy football—is a way to make our world smaller.

Here are some of the biggest headlines and most overlooked stories in sports from 2022’s third quarter.

We forget that it’s a blessing to watch people use their God-given talents to do what they love — and that they owe us nothing.

If one of the best quarterbacks of his time is allowed to objectify or use women simply because he has a skill we deeply admire, then what kind of society are we?

We’re not talking about avatars or fictitious characters created solely for our entertainment.

Perseverance and practice are both necessary to find a way to compete—let alone excel—at the highest levels of competition.

Throughout Sunderland’ Til I Die, the club burns through new coaches, players, and strategies attempting easy tweaks and quick fixes. But there is no single problem keeping them from winning.

Lamar Jackson’s on-field and locker room humility and leadership exhibits how Christians can unashamedly use our gifts to reshape a pessimistic and critical culture.

[God] desires for us to be holy when we compete, when we coach, and when we are entertained, because there is life in holiness.

The third episode of The CaPC 25 for 2017 sees The LEGO Batman Movie, fake news, and Super Bowl LI.

Sports are a perfect plane for working out our understanding of God’s transcendence and immanence with relatively low stakes.

To think that God is uninterested in our quotidian cares is to take a surprisingly low view of God’s power and concern.

ESPN’s decision to highlight a benched player in the course of a televised game points to something deeper about the way we are presented college football games. And, I think, to something more significant about what it means to be human.

It’s harder — and more worthwhile — to look for and champion the good things in any institution or arena, enjoying them for what they are, and working to facilitate them.

To love our neighbors well, we must consider the stories our words tell before we speak them.