William J. Stewart | Spiritual Lessons from the World of Sports Why do athletes compete? Fun? Comradery? Sportsmanship? Big salaries? These are all important to competitors, but what is most important to most athletes is the win. They are in it to win it.
Category: Lessons from Sports
The Eternal Penalty Box
William J. Stewart | Spiritual Lessons from the World of Sports Not all sports have a penalty box (these do: hockey, lacrosse, rugby, field hockey, roller derby, water polo, handball, ringette), but all sports have some way of penalizing a player or team for breaking the rules. It may be the loss of points, position,…
Peyton I Know, But Who Is Jesus?
William J. Stewart | Spiritual Lessons from the World of Sports Our title is a play on the statement made by a demon-possessed man in Acts 19. There, the seven sons of Sceva claimed to be exorcists, and had taken to using the name of Jesus in their trade. Casting out a demon, they would say:…