The 7 Deadly Sins of Sport
We need to have a growing awareness of the dangerous lies and ideations surrounding how we think about—and play our sport.
Afflicted But Not Crushed: A Theology of Losing
Every athlete loses, but Christians often spend far more time talking about glorifying God in victory than learning how to respond faithfully in defeat. Losing well doesn’t mean pretending the result doesn’t matter, and it doesn’t mean letting disappointment define you. The Bible offers a third way: feel the loss honestly, learn from it, and remain anchored in an identity that was settled at the cross—not on the scoreboard.
A Christian Vision for Women in Sports
Women’s sports have made enormous strides, but female athletes still face questions about belonging, equality, body image, and how their bodies are valued. A Christian vision offers a better framework—one rooted in equality, respectful difference, radical inclusion, and dignity. Women do not need to prove they belong in sports. They can compete, lead, and flourish because they are made in the image of God and invited to glorify Him through the gifts He has given them.
6 Bible Verses for Youth Sport Athletes (And How to Share Them Devotionally)
Young athletes face anxiety, pressure, fear of failure, and the constant temptation to find their identity in performance. These six Bible verses give parents and coaches practical ways to help athletes meditate on God’s truth before they compete—learning to handle pressure, persevere through difficulty, serve teammates, find joy in God, and play for His glory.
Liturgical Prayers for Christian Athletes
Understanding that sport can be worship is one thing. Learning to actually live and compete that way takes practice. Just as athletes develop physical skills through repetition, Christian athletes can develop habits that continually reorient their hearts toward God. These liturgical prayers are designed to help faith and sport integration become more than an idea—until worship becomes muscle memory.
You Know How to Motivate Your Players. But What Motivates You?
Coaches are evaluated by wins, losses, rankings, and results, making it easy to tie our worth to how our teams perform. But Christian coaches are called to something different. Discover how anchoring your identity in Christ can free you to pursue excellence, lead from security instead of fear, and coach for God’s glory rather than your own validation.
Loving Your Teammates Through Hospitality
What if the most Christlike thing you do this season has nothing to do with how you compete, and everything to do with who you notice? Biblical hospitality is more than hosting—it’s the practice of making room for the outsider. For Christian athletes, that can mean noticing the transfer, freshman, injured teammate, or person quietly standing on the edge of the team.
The Excellent Coach: Coaching From Identity Instead of For It
Coaches are evaluated by wins, losses, rankings, and results, making it easy to tie our worth to how our teams perform. But Christian coaches are called to something different. Discover how anchoring your identity in Christ can free you to pursue excellence, lead from security instead of fear, and coach for God’s glory rather than your own validation.
It’s Time to Talk About Hazing
Hazing has been normalized in sports for generations and the damage it causes can be devastating. The evidence suggests it doesn’t even create the unity teams hope for. Christian athletes, coaches, and leaders have an opportunity to offer a better way: replacing humiliation with honor and building team cultures rooted in dignity, grace, courage, belonging, and the example of Jesus.
7 Things Every Christian Athlete Should Do in Their First 30 Days
The first 30 days of college can shape the habits you carry for years. Here are seven practical things every Christian athlete can do to build a strong spiritual foundation, find community, establish healthy boundaries, and compete with greater purpose.
Should We Force Our Kids to Play Sports?
My child doesn't want to play anymore—now what? Practical, prayer-centered wisdom for parents wrestling with youth sports decisions.
Thinking Christianly About Excellence in Sport
If excellence is primarily a virtue—a condition of the heart and character being formed—then the question we ask of our teams and of ourselves changes entirely. We stop asking only “What did we achieve?” and start asking “Who are we becoming?”
The Christian Athlete Guide to Preseason Training
Amidst the frantic pace and emotional whirlwind of training camp, how can Christian Athletes faithfully glorify God and experience His presence? This article offers three practical tips.
Starting a Parent Prayer Group for Your Kid's Team: Five Questions to Ask
There is not a manual for starting a parent prayer group on your kid’s sports teams, but there are some best practices and questions to answer before getting started to help launch this in the right direction.
Enjoy the World Cup—And Let It Shape Your Love for God and Others
If we open our eyes to identify God’s beauty while watching the World Cup, we may just find ourselves shaped with an expanding global perspective of God’s glory, opportunities to engage our neighbors, and joy filled with hope in eager anticipation of the Kingdom to come.
Why Christianity is the Answer to the Youth Sports Problem
Christianity provides a framework that is uniquely equipped to resist apathy, restore rest, recover the joy of play, demand better, and build the kind of communities where people actually grow.
Seeing God’s Beauty in Sport
We might find our athletic experiences transformed into moments of profound awe and genuine worship if we paused and truly observed the wonders of God's craftsmanship showcased in sport.
Athletes, Whose Voice Are You Following?
With all of the competing voices that athletes hear, we need a clear, gentle, and firm voice to follow that outweighs messages we receive from a chaotic world. There’s no better place to look than the voice of Jesus, our Good Shepherd.
20 Better Questions to Ask Young Athletes
The right questions build trust and connection, reduce pressure, reveal what your athlete is really thinking, and create natural opportunities for faith conversations.
4 Lessons On Team Unity From 1 Corinthians
Even though the letter of 1 Corinthians is written to a group of believers in the early church on issues specifically facing Christians, there is much wisdom to gain from Paul’s letter for reuniting a sports team on the basis of love.