Ask any retired athlete what they miss most and the answer is not often the game, the crowds, or the competition, but rather the locker room. Namely, the team, the brotherhood/sisterhood, the camaraderie and the feeling of belonging. There is something sacred about enduring a season of sport together, it is a fellowship that cannot [...]
S.P.E.C.I.A.L. "Strong and courageous!" Once again choruses of spiritual affirmation ring out through pool gallery. This time, there is a noted difference from earlier in the week. The aim for the next twenty four hours is to push athletes to not simply a physical exhaustion but also a spiritual exhaustion. When you strip athletes of [...]
What do we need to know if we're going to last as believers? The call to the Christian life is more than a one year wonder, but a push to be a seasoned veteran. The difference lies in endurance. More distance will be covered in a consistent pace over a prolonged period of time than [...]
Choruses of "we're saved!" rang across the gym, words of affirmation of their present standing in Christ. On another court, "free!" an audible reminder of the freedom that Christ offers to compete in their sport. Around the gym, teams shouted various other reminders of spiritual truths as saints. Spiritual reminders will come easily and readily [...]
The question we challenge our athletes throughout NTC is, are you an Athlete Slave or an Athlete Saint? The aim of all that we do this week is to bring them to this realization: at the moment of acceptance in Christ for the forgiveness of sins, they become saints. Two thousand years before they were [...]
