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February 2014

February 19, 2014

The Kiddy Pool: All in the Olympic Family

The Olympics and the Church.

February 18, 2014

Olympic Metaphors and Marriage

When we choose other metaphors over Christ and His Bride, we diminish the mystery of...

February 13, 2014

Tim Tebow Can Do All Things Through Christ, So He Should Quit

Tim Tebow is missing a golden opportunity that he may not have yet considered.

February 07, 2014

During the Olympics, Russian Christians Work for Reform and Revival

If the Sochi Games are the hallmark of a corrupt government led by a tyrannical...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Do You Struggle with Sports Idolatry? Cultivate Sports Atheism

If you find yourself squirming in your most-devoted-fan seat just a bit, there is hope....

January 29, 2014

Boycotting For Sport: Why The Olympics Must Go On

True nobility in sports appears when enemies come together, not when they separate.

January 28, 2014

Richard Sherman: Role Model?

Those who find the rant excusable aren't presenting it as model behavior; they simply aren't...

January 23, 2014

Kyrie Irving as Uncle Drew, Grant Hill as Uncle Tom: The Problematic Myth of the “Authentic” Black Experience

Kyrie Irving serves as a reminder that the adjective “authentic” is always a poor supplement...

January 08, 2014

The Violence of Fantasy Football

"It is essentially competitive predictive math, and it doesn’t even require that you watch actual...

November 2013

November 15, 2013

Faith and Basketball

"When the Bible says that faith is 'the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction...

November 13, 2013

My Complicated Relationship With Sports

"I love college basketball and football, but the system is broken."

October 2013

October 28, 2013

The Washington Redskins and the Potential for a Better Identity

"As dear as the Washington Redskins' 81-year history is to its fans, it's nothing to...

October 17, 2013

College Football is Not The Breakfast Club: The False Innocence of Unpaid Players

Guest contributor, Ryan Masters, considers why college football is so well known for corruption, and...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Why I Won’t Encourage My Kids to Play Football

"Were my boys ever to ask me if they could sign up, I must admit...

September 12, 2013

Are Concussions the Price We Pay for Manly Men?

If football makes weak boys into manly men, does that nullify challenges to game violence...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

Aaron Hernandez and Stories of Violence

"How we position ourselves in the on-going conversations about player-safety related issues will be reflective...

August 02, 2013

How Church Softball is the Ultimate Jesus Juke

For the past five years, I've participated in a sport where old men go to...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Would You Give Up Your Career For Your Religion?

Grantland's Jason Schwartz has posted a fascinating and thoughtful piece about Ibby Jaaber, a talented basketball player...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Football Season Changed Forever as Men’s Warehouse Fires George Zimmer

"You're gonna like the way you look. I guarantee it." Anyone who has watched sports...

June 19, 2013

Overcoming the Sexualization of Our Children

"If the Hoffner case is any sort of indication, then we now live in an...

May 2013

May 09, 2013

Podcast #119: Shameless Plugs, Psychopathic Brains, and Sports Madness

Click here to listen! In the episode of the CaPC podcast, editors Brad Williams and...

March 2013

March 01, 2013

Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong-un are BFFs. How Nice.

"How nice to fellowship over food and drink and to make no mention of the...

March 01, 2013

Mo Farah Responds with Grace to Awkward Interview

"Farah’s ongoing kindness and grace toward Norton in this situation point to the gifts of...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Three Lessons We Can Learn from The Recent Tim Tebow and Louie Giglio Debacles

You have probably already heard of the imbroglio created when Tim Tebow backed out of...

February 15, 2013

The Shocking Fall of Oscar Pistorius

When it was time for the summer Olympics last year, I was most looking forward...

February 05, 2013

Music Matters: 3 Ways of Looking at Beyonce’s Halftime Show

With the media referring to her and husband Jay-Z as the Obama’s of the entertainment...

February 05, 2013

Podcast #109: A Bowl Full of Super (Plus: YOLO, Lance Armstrong)

The podcast is back!

February 05, 2013

What They Want Us to Believe: We Tackle the Super Bowl Commercials Head On

We sort through the stuff in between the game and get down to reality.

February 04, 2013

According to Andrew O’Hehir, Football Is in a Well-Deserved ‘Death Spiral’

"There's simply too much negativity, controversy, and damage surrounding the sport for it to remain...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

Is It Time to Forgive Lance Armstrong?

Is Lance’s confession more than the damage control of a still self-obsessed Machiavellian?

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