{"id":2453,"date":"2016-03-21T15:36:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T19:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2016-03-21T15:36:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T19:36:52","slug":"can-sports-be-an-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/can-sports-be-an-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Sports Be an Idol?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Faith, we are proud of our sports teams. We are also thankful for a coaching staff dedicated to instilling godly character into each player and to making FCS teams better each year.<\/p>\n

Sports are fun. They are also great life learning experiences – helping players learn team work, character, discipline, and hard work.<\/p>\n

We want to extract all the life learning opportunities we can out of athletics. However, there is a ditch we need to be very aware of: \u00a0Sports as an idol. To learn more on this topic, click here to view a helpful article<\/a> from The Gospel Coalition on the idol of sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At Faith, we are proud of our sports teams. We are also thankful for a coaching staff dedicated to instilling godly character into each player and to making FCS teams better each year. Sports are fun. They are also great life learning experiences – helping players learn team work, character, discipline, and hard work. 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