And sports is the most unifying language to be spoken by black and white, rich and poor, even man and woman. We're supposed to be beacons in society, after all. We're the ones who know the Truth. We're should to be prominent voices in prominent discussions. We're not even close.
Christians are generally the most uninformed, naive, and uninterested sports fans.
We giggle nerviously when preachers mention teams and athletes in their sermons - as if sports is to be left at the door and picked up again for irrelevant Sunday loitering. That is a grave oversight when it comes to our mission as transformers of society. Christians should be at the fore in such a universal and unifying arena as sports. It's not so much the scores and standings, but the issues crucial to our society. Sports is the place where the most blatant displays of lies and avarice thrive and are most easily and blindly accepted by lemming-like sports fans.