2026: Rethinking Athletics #7

In this episode of the “Rethinking Athletics” series, we begin moving from diagnosing the problems in modern youth sports to casting a vision for something better.

After examining the issues of worship, family priorities, coaching, parenting and authority, many families are left asking an important question: “What do we do now?” This episode offers a hopeful answer. There is another way.

Rather than abandoning athletics altogether, Christian families are called to reform it by placing sports underneath biblical priorities. When worship, discipleship, family and the local church are properly ordered, athletics can become the gift God intended it to be instead of the burden it has become for so many families.

In this episode, we discuss:

-What modern sports culture is producing

-Why biblical priorities matter

-The difference between making athletics a priority versus making it a servant

-How athletics can strengthen families instead of fragmenting them

-Why reformation is a better answer than retreat

-And what a healthy, God-centered athletic culture might look like

Athletics was never meant to be a god. It was designed to be a gift. This episode challenges listeners to rethink the role of sports in their lives and begins casting a vision for a healthier, more biblical approach to athletics for the Glory of God.