There are books on how to worship God with our marriages, our money, and our sex lives. Books on how to 'think biblically' about movies, television, and the arts. Books on how to vote Christianly and how not to vote Christianly. But there is little thoughtful, Christ-centred writing on the subject that drives most of men's banter with each other and consumes the bulk of their free time: sports.
Written in the vein of Rick Reilly (Sports Illustrated), Chuck Klosterman (Spin, Esquire), and David Foster Wallace (A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again), The Reason for Sports will both entertain and shed light on some of today's most pertinent sports issues (race, drugs, hero worship, and more) - all through a biblical lens.
Reason for Sports, The: A Christian Manifesto is in the following collections:
