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    Don't Waste Your Sports
    Don't Waste Your Sports
    Don't Waste Your Sports
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    Don't Waste Your Sports

    By C.J. Mahaney

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    “Why is it that sports seem to bring out the best and the worst in us?” asks author C. J. Mahaney. “Sports are a gift from God. But as soon as you introduce the human heart, things get complicated.” For the Christian athlete, sports are one of the key battlegrounds in which pride and self-glory are regular temptations. If sports are indeed a gift from God, why are playing fields and courts so often arenas for our egos? How are we to enjoy sports in a godly way?

    Self-described “pastor athlete” C. J. Mahaney looks to Scripture for principles that speak to the role of sports in our lives. This booklet outlines how Christian athletes are to play for the glory of God and model gratitude, humility, and service. With candor and humor, Mahaney recounts his own story with sports and through illustrations and practical applications exhorts athletes not to waste their sports. The booklet concludes with application questions and an addendum to parents. A great gift for Christian athletes, these booklets are also sold in packs of twelve.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrossway Books
    Release dateNov 3, 2010
    ISBN9781433522505
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    C.J. Mahaney

    C. J. Mahaney is the senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville. He has written, edited and contributed to numerous books, including Proclaiming a Cross-Centered Theology; Don't Waste Your Sports; and Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God. C. J. and his wife, Carolyn, are the parents of three married daughters and one son, and the happy grandparents to twelve grandchildren.

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      Our world is obsessed with sports.My son plays competitive soccer. That means that we are on the road a lot!!! The various teams he pays for have afforded us the opportunity to build relationships with a number of young men and their families. By God's grace, we've seen a number of people trust Christ through those relationships. Still, we wrestle with priorities. "Should we go to this tournament? It will mean missing another Sunday?" "What about this training camp? It will mean missing Wednesday youth programming?"I wish I had clear cut answers to those difficult priority questions. I don't. But C. J. Mahaney's book, Don't Waste Your Sports helps. This short booklet helps athletes think through how sports can feed the flesh and how Christians should respond to that temptation. Mahaney makes much of the idea that we should do everything to the glory of God. Included in this booklet are helpful questions for both athletes and their parents.We have been giving away copies of this booklet like breath mints. I don't think there is a student in our youth group that plays a sport that I haven't given a copy to. Our local FCAs are going to be using this book in the fall to disciple student athletes.All in all, this is a necessary read for young (and old) athletes and their parents.

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    Don't Waste Your Sports - C.J. Mahaney

    DON’T WASTE

    YOUR SPORTS

    Other Books by C.J. Mahaney:

    Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God: What Every Christian Husband Needs to Know

    Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World

    Don’t Waste Your Sports

    Copyright © 2011 by C.J. Mahaney

    Published by Crossway

                         1300 Crescent Street

                         Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided by USA copyright law.

    Cover design: Matthew Wahl

    First printing 2010

    Printed in the United States of America

    Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

    Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-2247-5

    PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-2248-2

    Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-2249-9

    EPub ISBN: 978-1-4335-2250-5

    12-pack ISBN: 978-1-4335-2575-9

    Library of Congress Cataloging-In-Publlcation Data

    Mahaney, C. J.

    Don’t waste your sports / C. J. Mahaney

            p.     cm.

    ISBN 978-1-4335-2247-5 (tpb)

    1. Sports—Religious aspects. 2. Athletes—Religious life.

    3. Spirituality. I. Title.

    GV706.42.M34             2010

    796.01—dc22                                                                       2010022865

    Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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    CONTENTS

    HOW TO USE THIS

    BOOKLET

    Athletes, this booklet is for you.

    Parents and discussion leaders, this booklet is also for you. It’s for anyone who

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