Your voice is so powerful like mom and dad we don't realize right coaches we're told this like so many times players are like

I had a girl this year tell me that

Vividly about a conversation that her coach had with her when she was eight years old and how that still shapes a lot of how she views

herself as an athlete, but parents voice just as loud and loud.

Outstanding is a production of The Washington Stand where you can find news and

commentary from a biblical worldview.

Welcome to Outstanding where we have critical conversations about the news of the day

and the IEDs that shape us.

Once again, I'm your host Joseph Backle.

I'm encouraging you to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

And today we get to do this about something that's near and dear to my heart.

Sports.

Of course here on outstanding, we often talk about what it means to have a

Christian worldview but today we're going to make it clear that that means much

more than what we think about government and public policy.

And we're going to talk about sports,

not just because I like them,

but because the Winter Olympics,

or the Summer Olympics, rather,

are coming up July 26th to August 11th in Paris and the world will be cheering.

Presumably, as the best athletes from around the world run, jump, and swim their way

to glory or agony depending on the results for them. Now as

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