Is it Christian to want to win?

Ask Away

Vince and Jo Vitale

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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“Climbing the ladder.” “Winning at life.” “Coming out on top.” “Living the high life.” We use phrases like these to describe success all the time, but is this a healthy paradigm for living well? In this episode of Ask Away, Jo interviews Vince about what motivates us to get out of bed in the morning, the pitfalls of power, and whether “winning” is something to be celebrated in the Christian life. ------ We’re so glad you joined us for Ask Away. If you have a question that needs answering, we’d love to hear it. Send us an email at [email protected] or call and leave a voicemail at ‪(321) 213-9670‬. Ask Away is hosted by Vince and Jo Vitale, and produced by Studio D Podcast Production. New episodes come out regularly, so make sure to subscribe. The best way you can support Ask Away is to leave a review. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for Ask Away, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think. If you’d like to see videos from Vince and me, invite us to speak, or make a financial gift so that more people’s questions can be heard on Ask Away, visit Kardiaquestions.com See you next time, and remember, if you have a question, it’s worth asking.

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0:00.0	I was a skeptic who came to faith through asking hard questions.
0:04.0	I'm a long-time Christian whose faith was challenged by hard questions.
0:08.5	Whatever your story is, we all ask questions.
0:12.0	But some questions are more difficult to answer than others.
0:16.0	And some questions keep us up at night.
0:18.5	Who am I?
0:19.5	Does my life have value?
0:21.2	What determines my identity and purpose?
0:23.7	Is there a God?
0:24.9	Does he care?
0:26.0	What will happen when I die?
0:27.8	Is it even possible to know the truth?
0:29.7	We believe every question is valuable, and we receive every question as a gift.
0:35.8	So welcome to the podcast, where we invite you to Ask Away.
0:42.6	Hi, everyone. Welcome back to Ask Away. We're so glad you can join us today. And that includes
0:47.6	you too, Vince. It's been a really busy couple of weeks, and Vince has been away on the road
0:51.8	for some speaking events in Toronto. So I kind of feel like I'm just catching up with you in the studio as well. Nice to see your face,
0:57.9	welcome home. Two birds with one stone. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, let's just get through some general
1:04.0	admin while we're at it. But today we're going to be talking about the question, is it Christian
1:08.9	to want to win? Is winning a Christian
1:11.3	motivation? And that is a little bit of a different question from our usual fair, but it's
1:15.8	one that has a great deal of bearing on how we live our lives and even what the purposes of
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