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David Platt Messages

Sports and the Gospel, Part 1

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David Platt

Spirituality, Sermon, Christianity, Louie Giglio, Sermons, Prayer, Bible Study, Baptist, Christian, Radical, Bible, Pray, Religion & Spirituality, David Platt, John Piper

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2016

⏱️ 65 minutes

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If you have a Bible and I hope you do, the beauty of the gospel, the God has saved us.

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He's freed us from the power and the penalty of sin.

0:12.0

He's put us in Christ who's now our life.

0:14.5

So we've got to get to surrender our lives.

0:18.0

Our lives are yours and we're your servants.

0:20.0

It's not radical version of Christianity.

0:22.0

This is biblical Christianity. It's what it means to be a follower of Christ.

0:25.0

We don't call the shots. He calls the shots.

0:28.0

The Radical Together Podcast with Teaching from David Platt.

0:34.0

It's no question that we live in a sports obsessed world,

0:38.0

especially as we enter into college football and pro football season,

0:42.6

world series coming up.

0:44.2

So a lot of people's attention directed towards sports.

0:47.5

So how should the Christian think about sports?

0:52.2

We're going to take the next two weeks to find the answer in a

0:55.1

many series called sports and the gospel. We want to bring some insight into how the

1:00.6

gospel shapes our understanding of an enjoyment of sports and practical instruction

1:06.7

on how to use sports as we make disciples on our home, the community, and the world around us.

1:12.6

So I hope this many series is helpful for you toward that end.

1:16.6

Scripture tells us to do everything for God's glory and that includes sports.

1:22.2

But what does this look like in a culture that

1:24.3

idolizes football players and more families spend thousands of dollars for

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