Hi guys, welcome to sports spectrum's podcast and our Sports Spectrums podcast and our Sports Spectrum weekly devotional.

Let's get right to it with our friend Bryce Johnson from unpacking it.

We're coming off an exciting month in college basketball.

Amid the enthusiasm, I can't help but notice how fans, coaches, players, and the media

are changing their mindsets about both men's and women's basketball.

Admittedly, along with many others, I've changed my mind about women's basketball.

Thankfully, I embraced watching Iowa play as I let go of previously held mindsets about the sport,

truly enjoying what I saw and realizing I was missing out.

And so I'm glad I now have a new outlook.

In a bigger context with NIL and the Transfer Portal, the culture of college basketball has

drastically changed, causing people to embrace the changes and think differently about the sport.

At the same time, acknowledging that some of the changes could destroy the sport as well.

Wisdom is required instead of blindly accepting every change as the right thing long term.

So as fans, we must still hold on to the foundation of the sport we love and stay rooted

in many of its traditions while allowing our minds to change in the right ways. As we know,

change is a part of every aspect of life. And as followers of Jesus, we must always ask in prayer,

do I need to change my mind and perspective on this?

We used to think certain things, but God wants us to renew our minds and give us a new outlook

through the lens of the gospel and a biblical worldview. Ephesians 4 21 through 24 tells us,

since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him,

throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and

deception.

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