Hello friends,

Last week’s episode, What We Cheer For, took a brief look at the power of our cheers—how what we support can shape who we become.

But this Thursday, we’re going deeper.

In our upcoming episode, Spectacle Over Soul, we take a hard, honest look at the state of modern sport and not just who’s on the podium, but what the podium now represents.

This isn’t just about fairness. It’s about what we’ve allowed sport to become.

From youth leagues to the Olympic stage, from school gyms to the rise of the Enhanced Games; we’re watching the soul of sport be traded for performance, profit, and spectacle.

And the Church? Too often, we’ve been focused on the surface-level debates while ignoring the deeper harm:

- The commodification of children’s bodies

- The worship of winning at all costs

- The rise of doping as entertainment

- And the quiet disappearance of joy

In Spectacle Over Soul, we ask what sport was meant to be and what it would look like to redeem it.

This isn’t a lament. It’s a call to discipleship. And it’s one of the most important episodes we’ve released yet.

The full episode drops this Thursday at midnight Eastern.

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Until then, keep asking good questions.And may we all learn to cheer for what truly matters.

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