My heart breaks for the Bryant family. Millions have taken to social media and flooded it with posts expressing shock, sadness, and confusion over the horrific death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. Players and fans are grieving, contemplating the brevity of life, and stewing in the reality of God’s holiness and judgment. NBA […]
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How to Fix the NBA
If I had to rank my interest in sports it would go something like this: NFL MLB College Football College Basketball I would put the NBA at #5 but it wouldn’t accurately convey just how far from #4 it actually is. The NFL is definitely my favorite now that my Cleveland Browns are showing signs […]
Finding the Gospel in the NBA Finals
Start Here The NBA Finals are upon us again. For the 8th straight year Lebron James leads a team from the Eastern Conference while the Goliath of the West, the Warriors, are looking to solidify themselves as maybe the greatest team ever to play. Here at Things Above Us, we like to talk about the gospel, […]
Reflections on a World Without Sports
It’s over. America’s sportsless drought is over. We’ve gone months without professional team sports and it’s finally over. Sports are back. As an avid sports fan, I am thrilled. When 2020 did its thing and canceled sports I was devastated. In the month of March alone, I had tickets for 3 different basketball games. I […]
When Should We Officially Ditch a Christian Content Creator?
The change of scenery is nice, I’ll admit, but going on “vacation” with four kids under 7 is not really a vacation per se. Zombie Town When most people imagine vacations, they think of relaxing on the beach, going to Disney World, or camping. What we experienced recently was more like an elongated school field […]
Sundays Are For Training
I graduated from High School and Bible College with adequate grades. I tried, but I didn’t exactly over-exert myself, to be honest. “Coasting” was probably the right word for it. I learned enough and enjoyed the classes I enjoyed and got through the classes I needed to get through. Regrets Not a day goes by […]
Super Bowl 54 — Andy Reid hasn’t failed ….yet
The NFL should get down on its proverbial knees and thank the 49ers and Chiefs. The league was bound and determined to ruin the biggest sporting event of the year. First, they put it on Fox in all the Joe Buck glory alongside the block of wood known as Troy Aikman. I suppose we can […]
The Channel Flippers’ Guide to Motorsports in 2020
Here’s my occasional post where I try to convince you that motorsports are cool. It’s high time for a preview of 2020 in the major series that you might catch as you’re flipping channels, wishing the NFL season were still going after the Superb Owl and the Prob Owl. In an earlier version of this […]
Worship Me
Older generations like to make fun of all the selfies millennials take, and to an extent, that’s warranted. However, the selfie generation in America was here much earlier than the 1980s. The god of self didn’t come along with the iPhone. The iPhone is a fruit of idol worship, not the root of it.
The key attribute of the god of self is autonomy. Essentially autonomony means that “I get to do what I want because I am me. There is no one more important than me. In fact, you can’t spell awesome without ME” (I know, Taylor Swift song reference).
How Much Should Pro Athletes Get Paid?
The short, cold, unflinching answer to the question posed in the title of this post is: whatever the market allows, but my fellow laborers at Things Above Us demand I write more than a dozen or so words. Let’s discuss this topic with sins like greed and envy at the forefront of our minds. Let’s […]
Tossed by the Waves, Part 1 — Why I Drifted from Creationism
In episode 19 of the Roundtable, Michael and I interviewed Dr. Anthony Silvestro, co-author of On the Origin of Kinds, By Means of Creator God And The Preservation of Souls in the Struggle for Eternity. A portion of the discussion mentioned how I had once drifted on my biblical creation doctrine. I’d like to take this […]
Destroying Something Special
Let me do my best attempt to analogize a certain staple of motorsports with an analogy to “stick and ball” sports. The Baseball Split Suppose that from the beginning of the World Series in 1903 that it had been played in the same stadium and on the same field, Doubleday Field at Cooperstown, New York. […]
Why I Love March Madness
I got my first job when I was 16. The first thing I saved up money for was a TV and an antenna. The primary purpose for this purchase was to watch March Madness in my bedroom while the rest of my family was asleep. I have always loved the NCAA tournament. Here is why: […]
Contentment or Bust: Trinitarian Satisfaction — Part 2
God will work when He pleases, how He pleases, and by what means He pleases. He is not bound to keep our time, but He will perform His Word, honour our faith, and reward them that diligently seek Him. Matthew Henry As a Bulls fan and Illinois-boy, Michael Jordan, of course, is my favorite athlete […]
5 Ways to Improve Sports in 2019
As we head into 2019, it’s worth saying that the sports fan has never been so blessed. We have so much to consume and the level of play in almost every league is better than it has ever been. Far from being artificially exciting as baseball was in the early 2000s, and far from being […]
Cowboys and Razorbacks 2018 Season Prediction
I’m a little late on predictions seeing as the Razorbacks have already played one game. However, it was an FCS opponent and I think you can all believe me when I say that I would have picked them anyway. As far as the Cowboys go, they haven’t played yet so my prediction on them is […]
This Is The Chicago Bears’ NFL Now. Sorry.
The Monsters of the Midway are legitimate division-title contenders and will (gulp) win ten-plus games this year, and yes, you guessed it, Aaron Rodgers’ collar-bone is weeping as we speak because… Khalil Mack is a Chicago Bear for at least eight years. Get used to it: We are all Chicago Bears now. “Super Bowl,” you […]
I Am Resolved: One Southern Baptist’s Apathy toward Annual Resolutions
My wife and I are excited to be attending the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX less than two weeks from now. This will be her first annual meeting and only my second. Despite the controversy controversies surrounding our denomination at present, Stephanie and I are hopeful for the SBC and praying for reformation and […]
Here and There: March For Our Lives, MLK 50, and Loyola Chicago
In “Here and There,” we’ll take a brief look at random and important news in the Evangelical, political, and sports world. –March For Our Lives: Washington Post: “Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the nation’s capital and cities across the country Saturday to demand action against gun violence, vividly displaying the strength of the political movement […]
March Madness
One of the first big purchases I made in high school after I started working as a lot boy at a local car dealership (coolest high school job ever, by the way) was a 19” TV and an off-air antenna. I bought them for the sole purpose of watching March Madness games in my room on […]