Modern athletic culture constantly reinforces one message: You are enough. Trust yourself Believe in yourself Find your strength within And at first glance, this sounds harmless. But underneath that language is a completely different worldview. It teaches: Self-sufficiency Self-trust Self-glory

The goal is this: To raise young men and women whose minds are stayed on God. Because that is where peace is found. Not in winning. Not in success. Not in control. But in this: “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”

The Christian life is hard. Not because God is cruel or distant, but because He is a loving Father who is conforming His children to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29). That process — sanctification — is often agonizing. But the agony is not without aim, and the pain is not without purpose. We run the race with endurance by fixing our eyes on the One who ran before us...