Win At All Costs....Even At The Expense Of The Gospel

           Your an NFL fan.....and your best player is a linebacker known everywhere as a headhunter. Your winning in no small part because of him. Take him off the field and there probably are no playoffs. What do you do? Is it all about winning? I don't know how many teams are in the NFL....I lost track thirty-five years ago when I stopped following the game. Let's say thirty....the year ends.....one team wins the Super Bowl.....are the other twenty-nine teams all losers? If a player lasts for eighteen seasons in the NFL and never wins a Super Bowl...is he a loser? If a team wins the Super Bowl but has a bunch of dirty players.....even cheats....and their fans are known as obnoxious and even violent....(there's a lot of this type of behavior in various sports around the world)....are they real winners? If the other team plays dirty does that make it OK for you play like they do? Would you be willing to become like them for a trophy? Is this how you want your children to grow up? One last thing.....football is used here only as an example. There's no perfect analogy to this that I can think of....(although there are a lot of accusations flying around in major league baseball right now)....but lying and cheating (deceiving) to win has become the norm in much of our postmodern narcissistic culture....especially politics.