Simply to render oneself able to understand what other Christian thinkers have themselves come to understand and to more or less felicitously communicate requires that one's mind not be a blank slate but already properly formed, disciplined, and exercised.

But the point about spiritual fruit is that, however healthy the tree, it has to be looked after.

In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life is a venture; foolish and debilitating error is a permanent possibility. (If we can be wrong, however, we can also be right.)

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him

So much of football relates to Christian life - sacrifice, commitment, discipline.

No cross, no Christian