Do Sunday convictions make or break Christian athletes?

Luke Randall  |  Features  |  sport watch
Date posted:  25 Oct 2024
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Do Sunday convictions make or break Christian athletes?

Eric Liddell. Source: Asia Harvest

This summer’s Paris Olympic Games saw much made of Scottish runner Eric Liddell’s gold medal triumph in the 400-metre race in the same city 100 years ago.

There are many athletes who profess to having a Christian faith today, as was seen recently at the Olympics, as well as in some of England’s footballers, and perhaps most notably, the world’s best golfer, Scottie Scheffler.

However, I can’t help but feel that a crucial part of Liddell’s story is missing in many of today’s Christian athletes; Liddell’s simple, uncompromising statement that he was ‘no runnin’’ on Sundays was undoubtedly the most courageous and arguably the most important part of his story.

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