Spurgeon once said this scene reveals the darkest truth about the human heart, men will choose chance over Christ, even when Christ is right before their eyes. Sin blinds the heart until trifles seem more valuable than the Savior.

Football used to be a game — boys in a dusty lot tossing a ball, men cheering from bleachers, families gathering around a black-and-white TV on Thanksgiving Day. Now it is a system — enormous, consuming, all-encompassing. Everywhere we turn, football surrounds us: Sunday afternoons, Monday nights, Thursday nights, college Saturdays, bowl games, playoffs, endless analysis, mock drafts, fantasy leagues, betting apps, podcasts, talk shows, highlight reels. A Christian must ask,