The Faith Adjacency of The Olympics

Faith Adjacent

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In this latest episode, we’re going faster, higher, and stronger as we discuss the Olympics! Join Erin and Evan as we deep-dive the origins of this ancient Greek religious festival, explore how Christianity influenced the modern games, and discuss the sports metaphors throughout the New Testament. What is “muscular Christianity,” and what was the ultimate demise of the ancient games? You’ll have to listen to find out! MENTIONS Subscribe to our Newsletter! Sign up here Where can I watch the Olympics? Watch on Peacock Did you know that we have interviews with Olympians at The Faith Adjacent Seminary? Listen to Interviews with Laura Wilkinson and Bryan Clay Relevant Past Episodes: Constantine | The Paul Season Bible Verses Referenced: 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 | 2 Timothy 4:6-8 | Hebrews 12:1-3 The Faith Adjacent Seminary: Support us on Patreon. Subscribe to our Newsletter: The Dish from Faith Adjacent Faith Adjacent Merch: Shop Here Shop our Amazon Link: amazon.com/shop/faithadjacent Follow Faith Adjacent on Socials: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this episode of Faith adjacent I'm your host and resident
0:15.7	Bible scholar Aaron Moon and joining me today future Olympic gold medalist I
0:20.6	believe thank you for saying that oh my goodness. What do you think I'm going to a gold medal in if you had to pick for me right now?
0:27.0	I would say the hearts and minds of the people.
0:30.0	Okay, okay, yeah, yeah, thanks. Thanks.
0:32.0	For this week's episode, if you couldn't tell already Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, thanks. Thanks.
0:33.0	For this week's episode, if you couldn't tell already, we're talking all things Olympics and how they might be faith adjacent.
0:40.0	But before we get started, we would love it if you would subscribe to our newsletter, The Dish.
0:44.3	In honor of today's episode, we released a very special Olympics themed addition that contains
0:50.1	staff recommendations for enjoying the Olympics as well as exclusive
0:54.4	content that you can't find anywhere else. This is also going to be the best place
0:58.9	to hear about any announcements or exciting things happening here at Faith
1:02.8	adjacent moving forward.
1:04.2	You can sign up by clicking the link in the show notes
1:06.8	or by going to faith adjacent.com slash newsletter.
1:11.5	Hey, that's good.
1:12.3	That was really good. Thank you.
1:13.4	You did a great job on that.
1:14.4	See, Gold Medalist.
1:15.6	Oh, wow, oh my gosh, okay.
1:17.4	I can't wait to see what you earned a gold medal for in this episode here.
1:21.0	Sorry, that felt spicy coming out the gate.
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