PREACHERS ON STEROIDS

Monday, December 17, 2007

I laughed out loud last week when Mike Cope, who preaches for the Highland Church of Christ in Abilene, Texas, said on his blog, that he is getting ready to release a list of preachers he knows that have been taking steroids.

Baseball players taking steroids are considered cheaters. What about men who take Viagra? What about women who increase the size of their breasts through implants, the gardener who grows bigger tomatoes by fertilizing his plants with Miracle Grow or the employee who’s feet never touch the floor because he is jazzed on Starbucks?

Wow! Come to think about it, there are a lot of ways to “cheat.” I think we need to spend a little time defining cheating. There is an old saying, “Cheaters never win.” I’m not so sure. I think we need to spend a little time defining winning.