Coaching for The Win
Dr. Stephen Marshall
John Madden was considered to have had a groundbreaking career as a Hall of Fame coach in the NFL.“ Coaching isn’ t work. It’ s a way of life... football is what I am. I am totally consumed by football.” Madden took coaching very seriously. The Apostle Paul coached Timothy and a few other proteges. That’ s where we get famous bible phrases like“ Fight the good fight of faith” or“ Run with patience the race that is set before you.” If you’ re going to live life strong, then you need a coach who is consumed with the truth and God’ s game of life.
Athletes have coaches. Superstar singers have coaches. Celebrities pay big money for fitness trainers. Actors and actresses hire coaches for acting, dancing, speaking,
and even intimacy scenes. Top business professionals get coaching on various aspects of their profession. My friend Jason pays big money to get coached regularly in real estate and business, and he’ s rocking it! People who want to do well financially pursue coaches. Accountants and advisors are great, but coaches deliver corrections on another level.
Colleges and universities hire sports coaches, signing them to eye-popping contracts worth millions of dollars. Think of it: schools find it in their best interest to be winners, not losers. Yet some of these same institutions promote a woke, Marxist philosophy substituting personal merit for a broad redistribution of grades based on just
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