Football will continue

English: 116 Clique on DWYL Tour 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Because my to-do list is not full enough of things which are neither urgent nor important I subscribe to The Guardian’s daily e-mail about football.

It’s called the Fiver because it’s meant to arrive at about five o’clock, and when I first saw it the question that came to mind was: How on earth is there enough new to provide a daily update on football? Well, a couple of weeks ago they really struck something by explaining themselves. Here’s a brief quote:

…right now only one thing seems certain: despite repeated Fiver campaigns, football will never stop. Every second of every day for the rest of your life, there will be a happening of football going on, some story, some outrage, some brouhaha. At the exact moment you die, many years from now, football will be happening somewhere. And in the moments after your death football will just keep happening, all over the place, horribly vital, fresh storms and spats and swoops and sagas brewing up even as your eyes close for the last time and light begins to fade, and the last sight or sound your senses are aware of is a sensational swoop for a 13-year-old Peruvian wonderkid, or a managerial reshuffle in Russia, or a man saying a thing about another thing solely because he was asked a question by a man whose job it is to ask questions and thereby create out of thin air some football to happen.

Now what’s really depressing about that quote is that it’s actually true. And not just true about football, but true about all sorts of things. Other things that will simply roll on into the future, with or without us, include such joys as politics and soap operas, and thinking about this reminds me that we only live once.

When my eyes are preparing to close for the last time will I be thinking about the possibility of a Peruvian wonderkid becoming a world-famous footballer, or will I be reflecting on a life well-lived and a legacy left behind me?

Don’t.

Waste.

Your.

Life.

Christian Audiobooks

I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned this before, but even if I have it’s probably worth a second go.

On my review site I have the opportunity to review audiobooks every so often, which are provided by christianaudio.com.

Every month, christianaudio.com offers a free Christian audiobook for download, and they’re often very, very good. This month the free book is John Piper’s Don’t Waste Your Life, a book which has affected me and many other Christians – if you haven’t yet downloaded it get onto that website and get that free book!

If you fancy reviewing books for them, they give you even more free books, around two per month! That’s a lot of free books, and the vast majority of them is excellent. If you think reviewing audiobooks for free would interest you, click over to their reviewers programme.

And if you think you’d be interested in getting audiobooks regularly, why not join them in a subscription? Currently if you sign up you get for free:

• One Crossway TruTone ESV Study Bible (a $75 value!) - The Crossway ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way. Combining the best and more recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV text, it is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published. This bible also includes free access to the ESV Online Study Bible! Click here for more information on the ESV TruTone Study Bible you’ll be receiving (we cannot guarantee which color or packaging will be sent).
• One One-Year Christianity Today Magazine Subscription (a $25 value!) - Initially focused on providing pastors with a strong energetic voice of evangelical leadership, CTI now serves the global church with resources designed to meet the needs of both Christian leaders and laity alike — adults, youth, and families. Today, more than 2.5 million readers gain encouragement and relevant, Bible-based wisdom from CTI’s 11 magazines. Click here for more information on the One-Year Christianity TodayMagazine Subscription you’ll be receiving (subscription to be redeemed with a mail-in form).
• One One-Year Subscription to Ligonier’s Tabletalk Magazine (a $23 value!) - Tabletalkmagazine was formed in 1977 to provide a substantive study tool for believers. Though its format has changed over the years, Tabletalk continues to challenge and encourage readers to dig deeper into the Word of God in order that their lives may be transformed through the renewing of their minds. Click here for more information on the One-YearTabletalk Magazine Subscription you’ll be receiving (subscription to be redeemed with a call-in code).
• One David C. Cook’s Crazy Love DVD Study Resource (a $30 value!) - The Crazy Love DVD Study Resource helps you and your small group to dive deeper into God’s love. A companion to the best-selling Crazy Love book, by pastor Francis Chan, this 10-week study follows a day-in-the-life of Francis in the form of ten, 10-minute segments that correspond to each chapter of Crazy Love. Click here for more information on the David C. Cook Crazy Love DVD Study Resource you’ll be receiving.
• Two christianaudio CD Audiobooks (a $35 value!) - You’ll also be receiving the CD audiobooks of best-selling Radical, Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by David Platt and Invitation, the story of Billy Graham by Aram & Basyle Tchividjian!

Special note for international customers:

• Although subscribers can use their credits anywhere in the world for digital download content, the above bonus offer, as well as CD products on our site, are only available to ship to residents of the 50 United States of America.
• In lieu of the above bonus offer, international subscribers will receive a free download of the ESV Hear the Word Audio Bible and 12 bonus credits added to their account once the new or upgrade subscription order has been processed.

I know this is basically a big advert, but I don’t mind. I think christianaudio.com do a really good job, and I’d rather they stay in business so hope this helps them out in some way.