Athletes In Action

Trusting God to build spiritual movements in every athletic department that will impact the campus, community and world for Christ.

[Ryan Mathews @RMath13]

This is why I love doing what I do with Athletes in Action. Just like Hubert Davis, my life was changed through discipleship in college through AIA. Mike is actually now my boss and I agree, we all need a Mike!

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“I pray my children and the players I coach will have a ‘Mike’ in their life, someone to pour into them and invest in them through a discipleship relationship just as Mike did with me.”

- Coach Hubert Davis on discipleship and UNC AIA leader Mike Echstenkamper

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“God doesn't always answer our "why."

So, why should we trust Him?

1. His Word is absolutely true (Jn 17:17).
2. His plans are set (Eph 2:10).
3. His faithfulness is forever (Ex 34:6).
4. His justice is perfect (Job 37:23).
5. His love is unfailing (1 Jn 4:16).”

-@DustinBenge

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“Godliness means responding to God‘s revelation in trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise, submission and service. Life must be seen and lived in the light of God’s word. This, and nothing else, is true religion.”

- J.I. Packer

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“New year, same Jesus.

He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. Rest and rely upon Him alone.”

- @ChrisLarson

[Dustin Benge @DustinBenge]

7 things I’ve learned in 2020:

1. God is still sovereign.
2. Christ is still reigning.
3. The Spirit is still interceding.
4. The church is still essential.
5. Satan is still deceiving.
6. The gospel is still saving.
7. Glory is still coming!

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

What does the incarnation teach us?

1. God is not a distant ruler.
2. God takes the initiative.
3. God has an eternal plan.
4. God reveals Himself in Christ.
5. God provides a way to Himself.
6. God demonstrates His love to us.
7. God loves to rescue sinners.

- @DustinBenge

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“This is the meaning of Christmas. Oh, that God would waken your heart to your deep need for mercy as a sinner! And then ravish your heart with a great Savior, Jesus Christ. And then release your tongue to praise him and your hands to make his mercy shine in yours.” - John Piper

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

2020 didn’t look like we all thought it would but the call to ministry was not cancelled. We pivoted in March to find new and innovative ways to fulfill the mission of FCA. Even in a virtual world, we are seeking to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship wi…

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him.”

- CS Lewis

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“God doesn't just throw a life preserver to a drowning person. He goes to the bottom of the sea, and pulls a corpse from the bottom of the sea, takes him up on the bank, breathes into him the breath of life and makes him alive.”

- RC Sproul

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“Non-negotiable:

Jesus is God.
Jesus is the Son of God.
Jesus is eternal.
Jesus was virgin born
Jesus lived a sinless life.
Jesus died a substitutionary death.
Jesus rose from the dead.
Jesus ascended to God.
Jesus is returning.
Jesus is the only way to God.”

- @DustinBenge

[Dustin Benge @DustinBenge]

Never fear, "HE IS..."

"He is the King of glory" (Ps 24:10).
"He is our help" (Ps 33:20).
"He is my refuge" (Ps 91:2).
"He is my rock" (Ps 92:15).
"He is gracious" (Ps 112:4).
"He is good" (Ps 118:1).
"He is my steadfast love" (Ps 144:2).

[Athletes In Action @AIAusa]

Join @AIAUTC tonight at 9PM EST for session one of the Ultimate Training Academy! UTA is a 10-week virtual learning experience designed to help athletes better integrate their faith life in the context of sports.

Lock in with us >>> https://t.co/ef3I69i1Xm

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“True worship reminds us that our jobs, health, talents, politics, sports, family, friends, and possessions do not satisfy a longing heart — only God can.”

- @DustinBenge

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“If I look at the world, I will conform to the ways of the world. If I look at the Word, I will conform to the will of God.”

- A. W. Tozer

[Spencer Martin @SpencerMartin_8]

There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death and on for ever.

— J.I. Packer

[Dustin Benge @DustinBenge]

J.I. Packer’s 6 things a Christian should tell themselves everyday:

1. I am a child of God.
2. God is my Father.
3. Heaven is my home.
4. Every day is one day nearer.
5. My Savior is my brother.
6. Every Christian is my brother too.

[Athletes In Action @AIA_ChapelHill]

“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.”

- 2 Corinthians 8:9