Iron & Scripture

Iron & Scripture article cover - What the Bible Says About Rest Days
What the Bible Says About Rest Days
Training culture treats rest as a tactic. Scripture treats it as a command — and it was built into the pattern before anything had gone wrong. For anyone who feels... Read more...
Iron & Scripture article cover - Iron Sharpens Iron: What Proverbs 27:17 Actually Means If You Train
Iron Sharpens Iron: What Proverbs 27:17 Actually Means If You Train
Everyone quotes the first four words. The picture Proverbs chose is two blades driven together hard enough to take metal off both — and the second half of the verse... Read more...
Iron & Scripture article cover - Run the Race: What 1 Corinthians 9:24 Means If You Actually Train
Run the Race: What 1 Corinthians 9:24 Means If You Actually Train
Paul's readers had watched the Isthmian Games and knew the prize was a wreath of celery. The passage everyone reads as a verse about winning is closer to the opposite... Read more...
Iron & Scripture article cover - Is It Vain to Care About Your Body, 1 Corinthians 6:19
Is It Vain to Care About Your Body? 1 Corinthians 6:19 for People Who Lift
Every Christian who trains hits this question eventually. Where is the line between stewardship and vanity, and does the temple verse actually say what everyone thinks it says? Read more...
Iron & Scripture article cover - Bible Verses for Discipline When You Don't Feel Like Training
Bible Verses for Discipline When You Don't Feel Like Training
Not verses about winning. Verses for the morning when the alarm goes off and everything in you says no, and nobody on earth would know if you went back to... Read more...
Iron & Scripture article cover - What Philippians 4:13 Actually Means for the Gym
What Philippians 4:13 Actually Means for the Gym
It is the most printed verse in the gym and the most misread one in the Bible. Paul wrote it from a prison cell, and what he meant is more... Read more...