"The health club is a modern temple, complete with initiation rites and elaborate rituals, its objects of worship on constant and glorious display. I [detect] a trace of theology there, for such devotion to the human form gives evidence of the genius of a Creator who designed with aesthetic flair. The human person is worth preserving. And yet, in the end, the health club stands as a pagan temple. Its members strive to preserve only one part of the person: the body, the least enduring part of all. . . .
"Physical training is of some value, the apostle Paul advised his protege Timothy, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. . . . I have to ask myself . . . how much time and energy do I devote to each?"
- Philip Yancey Finding God in Unexpected Places
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