When the apostle Paul faced the end of his life, he said to Timothy, whom he’d mentored and trained, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2Ti 4:7). How will we finish the race? Elsewhere, Paul says, “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.” (1Co 9:24). It’s an apt metaphor with the Rio Olympics held recently. Unfortunately, it seems that finishing well might not be nearly as common as we might...