The reason Jesus used parables from everyday life to impart a deeper spiritual truth, is because people understand and connect with spiritual truths when they are relevant.

The Rugby World Cup perfectly expresses one of the most basic and fundamental spiritual foundations of our Christian faith – that of Jesus as our vicarious substitute.

Get this one right, and the rest of your Christian walk will blossom. Get it wrong, and you will still be striving to please God – and be left with feelings of failure and the constant need to ‘do better’ as a Christian.