For the Love of the Game (album)

For the Love of the Game
Studio album by Pillar
Released	February 26, 2008 (2008-02-26)
Genre	Christian metal, alternative metal, hard rock
Length	37:46
Label	Essential
Producer	Travis Wyrick
Pillar chronology
The Reckoning (2006) For the Love of the Game (2008) Confessions (2009)

For the Love of the Game is the fifth studio album from Christian metal group Pillar, which was released on February 26, 2008. According to their website, Pillar defines the title as: "For the love of" = the passion of, and "The game" = the pursuit of Christ.^[1] This is the last album to include longtime drummer, Lester Estelle, and bass player and founding member, Michael Wittig until they rejoined the band in 2012. During live performances of "Smiling Down", Rob Beckley plays acoustic guitar.

The album debuted at No. 71 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and reached No. 4 on the Christian (overall) albums chart.^{[citation needed]}