This article is worth reading and thinking about. If you had an audience with Tim Tebow, how would you counsel him in regards to how he speaks about his faith? Would you tell him to tone it down? Would you tell him to keep doing what he’s doing? What would be your reasoning for giving him either of these pieces of advice?
From the article:
I wonder if there’s a sense in which Tebow is misusing the name of Jesus Christ by overusing it. I wonder if he’s cheapening Christian realities by referring to them too much and in the wrong venues.
It’s worth considering the form that Christian faithfulness takes in public. I don’t have the final word on this, but it seems to me that inhabiting the role of a football quarterback as a redeemed person does not mean that one must utter the name of Jesus at every opportunity.
Faithfulness to Jesus might best be embodied by being a good teammate and being serious about having loads of fun.
