Tim Tebow
Posted on 07/31/2009 10:40:52 AM PDT by NYer
Tim Tebow
LifeSiteNews.com) - Last week Florida Gators Quarterback Tim Tebow's photo may have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, the same magazine that is best known for its annual "swimsuit issue," but the contrast between the two cover stories couldn't have been more glaring.
At 21 years of age and graced with boyish good looks, Tebow is one of the most talked about rising stars of the NCAA; but the football superstar literally left reporters speechless last week when he answered a question during a press conference about whether or not he is "saving himself" for marriage. quot;Yes I am," said Tebow briefly, who then indicated he was ready for the next question. However, in the video of the press conference, a reporter is heard stumbling over his words in the background as he tries to ask a follow-up question. Tebow then laughs, obviously reacting to the reactions of the reporters in the room.
"I think y'all were stunned by that," he says. "Y'all can't even ask a question. Wow. I mean, I was ready for that question. I don't think y'all were."
It wasn't the only controversial remark that Tebow made that day. In response to another question about whether or not people may be tired of the volume of coverage devoted to the young football star, Tebow, a devout Christian, said that the level of exposure he receives is a mixed blessing. However, he said, he looks at the positive side that, thanks to his fame, he has been able to share his Christian faith with so many people.
In addition, the football star told the reporters that he believes that the publicity given to his mother's story has helped other women choose not to abort their unborn children. Tebow's mother, who serves as a Christian missionary together with her husband, was pressured to abort Tebow following a life-threatening infection she suffered while pregnant with him. Doctors pressured her to abort her son to save her own life, but she ultimately resisted the pressure and both mother and child survived the birth.
"There has been a lot of people that have been encouraged not to have an abortion because they heard the story of my mom, or they have been encouraged because they have heard me give my faith on TV or in a report or something," said Tebow.
"You know what, although there has been a backlash, oh, well. You know what, I'll deal with it if I have to. It's not a big deal to me because of the kids and people that have been encouraged by the stories we have tried to tell and by the life that I've tried to live."
Growing up Tebow would often help his parents with their Christian mission work in the Philippines. He was homeschooled by his mother, who instilled in her children strong Christian values.
Tebow was the first home-schooled athlete to be nominated for the Heisman Trophy. "That's really cool," he said at the time. "A lot of times people have this stereotype of homeschoolers as not very athletic - it's like, go win a spelling bee or something like that - it's an honor for me to be the first one to do that.
Homeschool ping (homeschooling mentioned)
Strange how his answer was considered “controversial”.
He should marry fellow Gator Erin Andrews!
seems to me you guys are worried more about who does the evangelizing rather than it gets done. unfortunate. but to answer the original there are protestant missionaries all over the world, just like catholics. its not like they target areas because there are catholics there.
And he was homeschooled, too. All proud here.
“Rising star of the NCAA”, Let’s see:
Freshman - National Championship
Sophomore - Heisman Trophy
Junior - National Championship
Chuck Norris wears a Tim Tebow T-Shirt!
That is an odd claim, do you have some numbers? Protestants do seem to be doing something in Africa for instance and of course they have become second only to Buddhism in South Korea.
I am having real trouble reconciling this with his famous beautiful “girlfriends”...
For example:
Seriously? I mean, really?
Anybody that wants to learn a scary story about how the powerful son of a three time governor and presidential candidate gets a 16 year old non Mormon girl engaged to him and personally converted by one of the most powerful, influential men in the nation and married by 19, should look into the Romney family when they were at the peak of their power.
Ever heard of the Moro... about 5.25% of the total Philippine population
Well, if it was yours truly next to her and I was "saving" myself, there would be a LOT in the "Blue-Bank!"
Oddly enough, my golfing foursome was enjoying the beverages available at the 19th hole when we saw highlights of college football in the state of Florida.
Clips of both USF, QB Matt Grothe, and UF, QB Tim Tebow, were shown with glimpses of row after row of beautiful coeds in the front rows of their respective stadiums.
Not a word was said amongst us.
Just four very audible sighs.
but admire and honor him as a man and a Christian. : )
I'm not aware of any countries that the Catholic church can consider their own, winning over the unchurched is a primary function of Christians and in the case of Protestantism it helps make the country more American like.
Creating a large Protestant membership in Mexico would probably have startlingly positive benefits to both them and the United States.
Ok, ok, I may "hate" the Gates, but Tebow is the real deal! I admired Wuerffel as well, for his character.
I was addressing political and cultural benefits by getting people that are not Christian or are not practicing Christians, or that are ignorant of what it is, to become engaged in the bible and Christianity, it appears to have big benefits as we are already learning in Latin America.
That's often a beef of mine—why not go where it's actually dangerous, and take the arrows as St. Paul did, and as the priests did in Africa and the Americas after Columbus? Being asked to contribute to Protestant kids' missions to places like the Ukraine and Louisiana just make me chuckle and keep my hands in my pockets.
But I've also seen Evangelical missionaries taking the hard road: There are Protestant missions in highland (headhunter) New Guinea; and my wife's cousin and his family are in Cambodia as we speak, serving the people very humbly and heroically.
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