>>I think you are wrong on the bushel analogy. <<
I guess I am more in the Matthew camp (I always have been).
One can proselytize yto spread The Word, but one’s discussions with God should not be a public spectacle.
And Michael Vick has an NFL job.
I think you need to reread Acts. Paul, Barnabas, and Peter were not stoned or imprisoned because they kept their faith under a bushel basket. Neither did Jesus.