Frankly, I was TOT (Tired of Tebow) when he had a short run of wins (due to him not being new to the scene).
After defenses figured him out (3 games?) he was and is just another overpaid bench-warmer.
Marino needed Strock. Someone will need Tebow in the same role.
His exhortations are not new to the NFL (nor NBA nor MLB).
There are many of us who believe that your love of God is best served under a bushel. I won’t chastise Mr. Tebow but I do point out that his antics may not be glorifying the Lord but rather himself.
But that is just me.
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine,
Let it shine,
Let it shine.
Hide it under a bushel? No!
I'm gonna let it shine
Hide it under a bushel? No!
I'm gonna let it shine
Hide it under a bushel? No!
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine,
Let it shine,
Let it shine.
I heard a pastor once say (and I agree with him), the most insulting thing a person can say to a Christian is “I didn’t know you were a Christan”.
Get out from under that bushel.
“but I do point out that his antics may not be glorifying the Lord but rather himself.”
The word “antics” is the word that you chose to describe his works and his offering to the Lord. You are in effect, sitting in judgment of him.
Yes, when this brouhaha began, I was really amazed. I figured all of these "offended" people, who couldn't take a man kneeling and saying a little prayer after a good play, had never watched a baseball game. These players are forever crossing themselves and pointing to heaven. The Mariner's pitcher Felix Hernandez has something, I know not what, tatooed onto the inside of both wrists and when he makes a particularly good out, he kisses the inside of each wrist and points to heaven. I know of another pitcher that I have watched (can't think of his name) who, before the first pitch he throws, he quietly steps off behind the mound, removes his cap, bows his head and says a prayer. Then, he starts pitching. Batters, when they reach a base safely, will cross themselves.
Now, I really don't want these easily offended people to suddenly discover that a lot of baseball players are Hispanic and Catholic and they show it on the field; but, it is amazing that Tebow had such a reaction when this stuff goes on all the time.
I think you are wrong on the bushel analogy. Jesus states you do not light a lamp and than put it under a basket - bushel or otherwise. You light the lamp and place it high, so the light shines everywhere. Same with Christianity. You are not to keep your belief under cover - you are to proclaim yourself proudly as a believer.