tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post8712985094271283908..comments2023-06-01T10:52:44.280-04:00Comments on The Gospel-Driven Church: Tim Tebow Uses Words At All Times Because They're NecessaryJaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07454966527986478217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-24132436229649820962012-01-01T16:58:51.035-05:002012-01-01T16:58:51.035-05:00I disagree with your assertion that people experie...I disagree with your assertion that people experience Tim Tebow as offensive because of his Gospel message. I am a believer, and I find Tebow odious because he comes across as arrogant, smug and sure he has the answers. I am offended that he puts the name of Jesus on that behavior and it makes me not want to identify myself as a Christian.<br /><br />In the Scriptures, the Gospel is offensive not to the unsaved miscreants, but to the religious leaders. It was the moralizing religious right who stumbled over the Cornerstone and they were the ones Jesus called out over and over again. The Gospel is offensive to the moral majority; Tim Tebow is offensive to the rest of us.<br /><br />The radicalness of Jesus' message is his ultimate humility. He, the God of the whole universe, came to us in a form we could recognize. He came to experience the pain of life on this earth so he could identify with us in our brokenness and sorrow. He sacrificed himself so that we could be freed from death. We are called to the same. I do not experience Tebow as humble and broken like his God was and I believe that his message cheapens the enormity of the true Gospel.Calliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467782835144867448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-69929305650314599022011-12-05T08:00:20.699-05:002011-12-05T08:00:20.699-05:00This is one of those rare articles that makes me f...This is one of those rare articles that makes me feel angry in the right way. <br /><br />Good job, Jared. <br /><br />I needed someone to slap me out of my secularism and into "Gospel Wakefulness".Nickhttp://www.theradicaljourney.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-5253888533797439462011-12-02T17:18:16.104-05:002011-12-02T17:18:16.104-05:00Jared... While I agree with you that the gospel mu...Jared... While I agree with you that the gospel must be expressed in words, my problem with brother Tim is that what he is saying, in both word and action, is not the gospel. What he is saying is " God is glorified if we win... When we lose? Not so much". Notice there is no "I want to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ for that interception I threw in the third quarter", even though you and I both know that God is most (or at least equally) glorified in our weakness/losses. My Christian heroes are those who bend the knee when the camera is not around and who take hits everyday for "the team" without the slightest notion that Gods worth and worthiness is in any way tied to their success or lack thereof.Lawrence Brothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726917825842623479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-18688061296881255752011-12-02T11:31:09.631-05:002011-12-02T11:31:09.631-05:00I, like you, am not a huge fan of Tebow as a quart...I, like you, am not a huge fan of Tebow as a quarterback. Furthermore, while I gladly count him as my brother in Christ, it is my suspicion that we wouldn't have to dig too deeply before we started unearthing some fairly significant theological differences. Beyond this, Kurt Warner is (and forever will be) my all-time favorite NFL player.<br /><br />All this said, I agree with your comments 100%. Kudos to Tebow for actually following through on the logical implications of what he says he believes.Pete Scribnerhttp://solagratiablog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-7299757283980547252011-12-02T11:23:32.539-05:002011-12-02T11:23:32.539-05:00Dude, yes. I didn't like Warner's comment...Dude, yes. I didn't like Warner's comments either. Thanks for putting it into words for me.<br /><br />What gets me also about all this "shut up and play talk" is that they're asking Tim to do what they won't do themselves. In other words, they're asking him to take on their own narrow worldview. Namely, that one shouldn't talk openly about religion. Why, in other words, is it ok to speak as though there is no God, but not ok to speak as though there is?Ryan Phelpshttp://www.ryanphelps.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-30078889904396088842011-12-02T10:54:47.201-05:002011-12-02T10:54:47.201-05:00Outstanding analysis, particularly the, 'in yo...Outstanding analysis, particularly the, 'in your face' part.<br /><br />(NB: your word verification isn't showing up for submitting comments...I'll have to use the 'handicapped' method)jbborenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917021408343032334noreply@blogger.com