K.S. Rajan (2
Dec 2011)
"Telling about Jesus"
Kurt Warner Tells Tim Tebow To Stop Talking About Jesus
Bad advice
“And a man’s foes [shall be] they of his own household.” Matthew
10:36
Talking about Jesus makes people nervous. It even makes other
Christians nervous sometimes, too. Such is the case with
ex-Cardinal QB Kurt Warner, who recently had some advice to give
to up and coming Jesus-loving, Denver quarterback Tim Tebow. His
advice to the mighty man of God? Stop talking about Jesus. Here
is Warner’s exact quote:
“There’s almost a faith cliche, where (athletes) come out and
say, ‘I want to thank my Lord and savior.’ As soon as you say
that, the guard goes up, the walls go up, and I came to realize
you have to be more strategic.
“You can’t help but cheer for a guy like that,” Warner said of
Tebow. “But I’d tell him, ‘Put down the boldness in regards to
the words, and keep living the way you’re living. Let your
teammates do the talking for you. Let them cheer on your
testimony.’
“I know what he’s going through, and I know what he wants to
accomplish, but I don’t want anybody to become calloused toward
Tim because they don’t understand him, or are not fully aware of
who he is. And you’re starting to see that a little bit.” NBC
Sports
Isn’t it funny that when you really, truly stand for Jesus, the
people who attack you? My advice to you, Kurt, is to be quiet
yourself and remember the beatdown that the Steelers gave you
last time you met in the Super Bowl. And my advice to you, Tim
Tebow, is to keep talking about Jesus EXACTLY the way you have
been. Don’t change one, single thing. SHOUT IT FROM THE TOP OF
THE ASTRODOME that Jesus is coming back soon!!
If ever in my life I have seen someone being used mightily of
God for their public testimony, it’s you. And if 1,000 Kurt
Warners all tell you to “stop talking about Jesus”, don’t you
pay them any heed even for one moment. Mr. Tebow, you are God’s
man in the right place at the right time doing the right things.
You are truly a ‘man on a mission’, so KEEP IT UP, and may the
Denver Miracle continue…
“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus
Christ, and him crucified.” 1 Corinthians