Tim Tebow brought the pain to my boys in Black and Gold last night, beating them in overtime with a huge 80 yard bomb that made it the quickest ending to an NFL overtime in history. And when it was over, he knelt down and prayed a prayer of thanks.And that act probably caused more arguments on Facebook last night than the actual outcome of the game.On one side, you have the folks who point to Tim Tebow's success as proof of the sovereignty of God. Who see any criticism of his playing form as a criticism of his faith. Who trot out the "if he was a Muslim" argument, generally being the same people who pair "radical" with Muslim far more liberally than necessary.On the other side, you have the critics. The folks who hate that Tebow uses his platform to proselytize. The ones who toss around … [Read more...]
God Hates Fred
I'm a fan of the Never Beyond campaign over at People of the Second Chance. I love the way they encourage folks to pour out grace to those who most would write off as being outside of its reach.What a beautiful, heroic idea!I started thinking about it. Who do I look at and think, "You know, if there's a hell, that guy is there for sure." And I realized there was one person that I hate an awful lot. One person that I am pretty sure has used up every single one of his seventy times seven chances. One person who is not is not just preaching a back-handed message of hate, but has a whole site devoted to hate. Not just devoted to hate, but with hate in the domain name.Fred. Phelps.Really, I can't think of anyone that I like less than this pastor. He gained mainstream notoriety when he started … [Read more...]
