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$\"\"$ <\/a>I found this excerpt, from one of the 1,000 Tim Tebow journalism pieces<\/a> on the web at present, quite powerful.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a Tebow zealot, nor am I a big fan of the unnecessary violence of football, but there\u2019s no arguing with character like this:<\/p>\n

Mr. Tebow\u2019s acts of goodwill have often been more intimate. In December 2009, he attended a college-football awards ceremony in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The night before, at another gala at Walt Disney World Resort, he met a 20-year-old college-football fan named Kelly Faughnan, a brain-tumor victim who suffers from hearing loss and visible, continual tremors. She was wearing a button that said \u201cI love Timmy.\u201d Someone noticed and made sure that the young woman had a chance to meet the player.<\/p>\n

Mr. Tebow spent a long while with Ms. Faughnan and her family, and asked her if she\u2019d like to be his date for the award ceremony the following night. She agreed, and the scene of Mr. Tebow escorting the trembling young woman down the red carpet led much of the reporting about the event.<\/p>\n

Read the whole piece.<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m deeply encouraged by the way that Tebow is up-front with his faith, and I would encourage other believers to live and testify with similar boldness in the spheres of influence we possess.\u00a0 There\u2019s nothing fancy about being a gospel witness.\u00a0 There\u2019s no gnostic secret you need to learn to be a faithful evangelist, and there\u2019s not a separate gospel for different people groups and sociological types.\u00a0 You just open your mouth, speak the gospel, and back up your words by a holy life lived in the power of the Spirit.<\/p>\n

People may not accept your words\u2013many will not\u2013but they cannot argue with your character, and you will be rewarded for it on the last day.<\/p>\n

(Image: Newscom\/Wall Street Journal<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"