Tebow's Mea "Culpo"

By Kyle Borg - Posted at Gentle Reformation:

It is actually embarrassing what makes for “Christian” headlines these days. And, if you’ve been reading the news you’ve probably noticed that Tim Tebow is once again breaking those headlines. Personally, I’ve always been a little confused why he became such a media sensation. His ability to be marketed as a Christian quarterback quickly won him the admiration of many in the Christian community. It leaves me wondering if throwing a good game absolves one from breaking the Lord’s Day. This time he’s making the news for his heroic commitment to abstinence and the resulting breakup with his beauty queen girlfriend, Olivia Culpo. Apparently, it’s commendable to some to put yourself into a morally compromising situation and when you come out of it to be hailed as a champion of Christianity. Again, I don’t get it.

Now, before the accusations of friendly-fire get launched in my direction let me say that I can only imagine the press and pressure Tim Tebow lives with. He is not, however, a helpless victim of the media. This is the cost of his quest for fame and fortune. What he is, at least in part, he is through his own fault. I can also understand the desire of many to find someone in the ranks of Christian pop-culture who has some semblance of commitment to sexual chastity–especially after the Josh Duggar scandal toppled what was in the eyes of many the paragon of family values. So Tim Tebow won’t have sex before marriage? Good for him! But, in our zeal to find an exemplary someone on the world’s stage, let’s not mistake the recent headlines as some pious cross bearing on Tebow’s part. After all, only months before they started dating, Olivia Culpo posed nude in a magazine saying: “I really enjoyed putting myself out there. It is very liberating to show who you really are. There is a sense of empowerment that I got from that shoot that is hard to explain.” Remind me why it’s the least bit commendable for a Christian man to get into a relationship with–and forgive my candor–a woman who is for all intents and purposes prostituting herself to every willing person. Even the Iniquistr–which isn’t usually news worth sharing–noticed this wasn’t the ideal match-up. Indeed, far from a heroic act I wonder if this is Tebow’s mea culpa!

Comments

  1. Angela, thank you! Some of the best and most needed pastoral advice.

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  2. You're welcome, Maria! I, too, was pleased with Pastor Borg's comments on the Tim Tebow story. :)

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