If you’re an NFL fan, you know that Tim Tebow started as the Bronco’s quarterback for the first time yesterday.Trailing the Miami Dolphins for more than 3 quarters, Denver scored twice with only 5 minutes to go in 4th, and won the game in overtime. A shaky start – but quite a comeback. Not bad Tim!
 
Mark Kiszla in the Denver Post describes the victory:

From happy feet in the pocket to throws so errant you worried that a spectator in the stands might get hurt, everything that could ultimately cause Tebow to fail at the pro level was on display until he had no choice except to be great.

 
But, there’s just a little problem with Tebow that has nothing to do with his ability to play quarterback; he’s a Christian who’s not afraid to live his faith in the spotlight. And that makes some people, especially media types, really uneasy.

Like it or not, Tebow is more than a quarterback. Standing in a cramped interview room heated by television lights, the hero was asked if this type of game embodied what being a Christian is all about. How many other athletes can incite such fanaticism?

 
Still, he remains unflappable –

“It’s one of the great lessons you learn in football. When you get knocked down over and over again, you’ve got to keep getting up,” Tebow said.

 
No matter how successful he is on the field, right now Tim is simply the most polarizing figure in the NFL. George Weigel at First Things explained why that’s so earlier this month: Tim Tebow and Christophobia

…Tim Tebow is a target of irrational hatred, not because he’s an iffy quarterback at the NFL level, or a creep personally, or an obnoxious, in-your-face, self-righteous proselytizer. He draws hatred because he is an unabashed Christian, whose calmness and decency in the face of his Christophobic detractors drives them crazy.

 
Still, the opposition from the Left is not really surprising; we already know they’re anti-Christian.
What’s really disappointing are the small “c” christians who think Tebow should just keep the whole “Jesus thing” stuffed in his locker. These are the Peters of our time:
 

But he denied Him, saying “Woman, I do not know Him.” ~ Luke 22:57 ~