The Gospel According to Yeeks

It came without ribbons, it came without tags, It came without packages, boxes or bags!” And he puzzled and puzzled till his puzzler was sore Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before “Maybe Christmas—” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas— perhaps, means a little bit more?” The Grinch by Dr. Seuss ------ Shared by a friend on facebook

I am not American, not an NFL fan and my understanding of the game is basic at best but Tim Tebow has been featuring so prominently in the things I read from the New York Times to The Gospel Coalition that it is hard not to take notice. I guess in some ways this is also a testament to the impact he has made it polarizing American thoughts. By all accounts, Tebow is a man who would stop at nothing in using his NFL victories to speak about the gospel - and that it is really an admirable trait. But this has also not gone down well with everyone. That sort of response however is not the slightest bit surprising. There is indeed a Christophobic culture emerging in our world today. It is a subset however of the more general atheistic thought that is gaining more and more traction with the emergence of Dawkins and Hitchens. Countless articles however have been written to point out the irony of the backlash that Tebow is facing. Some worth sharing are below: Link 1 Link 2 What does the Bible s...

Reading Oswald Chambers devotion for today reminded me of this phrase. I've heard the analogy before and how God uses events, trials, circumstances to mould us more and more into his likeness. Much like how the grapes are winepressed, it is sometimes not pretty. At the end of the day, though as I look back through my life, it is fulfilling and gratifying to know that each trial did indeed help to be more and more like Him. And that is grace. Devotion Here