The Knicks' Jeremy Lin has taken Tim Tebow type overt evangelism to the basketball court. While some say tone it down, others delight in ramping up the Jesus branding, and Tebow himself has some advice for Lin.
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Over at The Huddle, Nate Davis picks up Buffalo Bills' Nick Barnett comment in GQ in an anthology of quotes aboutDenver Bronco's QB Tim Tebow:
For a lot of Christians, using football as a measuring stick of how good God is -- it's not necessarily what you're supposed to be doing.
Tebow, meanwhile, tells Lin via ESPN that he should listen to his heart, not to others.
I think he's handling himself great and I think he can take care of himself, he says. And I just say keep being true to him and keep working hard and don't listen to everybody else.
While Tebow can't wear the eye-black with stenciled Bible verses in the NFL as he was famous for in college, Lin is scoring big with believers for wearing a bracelet saying, "In Jesus Name I Play."
The company, @activefaith, isn't missing the publicity beat. They're calling out:
Twit-pic us your IJNIP band or shirt and we will retweet it! Let's Go!! #TeamIJNIP
DO YOU THINK athletes, already bedecked in ad slogans from sponsors, should add Jesus branding to the game?
