PART 2 – THE ANSWERS 

The very thought provoking column by William Hageman of the Chicago Tribune which sparked these last two blog posts also tried to offer some solutions to this increasing crisis of Faith. (The column is headlined“TEACHING KIDS ABOUT FAITH WHEN YOU DON’T PRACTICE ONE”).  Some of them are worth implementing immediately.

Hageman threw in some ideas from authors whose books have sold well in Christian circles (like Sticky Faith).  He said that the topic of God is going to come up in the daily lives – mostly at school – of these kids who are not raised in households of faith. I would add, that God has His people, no matter how young or old, EVERYWHERE. Even in some crime-ridden public school in the worst-in-the-nation system in Chicago, we are finding out from my Gideon Bible brethren that sometimes the principal or an administration person may actually be a real Christian…..and as happened in a school in Springfield

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Very few athletes have been making as huge headlines recently than football’s Tim Tebow and baseball’s Albert Pujols. Both men have been known to wear their ‘testimony’ on their sleeves.
Love ’em or not, both men have people talking not just about their public professions of Faith in Jesus Christ. However, by doing so, they have invited more scrutiny on their individual lives to see if their talk matches their walk!

The latest example is current Chicago Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd. After claiming Christ, the Bible and a picture perfect family life, the Feds just arrested him last week, for running a Cocaine/Marijuana ring worth millions of dollars! When he was arrested last Friday and charged, the news media led with the fact that he was a man who quoted the Bible and spoke to others in need.This is actually not a bad thing, as many a so-called “Christian Athlete” has fallen  hard on  their face, making all their talk about “Jesus is my Savior” a laughing stock to a cynical word.  Christian ministries are actually partially to blame for this, because they fall all over themselves, to hire this or that newly minted celebrity athlete, who happens to say that he believes in the bible or is a “christian”! I have yet to hear of some poor soul say that he/she got saved because Kurt Warner or Deion Sanders spoke at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes banquet!

Both Pujols and Tebow do not fall into this category because neither have committed any type of crime. However both men have to guard their conduct – personal and professional, because the reputation of Christ rests on it.

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