So you have a problem with any ‘extra message’, does this include any reference to our new President?

DH, I understand your point but it goes back to what I was saying about them getting a mic shoved in their faces after every game. If you ask a guy like Warner “How do you feel right now?” his answer is likely going to contain something to do with praise.

What makes you think it bothers people more? Personally, I have issues with any kind of extra message an athlete tries to portray to me. Just answer the questions and go back to the locker room.

Realize the mindset of athletes like Zach Johnson, or Tony Dungy, or Kurt Warner. Their Christianity isn’t some peripheral aspect to their life; it is their life.

[Secularists] might not agree with it, but from their perspective, everything they do, from showing up to church on Sunday, to buying meat, to scoring a touchdown, is done for the glory of Christ.

They don’t thank Jesus for helping them win a game; they thank Jesus for everything. What sounds like mealy-mouthed platitudes to us are genuine, heartfelt beliefs for them.

And from Johnson’s perspective: That moment, after he has just won The Masters, is likely the most high-profile moment he’ll ever have, on a national stage. One of the founding principles of Christianity is to spread the gospel of Christ. He would have no better opportunity. While the reporters were sighing and waiting for him to say something they could use, millions of Christians at home were awed by Johnson’s humility in the name of Christ. If they had a national television audience hanging on their every word, they’d do the same thing.

Why this bothers us more than, say, LeBron James flashing his Nike logo every time he talks to Jim Gray is bewildering.

If you saw somebody praising God when they just lost the defining game in their career, and likely the only time they will ever get a chance to play in it, then I would say that would be indeed glorifying to God.

So God cares, but not in the way that you or I care about the outcome.