The Infidel; News for The Damned - 2013 - 03 - 14

Tim Tebow was planning to speak at the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, on April 28th but has now cancelled his appearance. America's well-known religious player in the National Football League (NFL) tweeted last week that he had decided to cancel his appearance "due to new information that has been brought to my attention.” Precisely what that "new information" actually is remains unknown. Tebow would have been part of a month long celebration by the First Baptist Church of Dallas which recently completed a $130 million dollar building project. The massive undertaking encompasses 5 blocks of downtown Dallas. Pastor Robert Jeffress is the leader of the Dallas mega church and has been at the center of controversies himself. The fundamentalist preacher has drawn heavy criticism for his comments about homosexuality, Judaism, Catholicism and Mormonism. At the Values Voter Summit in Washington in 2011, Jeffress told journalists that Mormonism was a cult. The Mormon Church called the statement inaccurate. Concerning sex, Jeffress has said that "homosexuality is a sin just like adultery is a sin, just like I believe premarital sex is a sin, because it’s a deviation from God’s standard, (…) God’s plan for sex is that (it) should be between a man and a woman in a marriage relationship and any deviation from that is wrong.” Jeffress called Islam and Mormonism "wrong" and "from the pit of Hell". He also had something to say about Judaism as well when he sputtered that "you can't be saved being a Jew". Tebow apparently is not interested in generating more controversy by associating with Jeffress and his mega church. Speaking to CNN by phone, Jeffress said that “Tim called me last night and explained to me that because of some things going on in his personal life and his career he needed to steer clear of controversy right now…" Tebow's cancellation will not stop Jeffress from continuing with the church's plan to celebrate its new addition.