Curious as to what this "new information" is that was brought to Tim Tebow's attention. I wish he would have been more specific so as not to leave us hanging and wondering. This is the way rumors are birthed.

Good! Now, can we ONCE AND FOR ALL get away from (evangelical) Christianity's obsession with "christian" celebrity and our desire to have the newest, biggest, best-est church in town?

We are missing the larger issue. Why is a 'church' investing $130 million into a building when so much of the world is in extreme poverty. Wow. Beyond sad.

I couldn't agree more Ann Smith. So Tim Tebow withdraws from speaking at this chuch and suddenly his holiness pope Mohler thinks that Tebow HAS to speak at this church about Gay Marriage or he is an apostate? Has it occurred to anyone that such large churches are an affront to many people who see waste in such opulent structures?

I could not agree more with Dan from Georgia - the real issue here is $130 million on one building. To put it in perspective, you could support 1080 missionaries for six years at $20,000 dollars per year. Just think what could be done for the Kingdom. In fact, drop that to $1.6 million dollars for the building and you could still send a 1000 for six years on the same support.

Instead, we spend it on one building. How sad, how selfish that really is.

Tebow has the right to cancel whatever event he wants to cancel, and for Jeffress to continue to harp on it is his right as well (but makes him look small, in my opinion). And I'm over us as believers looking small and petty and insulting others when we don't get our way. Talk about wimpy.

I wasn't a huge Tebow fan before this, but he's growing on me. Anyone not liked by the Christian political elite is usually someone I support.

Richard:

Your math is faulty. First, the members of that church must be housed somewhere for worship. How many smaller churches would you have to build in that city to house them? How many pastors and staff would have to be paid? It all scales. Second, how much of FBC's budget goes to mission every year? Do you know? How many members of that church give beyond that? How many have been called, equipped and sent by that church? Is it the same or more than an equal proportion of smaller churches?

Statements such as yours are thrown out there with no support for the veracity of them. Let's drop the prejudice against big and small churches and extend grace. If you don't like big churches, then go to a small one and be blessed there. But stop swiping at other believers who make a different choice. It is unbecoming of a Christ-follower.

Todd

I agree Todd, It's the churches money; the people voluntarily donate it, because they want to advance the kingdom in their community, so let them do what they want to with their money. Churches aren't built by governments; they're built by people who make that choice; and obviously the size of the congregation and the fact that it hasn't diminished in the pursuit of a larger edifice, reflects the corporate vision, consensus and support of the ministy to build. Contrary to the church, our government throws up gambling casino's, huge entertainment facilities, sports arena's and other stuctures which propagate the secular and often hedonistic, perverse lifestyles that so many don't care to indulge in. However, whether we want it or not, the government arbitrarily use our dollars to construct these venues obviously to feed the need and greed of the gnosticism of the culture. Whether you can afford to use them, agree with the construction of them, or disagree with what they promote, we are left with no choice but to spend out tax dollars and help with the project; yet, the church, a haven for many, and an instituition which heals the hurt, reforms the hardened, protects society from its ills, promotes love: all the things that our society and social services rganizations spends billion trying to save either defend or develop; no one asked these critics for a cent; its the church who pulled their dollars together to heal the community woulds and to help bring them into right relationship with God. It's the church thats doing it, not the governement so why ridicule and criticize people for putting their money where their hearts are. It's the people money, they have a right to spend it however they chose; and if they chose to purchase a piece of property and construct a 130 million dollar edifice on it then so be it ; they are obviously wiser than the blinded fools who argue with them...