Tim Tebow: How Easter Sermon Will Affect Jets QB's Image

Instead of searching for the eggs that his starting quarterback, Mark Sanchez, laid on the field last season, Tim Tebow will take to an enormous outdoor church in Texas on Sunday for an Easter sermon. 

In front of 30,000 people on Easter Sunday, Tebow will deliver a sermon that was hopefully better than many of his downfield deliveries this season.

As innocent as "giving a sermon" sounds, the chaos surrounding Tebow on this Easter celebration will only harm his reputation both in the New York media and beyond. 

The life of Tim Tebow has been surprisingly eventful on the field as of late, but not many expected him to be doing so much off the field—at least not in avenues other than mission trips to third-world countries. 

Sundays at church, especially Easter, revolve around one man: God. This mania-driven flock of Texas churchgoers won't be looking at it the same way. 

Most pastors are successful at what they do because of their non-existent public image, helping them be the selfless force that is required to run a church. A crowd supposedly largely clad in gang green Tebow jerseys and the circus atmosphere surrounding the situation will deter the focus from the rise of Christ. 

If Tebow would like to show up for a guest appearance at a church for a sermon (preferably one in New York, where they still have churches, just not 150-acre ones with jumbotrons), then by all means, do it. But don't travel down to one of the nation's largest evangelical institutions with an announcement many days in advance of Easter, the church's Super Bowl. 

New Yorkers can and will get mad at a player for any reason, and while some strong believers may honor his spiritual contributions, others may be upset at the light this huge event is shining on Tebow. 

According to Pro Football Talk, many church attendees in the nearby area are skipping church services at the churches they belong to in order to catch a glimpse of the sports world's chosen one. From a local standpoint, this is going to be like winning the lottery at one church while the rest of the nearby establishments go bankrupt. 

My biggest problem is that Tebow has seemingly been enjoying himself too much in an offseason. It's not like he's turning into 2012's form of Lindsay Lohan, but seeing him at virtually every pop culture event has been a little awkward. Doesn't he have some work to do so he can take over his team's starting job again?

Sure, Tebow's actions have good intentions. Sure, he'll have an awesome sermon that encompasses struggle, overcoming adversity and triumph—all things he has experience with. But the effect of this move has far-reaching consequences, and one consequence will be a less positive image going forward toward his first year as a New York Jet.

At least this will be an appropriate venue for him to say the word "God" 37 times in one minute, though.