Evangelism

When New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye lines up under center on Sunday for the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California, he’ll be playing in front of 70,000 fans inside Levi’s Stadium and over 100 million people watching on television.

Yet for the North Carolina native who’s been playing the game for years, making it to professional football’s grandest stage isn’t the biggest or most important thing in his life.

Speaking with media this week, Maye told reporters:

“I’m a follower of Jesus Christ. It’s the biggest thing in my life.”

Drake is also married to Ann Michael, his longtime girlfriend. The Mayes are strong advocates for tying the knot. 

“My teammates have a right to do whatever they choose,” he said. “I definitely would advise them to eventually get married. It’s one of the best things in life. It’s one of the best things I’ve experienced in my life. There’s no better feeling than coming home to a wife that loves you and cares for you and worried about your best interests.”

“I know my teammates, some of them are experiencing different parts of their life in what stages. But I chose to get married young, and I don’t regret it one bit.”

A two-sport athlete in high school, Drake says it’s the prioritization of the Lord that’s “gotten me here and what helps me get here.” Yet despite his success, he’s not self-focused, but sees the game as a platform to evangelize.

“I can shine light on others, hopefully leading them to relationship with Him or doing whatever I can to help lead them to Jesus Christ, knowing how their life can change and what it can do for them.”

Maye credits James Mitchell, the Patriots’ chaplain and director of player development, with helping him deepen his faith during the quarterback’s two seasons in Foxboro, Massachusetts. 

“One of the best things about a football team is that there’s other brothers on the team that are followers of Christ,” Maye told Sports Spectrum. “Being able to share thoughts and sit down in chapel and listen to our chaplain, Mitch, talk before a game, it’s just so powerful. And realizing the night before a game that we’re in here spreading the Word and listening to the Word.”

During his time with players, Chaplain Mitchell is known for stressing the walk over the talk.

“You can quote 20,000 Bible verses, but that don’t mean anything if you’re living one.”

By ‘living” a verse, Mitchell is stressing action over conversation.  

Speaking of the Christian believers on the New England Patriots, the chaplain said, “They’re listening to the Spirit to tell them what they do. And for some of them, they may not be intentional with it, though, your Holy Spirit will alert you when you need to say something and when you don’t, you know.”

During “Media Day” this week, Maye was asked about his favorite verse in the Bible. He didn’t answer right away but pondered the question for a moment and then gave his answer — Proverbs 16:9: “The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.”

The New England star explained, “You can have all these plans in life — ‘I want to do this, I want to do this’ — but it’s really the Lord’s doing the work.”

Of course, Drake Maye isn’t the only devoted Christ follower playing in Sunday’s game. His teammate, TreVeyon Henderson, has said, “I am nothing without God.” On the Seattle Seahawks, Ernest Jones recently discussed recommitting his life to the Lord.

“I found myself feeling like I was missing something, and what I was missing was God,” he said in November. “I got my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ back.”

There’s also the Seahawks’ Cooper Kupp, who has declared:

“I’m walking this path just like so many of my Christian brothers and sisters are. And I strive for my relationship with Christ to become closer every day, and there are battles every day. But to know God’s grace is plentiful as it is sufficient is going to fill that. And I’ve experienced it throughout my entire life.”

It’s the wise players who put the sport in perspective.

“One of the biggest things in my life that I’ve learned is that there’s purpose and there’s passion,” said Maye. “My passion is football and my purpose is [being] a believer and being strong in my faith.”

Enjoy the game, commercials (most of them) and the Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show.

Tim Allen has finished reading the entire Bible, concluding a 13-month journey the conservative actor and comedian says left him “humbled, enlightened and amazed.”

“Finished the entire Bible. It’s been a 13-month word-by-word page-by-page no skimming journey,” Allen wrote in a Feb. 4 post on X. “Humbled, enlightened and amazed at what I read and what I learned.”

“I will rest and meditate on so much,” he added. “I will begin it again.”

Finished the entire Bible it’s been a 13 month word by word page by page no skimming journey. Humbled, enlightened and amazed at what I read and what I learned. I will rest and meditate on so much. I will begin it again.

— Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) February 5, 2026

Allen, known for his roles as Tim “The Toolman” Taylor in Home Improvement, Mike Baxter in Last Man Standing and Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story film series, announced in August 2024 he had begun reading Scripture.

“Never took the time in all my years to ever read and really read the Bible,” Allen shared, adding, “Currently almost through the Jerusalem Bible Old Testament and almost done with the Prophets. … So far amazing and not at all what I was expecting.”

Since then, Allen has posted periodic updates on his journey through the Bible.

“Finished the Old Testament,” the actor said in June 2025, “It is such a gift when I get out of the way and the words and meaning flow.” Allen also shared he had begun reading the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans. “I am amazed in seven pages!” he exclaimed.

In their book From God to Us: How We Got Our Bible, Professors Norman Geisler and William Nix write,

Additionally, Geisler and Nix explain how Scripture is inspired by God (Greek: theopneustos), a teaching which appears in 2. Tim. 3:16, where the Apostle Paul writes, “All Scripture is breathed out by God (theopneustos) and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (ESV, emphasis added).

Geisler and Nix explain that Scripture being “God-breathed” encompasses:

1. Divine Causality. God is the main author of the Bible. He is the ultimate source and original cause of biblical truth. God revealed His Word to the prophets, and spokespersons of God recorded the truths God revealed.
2. Prophetic Agency. The prophets who wrote Scripture were not automatons. They used their own literary styles and vocabularies. The Bible which they wrote is the Word of God, but it is given and expressed through the word of humans. God used their personalities to convey His propositions.
3. Written Authority. The final product of divine authority working through prophetic agency is the written authority of the Bible.

As Christians, when we read Scripture, we are not simply reading a book written and compiled by human beings. Rather, we are reading God’s Word to us, which teaches and informs us in how we should live.

Furthermore, all of Scripture points us to Jesus Christ, who is the very Word of God who has been revealed to us. In John 1:1-5, we read,

We congratulate Tim Allen in reading all of Scripture for the very first time. Please join us in praying God would continue to speak to him as He draws all men to Himself (John 12:32).

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Like many similar shows, the Grammy Awards have spiraled in viewership in recent years, declining to near record lows — including Sunday night’s edition from Los Angeles.

Often called “music’s biggest night,” the traditional gathering was originally put together by industry executives in the 1950s. The name “Grammy” stems from the “gramophone” — the antique device that once played records. 

The reasons behind the precipitous drop in interest are many, and President Trump weighed in as the event wound down on Sunday night.

“The Grammys are the WORST, virtually unwatchable!” the president wrote on Truth Social. 

Most of the material was, to put it charitably, forgettable, but Christian music artist Brandon Lake and country star Jelly Roll are being praised for their willingness to use the platform to witness.

After being awarded the “Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song of the year, which he collaborated with Jelly Roll on for “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” Lake declared:

“Thank you. Oh man. Wow. Thank you, Jesus, I want to thank my wife, who’s holding down the fort back home with all my babies, crazy babies.”

He then added:

“I’ve gotten countless messages of how this song has literally saved people’s lives and pointed them to Jesus. If it wasn’t for Jesus, I don’t know where I would be, y’all. Most important thing I could say is this world is Cray Cray right now, but I was reminded of the scripture this morning, John 16:33: ‘I have told you these things so that in me, you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart, I have overcome the world.’ He’s overcome, so that means we can too through Christ. Love you. Thank you so much.”

Jelly Roll, a.k.a. Jason DeFord, received an award for “Best Contemporary Country Album” for “Beautifully Broken.” He credited his wife with making his success even possible.

“I would never have changed my life without you,” he said to Alisa, a.k.a. ‘Bunnie XO.’ “I’d have ended up dead or in jail. I would have killed myself if it wasn’t for you and Jesus.”

He then explained what was behind the album itself:

“There were days that I thought the darkest things. I was a horrible human. There was a moment in my life that all I had was a Bible this big, and a radio the same size, and a six-by-eight-foot cell. And I believe that those two things could change my life. I believe that music had the power to change my life, and God had the power to change my life,” the country artist shared.

“Jesus is Jesus, and anybody can have a relationship with Him. I love you, Lord.”

It’s a good thing when an otherwise uneven, even vacuous, worldly event can be redeemed and leveraged to introduce or affirm the Gospel of Jesus Christ to audiences unlikely to attend church or encounter eternal truth.

The Daily Wire’s Megan Basham isn’t one to shy away from a challenge — and she’s currently facing two monumental ones at the same time.

Formerly a reporter for World Magazine, the popular socially conservative Christian commentator is the author of two books: Beside Every Successful Man: Getting the Life You Want by Helping Your Husband Get Ahead (Crown Forum, 2009), and Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda (HarperCollins, 2024).

Every writer is a product of their personal history, and the Southern Baptist Basham comes at her subjects and topics with the fervor and sincerity of someone who has been on both an ideological and spiritual journey.

Writing for First Things in 2022, Megan shared that it was in college when, not unlike many her age, she threw off the “moral restraints of my Christian upbringing.” She explained: 

“I experimented with all manner of substances and licentiousness—even with feminist theory, which almost proved intellectually fatal. I was at work on a term paper excoriating the patriarchal and oppressive Promise Keepers movement when an encounter with the Lancelot-Grail awoke my long-anesthetized conscience.”

Ironically it was in the study and writing of that assignment when the penny dropped for her, where she was convicted by how “careless” she had been with her faith and Christian testimony. 

In her role at the Daily Wire, Megan has a lot to say about a lot of things. Following her on X can be an eye-opening reminder of man’s depravity. Culture never stops churning and spinning, and sometimes it can be difficult to keep up. Like we do at the Daily Citizen, Megan Basham wades through all the news so you don’t necessarily have to. 

Although she doesn’t quibble with suggestions that she’s a happy warrior in the “culture war” she’s also been wise to define the term. She retweeted last year:

“By ‘culture war’ many really mean: disagreeing with the left on anything publicly.”

But Megan Basham is also embroiled in a war of another kind, and a very personal one at that: cancer.

Originally diagnosed with Stage III colon cancer just after Thanksgiving in 2024, the Daily Wire commentator underwent chemo-radiation therapy. As she was able, she kept working, writing, and posting.

Megan Basham is married and has two children, so she kept on mothering, too: school assignments, dance recitals, church activities.

This past August, she shared the good news that follow-up scans found no evidence of the disease. 

But then came another scan late last year of an abnormality in the lung. It was suspicious of cancer. She shared on X:

“My oncologists have encouraged me not to panic, because it’s just the one, we will get it removed, and they are assuring me that all Stage Four is not the same and I can still reach long-term remission, so that’s what we’re praying for!

“Living the life of a Christian doesn’t mean you don’t have hard days or news like this won’t cause you to spend a few days curled up like Elijah … But it does mean that you wrestle through it with the Lord. And you take these disappointments and fears to Him, the great Physician, knowing that He is ultimately the only one who can heal spiritually, emotionally, and physically.”

Over the weekend, Basham tweeted an update that a follow-up test found no tumor DNA circulating in her blood. She writes, “That suggests no additional hiding nasties in there and I’m still on a curative path. Thank you to all of you praying. It means more to my family and I than I could ever express.”

Megan Basham then got back to tweeting and working.

That’s one of the peculiar yet ageless aspects of health and other concerns that threaten to consume us. Whether we get a cancer diagnosis, are praying through a prodigal child who is far from the Lord or caring for an elderly parent — the many challenges of life still go on. We are all simultaneously battling wars on many fronts.

This is why God’s Word provides reams of counsel for “keeping on keeping on” when it comes to the many challenges we all face. Wrote the Apostle Paul, “Therefore we do not lose heart… For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Cor. 4:16-18). James struck a similar chord: “Consider it pure joy… whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance” (James 1:2-4). 

Please join us in praying for Megan Basham — for healing and strength, and for resolve and renewed vigor as she continues to answer the personal and professional calls the Lord has placed on her life.