{"id":13117,"date":"2024-03-08T14:49:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/tim-tebow-urges-congress-to-battle-child-sexual-exploitation-with-the-biblical-definition-of-hope\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T14:49:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:19:05","slug":"tim-tebow-urges-congress-to-battle-child-sexual-exploitation-with-the-biblical-definition-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/tim-tebow-urges-congress-to-battle-child-sexual-exploitation-with-the-biblical-definition-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Tebow Urges Congress to Battle Child Sexual Exploitation with the ‘Biblical Definition of Hope’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sports commentator and author Tim Tebow on Wednesday urged Congress to do more to rid the world of child sex abuse materials, telling a House committee he stands for the \u201cbiblical definition of hope\u201d and believes both parties can work together for a solution.<\/p>\n

The former Heisman Trophy winner and current ESPN commentator is an outspoken Christian who heads the Tim Tebow Foundation, a non-profit organization that serves the marginalized and fights child sexual abuse and exploitation.<\/p>\n

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\u26a0\ufe0f Viewer Discretion Advised: \u201cVoice for the Voiceless\u201d House Judiciary Committee Hearing Testimony on behalf of child sexual abuse victims<\/p>\n

Last night, I got a message from a girl who has been rescued and she said, \u201cthank you so much for speaking up for us\u201d\u2026and it was\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/HabteqT1tQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Tebow (@TimTebow) March 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tebow made his comments to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance during a hearing on child sex abuse materials (CSAM) and the fight among federal, state and international partners to stop it.<\/p>\n

More than 50,000 children, Tebow told the subcommittee, have been victims in child sex abuse materials but have yet to be identified.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re unknown,\u201d Tebow said. \u201cUntil someone knows them, how could somebody rescue them?\u201d<\/p>\n

But there have been victories, he noted. Last year, he said, the Department of Homeland Security partnered with officials in 13 countries and domestic organizations including the Tim Tebow Foundation to make 316 probable identifications of child sexual abuse by using technologies such as facial recognition and artificial intelligence. More than half of them were in the U.S., he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an incredible operation,\u201d he said. \u201cBut that’s a tiny dent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tebow urged Congress to pass a proposed Victim Identification Bill<\/a> he is championing that would, according to his foundation\u2019s website, \u201cbuild a rescue team of analysts to locate and protect the children seen in sexually abusive imagery at the global level.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s so many frontline warriors and heroes, but there’s just not enough,\u201d he said. \u201c…We need more of them to get to these 50,000 boys and girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referencing society\u2019s infatuation with sports, Tebow said law enforcement needs the same type of commitment and resources — if not more — that athletes receive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve had the privilege of playing for a lot of sports teams in my life,\u201d he said. \u201cOn almost all of them, we’ve had incredible resources to give us a better chance at winning a game — something that, ultimately, as much as we care about it, doesn’t matter. Why would we not give as much, if not more resources, to the frontline heroes that are going after the most vulnerable boys and girls on the planet?\u201d<\/p>\n

Tebow said he believes the battle against child sex abuse materials can be won.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the chance to bring hope to those that are starving for it,\u201d he said. \u201c… I love using the biblical definition of hope — to look forward with confidence, expectation and anticipation. How many of these boys and girls do not get to look forward with any form of confidence, expectation or anticipation — because they believe their tomorrow is going to be just as bad as today. But maybe because of all of us — because of all of you — maybe one day they’ll be able to look forward with true confidence, expectation and anticipation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Image credit: \u00a9Getty Images \/ Kent Nishimura<\/a> \/\u00a0<\/em>Stringer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press,\u00a0<\/em>Christianity Today<\/em>, <\/em>The Christian Po<\/em>st, <\/em>the\u00a0<\/em>Leaf-Chronicle<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>the Toronto Star<\/em> and\u00a0<\/em>the Knoxville News-Sentinel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n