12 NFL Players Who LOVE Jesus (and Football)

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Justin Simmons

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Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons admits he was a “lukewarm Christian” until high school when he met his wife. “My walk with the Lord has been an amazing journey,” he says. “One of the things I love about my sport is the platform that ticomes with it. The bigger the platform, the more people I’m able to touch with the truth of the Gospel.”

Simmons, who often tweets Bible verses, is a Christian NFL player who says faith in Christ “saved me from myself, and I love to share that with different people because you never know where people are with their walk and their faith.”

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Stephanie Martin
Stephanie Martin, a freelance writer and editor in Denver, has spent her entire 30-year journalism career in Christian publishing. She loves the Word and words, is a binge reader and grammar nut, and is fanatic (as her family can attest) about Jeopardy! and pro football.

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