The reference is ubiquitous, but apparently a lot of people out there don't know what John 3:16 actually says, since they were Googling it like crazy during this year's BCS Championship Game.

During the game Florida QB Tim Tebow highlighted the verse for national TV, inscribing it on his face for all to see. I guess those small letters and numbers on Tebow's eye black were enough to get thousands upon thousands of curious people to find out what in the world John 3:16 actually says.

It's refreshing to read once more what is perhaps the most succinct declaration of the Gospel ever uttered by human lips (or scribbled by human hands):

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
-- John 3:16 (NKJV)

For good measure I'll also throw in one of my all time favorite verses, John 3:17:

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

In a world of fast, easy information, and what seems like a megachurch on every street corner, it's amazing that more people out there don't know the venerable John 3:16. Thanks to Tebow a few thousand people have probably read it for the first time. Thanks, Tim.