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Mar 1, 2017 · For decades, Christians have been adapting Bible stories and Christian-themed content for the comic book format. From The Cross and the Switchblade and the In His Steps series in the ‘70s to the ...
- Humans Are Hardwired For Heroism.
- Without Exception, All Earthly Heroes disappoint.
- The Path to Heroism Always Leads to death.
- We Must Rescue A Biblically Informed Definition of Heroism.
“The heroic is an imprint that’s been left inside all of us because we’re made in the image of God,” Delvaux says. “Even though that imprint has been marred by the fall, there’s something that remains. We know what’s good, right, and true, but we also know we don’t live up to it.” This longing can lead people to apply heroic archetypes to figures i...
Delvaux says all heroes in this world will eventually let people down. He believes this often puts people at a crossroads with what to do with failed expectations. “It can be good, but it can also lead people to bitterness,” he says. “It’s like love. Even with our mate, love is always going to disappoint us in some way. “You can use that [the disap...
“We all have our envisioned outcomes of how our lives are going to turn out,” Delvaux says. “We long for glory we don’t have. “All that has to go [in this life]; it has to be toppled,” he says, drawing imagery from Matthew 16:25 which begins, “whoever wants to save his life will lose it.” Epic stories—especially modern ones driven by superheroes—re...
In a hunger to embrace the heroic, people can sometimes mistakenly apply the label to common feats and, in some cases, even sinful activities and attitudes. The latter can be seen in people taking public stands in the name of bravery for sinful activity God has clearly forbid in His Word. “Any word of moral structure can be twisted to the whims of ...
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The Difference Between Heroes and Saints. It turns out the Christian story is a good story in which to learn to fail. As the ethicist Samuel Wells has written, some stories feature heroes and some stories feature saints and the difference between them matters: “Stories . . . told with . . . heroes at the center of them . . . are told to laud the virtues of the heroes—for if the hero failed ...
Mar 19, 2024 · Mephibosheth possesses a powerful story of grace, restoration, and unexpected favor. Mentioned primarily in the books of 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles, Mephibosheth’s life takes a dramatic turn when ...
A Jesus that just seems to be human cannot save us. MCDOWELL: Is there any superhero that best captures the biblical image of Christ? If so, who? And if not, why not? MILES: By their very nature, comic superheroes save people from a variety of evils and disasters. That is what makes them fun and popular.
Answer: we create them. Stories about superheroes are serial case studies in ethics, morality and sociology. How will society treat you if you are different? Watch X-Men and find out. What kind of ...
May 9, 2023 · The Making of a Superhero. God is committed to bringing out the best in each and every one of us average people, and making us into spiritual superheroes. When all other people see is the “shepherd boy” in us, God is committed to making us more and more like Jesus. He’s committed to bringing out the gifts He put in us and using our story ...
