Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Heroes or Saints? Who are Our Cultural Icons?

Ben Witherington has this post on his blog and in light of yesterdays Superhero post I thought it was good to look at. Heroes or Saints? Who are our Cultural Icons? Believe it or not, the word hero never comes up in the NT. But the word saint occurs over 60 times. And here's the really interesting thing-- it always in the plural! Saints are not formed in a vacuum or by isolate action or spiritual effort. Saints are formed in a community, the community of faith. Read it here.

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At 9:54 PM, Blogger Joshua Olsen said...

What's your e-mail address?

 

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