TRUTH, JUSTICE AND JESUS' WAY (1 OF 3)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: John 14:1-6
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Truth, Justice and Jesus' Way (1 of 3)
Series: The Man of Steel
Jeff Strite
John 14:1-6
OPEN: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzvlRVLkCR0
The title of this old George Reeves Superman is "Superman On Earth"
When playing, start fading about the 1:05 mark)
(after the video was played, I assumed the "Superman" pose - with my hands on my hips)
"So do you see the resemblance?" (They laughed at me!)
"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot." (At this point I took off my glasses and resumed the pose... and they laughed at me again).
I always enjoyed that old TV series about Superman. And the opening sentences of each episode were thrilling to a young boy like me. "Superman... fighting a never-ending battle for Truth, Justice, and the American Way."
Is that cool, or what?
In that summation of Superman's mission on earth, we're told 3 things about this hero.
• He stands for truth.
o More than that, Superman defends truth.
o In fact - he is someone who will TELL you nothing but the truth.
o He will NOT allow falsehood or betrayal to exist around him.
• He stands for justice.
o He has a sense of what is just and right.
o He's always stopping the "bad" guys.
o He knows WHO he needs to fight... and WHO he needs to defend.
o He embraces righteousness with everything that's within him.
• And he stands for the American Way
Now, in our culture, that's not something many people seems to want to say anymore. The idea of "the American Way" being a high ideal is an embarrassment to the "intellectual" and influential of our society. Those in the media and in Hollywood mock and laugh at that as old fashioned and out of date.
But back in 1973, Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian TV commentator got angry about that thinking. This is just a portion of his comments that were in the Congressional Record at that time:
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
As long as 60 y ...
Series: The Man of Steel
Jeff Strite
John 14:1-6
OPEN: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzvlRVLkCR0
The title of this old George Reeves Superman is "Superman On Earth"
When playing, start fading about the 1:05 mark)
(after the video was played, I assumed the "Superman" pose - with my hands on my hips)
"So do you see the resemblance?" (They laughed at me!)
"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot." (At this point I took off my glasses and resumed the pose... and they laughed at me again).
I always enjoyed that old TV series about Superman. And the opening sentences of each episode were thrilling to a young boy like me. "Superman... fighting a never-ending battle for Truth, Justice, and the American Way."
Is that cool, or what?
In that summation of Superman's mission on earth, we're told 3 things about this hero.
• He stands for truth.
o More than that, Superman defends truth.
o In fact - he is someone who will TELL you nothing but the truth.
o He will NOT allow falsehood or betrayal to exist around him.
• He stands for justice.
o He has a sense of what is just and right.
o He's always stopping the "bad" guys.
o He knows WHO he needs to fight... and WHO he needs to defend.
o He embraces righteousness with everything that's within him.
• And he stands for the American Way
Now, in our culture, that's not something many people seems to want to say anymore. The idea of "the American Way" being a high ideal is an embarrassment to the "intellectual" and influential of our society. Those in the media and in Hollywood mock and laugh at that as old fashioned and out of date.
But back in 1973, Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian TV commentator got angry about that thinking. This is just a portion of his comments that were in the Congressional Record at that time:
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
As long as 60 y ...
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