Real-life heroes are not in style in contemporary Western culture.
Ours has become a culture of cynicism and shaming, one in which heroes have no place. Even the traditional comic-book heroes like Batman and Captain America (two of my personal favourites when I was a young teenager!) have become troubled, deeply-flawed individuals.
What shall we make of this from a Biblical standpoint? How do we evaluate such a trend from the point of the Scriptures? Are there no heroes in the Bible? How does God’s holy word deal with this subject?
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