Samson the sinner

Samson was not a hero

I remember growing up and hearing that Samson was a hero.  Well, this last week in our small men’s study we began our chapters in Judges written about Samson.  The question was raised, can we call Samson a hero?  My answer? No.

Who was your hero?  Ok, how do you define a hero?  I was listening to a guy on the radio talk about who his hero was, his dad.  But he stated that working with youth today so many look upon one as their hero a rap artist, a sports person, and even a drug dealer.  The heroes are those that have the money and the clothing and well, a life that is temporal. 

My hero, uhm, Superman, the George Reeves Superman.  But he committed suicide.  Superman is not supposed to die.  Hank Aaron and Willie Mays but a lot of good that was when I did not play baseball.  There weren’t too many I would say.