{"id":1432,"date":"2010-02-08T13:31:46","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T18:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2010-02-08T13:31:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T18:31:46","slug":"tina-turner-was-wrong-we-need-lots-of-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/08\/tina-turner-was-wrong-we-need-lots-of-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Turner was wrong. We need LOTS of heroes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I\u2019ve enjoyed watching the TV series, <em>Heroes. <\/em><\/strong>But  those people are not heroes \u2013 at least not most of them. Heroes are  people who care for others \u2014 the others that God\u2019s placed in their  sphere of influence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As I speak of heroes, I am not talking about being a hero to your family.<\/strong> That\u2019s twentieth century thinking. We\u2019ve been taught that you need to  be a hero to your family. To your wife. To your kids. To your husband.  You do. But I have come to see that if I am only a hero to my family, I  am a pretty selfish person. God\u2019s given you more people to look out for  than your family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you think of others God has given you to influence?<\/strong> To care for? What about the people you work with? Do they need a heroic  influence in their lives? I would say they desperately need a real  hero. If you, as a Christian, are not influencing them, who is? There\u2019s a  need for heroes in the workplace. What about the people in your  church?\u00a0 The people you go to school with. The people you hunt with. The  people you hang out with. Can you be a hero to them?<\/p>\n<p>As we consider this concept of heroes, I want to look to my favorite  hero. I have a lot of heroes. Jack Lambert was a hero. Few men played  linebacker like Lambert. He\u2019d be banned from the game of football today.  Tony Dungy is a hero. Tony is one of the strongest men I\u2019ve ever  encountered. The way he faced the suicide of his son was life-changing  for those who looked on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But the most heroic person in my life<\/strong> is Jesus. You  knew I\u2019d say that, right?<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9451\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1432-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2010\/realmen\/20100207WhatItMeansToBeAHero.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2010\/realmen\/20100207WhatItMeansToBeAHero.mp3\">http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2010\/realmen\/20100207WhatItMeansToBeAHero.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2010\/realmen\/20100207WhatItMeansToBeAHero.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=1432-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2010\/realmen\/20100207WhatItMeansToBeAHero.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20100207WhatItMeansToBeAHero.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve enjoyed watching the TV series, Heroes. But those people are not heroes \u2013 at least not most of them. Heroes are people who care for others \u2014 the others that God\u2019s placed in their sphere of influence. 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