{"id":4916,"date":"2011-09-19T05:31:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T10:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2011-09-18T23:31:45","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T04:31:45","slug":"where-have-all-the-heroes-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/where-have-all-the-heroes-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Have All the Heroes Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As our country searches for the answers to our economic downturn, what we’re really looking for are heroes; people who will stand up and not only lead the way, but show the way by their example.<\/span><\/p>\n

For these past six weeks, we talked about six basic beliefs that can rebuild a nation, starting with believing in God’s favor; that is God is for us, no one can defeat us.\u00a0 Also raising up values like hope,\u00a0 work as a calling, money making us responsible, and the value of service.\u00a0 But maybe the most important variable in the future we face is, can we recover the lost art of compassion?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Two times in the Scripture a question is asked, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”\u00a0 Both questions arose out of sarcasm and cynicism. But the Scriptures use both cases to answer in the affirmative.\u00a0 What does that mean?\u00a0 As a Christian, I show compassion, not only because I have to as a follower of Christ, but because I can<\/em>, because I have a new capacity.\u00a0 Christians can never be known as apathetic and uncaring.\u00a0 We lead the way in the world in showing compassion in practical ways.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Today we talked about six different qualities in a compassionate life.<\/strong>\u00a0 As you listen to the talk, ask yourself, “Do these qualities show up in me every day? Where am I falling short and at what place can I change so I can join God in His work in the world?” <\/span><\/p>\n

Can we really call ourselves Christians if we’re not known primarily for our compassion?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As our country searches for the answers to our economic downturn, what we’re really looking for are heroes; people who will stand up and not only lead the way, but show the way by their example. For these past six weeks, we talked about six basic beliefs that can rebuild a nation, starting with believing … Continue reading “Where Have All the Heroes Gone?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4916"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=4916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}