Boys Need Heroes

The power of example is awesome; the Bible is full of admonitions to follow godly leaders' footsteps and look up to men of strength and character.  Modern culture isn't doing much to provide them, though.  Writing for the Pope Center for Higher Education, Dr. Stephen Zelnick of Temple University observed recently that the lack of heroic ideals is eroding the spirit of this generation's young men:

Boys, and young men in particular, respond very well to noble purpose but haven't had much to go...