Pick up any children’s Bible and you’re bound to find glowing portraits of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and other heroes to emulate. But skim the stories and you’ll see that these warriors don’t have a moral compass, or if they do, it’s always pointing in the wrong direction. In our attempt to be like the heroes of old, we should consider what that would actually mean. Such imitation could land us on death row.
